Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its sixth annual list of the 25 U.S. metropolitan areas with the most ENERGY STAR certified buildings and the city of Atlanta is third. The list demonstrates the economic and ...
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San Diego, Riverside rank in top 25, cutting $179 Million in Energy costs while increasing efficiency, protecting health, reducing pollution Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the sixth annual list of the top 25 ...
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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its sixth annual list of the 25 U.S. metropolitan areas with the most ENERGY STAR certified buildings and the city of Charlotte ranked eleventh. The list demonstrates the ...
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Today EPA released its annual list of U.S. metropolitan areas with the most certified Energy Star buildings in 2013. Boston is again being recognized for its continuing commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions and save money through ...
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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hosting the "Advancing Sustainable Ports" summit to mark the kickoff of a new EPA initiative to recognize ports that take action to improve environmental performance. EPA will also ...
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy testified today before the Senate Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Appropriations at a hearing to discuss EPA's ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are honoring four organizations in Kentucky with 2014 Energy Star awards. A total of 127 organizations will be honored for their commitment to protecting ...
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Furnace curtains are installed before the opening of furnaces. This curtain keep the heat contained within a furnace and ensure a consistent temperature when dealing with a variety of manufacturing processes. They are hung at the openings ...
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Flawed but colorful diamonds are among the most sensitive detectors of magnetic fields known today, allowing physicists to explore the minuscule magnetic fields in metals, exotic materials and even human tissue. University of California, ...
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Thirteen workers at a U.S. underground nuclear waste dump in New Mexico have tested positive for radiation exposure after a recent leak, raising questions about whether the facility's safety systems worked as well as officials have said. ...
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OHSAS 18001 is a British Standard for occupational health and safety management systems. It exists to help all kinds of organizations put in place demonstrably sound occupational health and safety performance. It is widely seen as the ...
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The SA8000 standard is the central document of our work at SAI. It is one of the world’s first auditable social certification standards for decent workplaces, across all industrial sectors. It is based on conventions of the ILO, UN ...
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Sedex is a not for profit membership organisation dedicated to driving improvements in ethical and responsible business practices in global supply chains. As the largest collaborative platform for sharing ethical supply chain data, Sedex ...
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ISO 14000 is a family of standards related to environmental management that exists to help organizations (a) minimize how their operations (processes etc.) negatively affect the environment (i.e. cause adverse changes to air, water, or ...
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Graphene has proven itself as a wonder material with a vast range of unique properties. Among the least-known marvels of graphene is its strange love affair with water. Graphene is hydrophobic – it repels water – but narrow ...
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