Energy Management Articles
Reducing Corporate Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Guide to Scope 1, 2 and 3 Emissions
As public awareness grows around the issue of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, corporations are looking to reduce their carbon footprint and lessen their emissions impacts. Constellation's white paper, "Reducing Corporate Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Guide to Scope 1, 2 and 3 Emissions" can help kickstart these efforts.
Tyler Technologies Updates Scope 3 Accounting
Tyler Technologies, Inc., a provider of integrated software and technology services for the public sector, added three new categories to its Scope 3 GHG inventory accounting and conducted several energy efficiency projects.
Boeing Purchases 9.4M Gallons Blended SAF
Boeing is purchasing 9.4 million gallons of blended sustainable aviation fuel to support its 2024 U.S. commercial operations, reducing its carbon emissions.
Bona Adds RE in US, Germany, Sweden
Bona — a global, sustainably driven company that supplies products for installing, renovating, maintaining and restoring flooring — announced investments in renewable energy at facilities in Sweden, Germany and the United States.
RMR Group Lowers Emissions by 33%
The RMR Group, an alternative asset management company, achieved progress toward its environmental goals, including a 33.2% reduction in Scopes 1 and 2 GHG emissions and a 26.7% reduction in energy consumption measured from a 2019 baseline.
CTtransit Upgrades Electric Bus Charging
CTtransit, a public transit provider in Connecticut, upgraded the charging mechanism for its electric buses.
Hexaware Technologies Installs Solar, Improves Energy Efficiency
Hexaware Technologies, a global technology provider, installed rooftop solar systems across its operations, resulting in a 1.84 MW solar power generation capacity and preventing 1,748 tons of CO2 emissions annually.
Ziff Davis Emissions Targets Approved by SBTi
Ziff Davis, Inc. announced the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) validated its GHG emissions reduction targets of lowering its Scope 1 and 2 GHG by 50% by 2030 and Scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services and capital goods by 51.6% by 2030.
Chick-fil-A Launches California Solar Microgrid
Chick-fil-A Mendocino Avenue located in Santa Rosa, California, is the second Chick-fil-A® restaurant to install a solar-powered microgrid system.
Principal Financial Group Lowers Emissions by 14.6%
Principal Financial Group decreased its global Scope 1 and 2 market-based GHG emissions by 14.6% in 2023.
Bali Express Adds Electric Freight Trucks to Fleet
Bali Express, a trucking and warehousing services provider, announced the crossing of a Class 8 heavy-duty electric freight truck from the U.S. into Mexico, utilizing recently built charging infrastructure.
Green Lease Leaders Announced
The Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Better Buildings Initiative announced the 2024 Green Lease Leaders at the Better Buildings, Better Plants Summit.
Fortera Deploys Green Cement Plant
Fortera, a materials technology company, opened its Redding ReCarb® Plant, an industrial green cement and carbon mineralization facility in North America.
Atlantic Offshore Wind Transmission Study
The Atlantic Offshore Wind Transmission Study, presented by the U.S. Department of Energy and co-led by NREL and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, evaluated coordinated transmission solutions that would enable offshore wind energy deployment along the U.S. Atlantic Coast, which are critical to achieving state clean energy goals.
Weekend Reads: SBTi Staff Revolt; Is Climate Change Rewiring Fish Brains?
It's the weekend! Kick back and catch up with these must-read articles from around the web:
Pace University: Coordinated Energy Management Strategy
To stay on track with their energy commitments, Pace University created a Coordinated Energy Management program that is focused on eliminating wasteful energy behaviors. In this column from Better Buildings, learn how the university brought on two full-time energy specialists to improve building management systems by matching HVAC equipment to occupancy, providing continuous audits of building space, enforcing a set point policy, and alerting facilities staff of equipment that may be wasting energy.
EU Council Adopts Rules to Improve Energy Performance
The European Council formally adopted a revised directive on the energy performance of buildings to help lower GHG emissions and energy poverty in the EU.
Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians Adds Solar Microgrid
A new microgrid project funded by the state of California will support energy sovereignty for the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians.
Piscataway Township to Implement Renewable Upgrades
Piscataway Township in New Jersey has made several upgrades, including implementing solar energy to power two-thirds of the township’s electricity needs, modernizing HVAC and lighting systems, and installing 28 EV charging stations for public use.
TE Connectivity Lowers Emissions by 39%
TE Connectivity, a Swiss company that manufactures connectors and sensors, made significant strides over the past year in meeting its sustainability goals; in fiscal year 2023, the company lowered its absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 39%.
CBRE to Roll Out Nationwide EV Charging
CBRE Group, Inc., a commercial real estate services and investment company, announced it plans to roll out electric vehicle (EV) charging stations nationwide.
SBTi Approves Use of Environmental Certificates to Lower Scope 3 Emissions
SBTi (Science Based Targets initiative) announced they will extend the use of environmental attribute certificates for the purpose of abatement of Scope 3-related emissions beyond the current limits,
Stoneridge Lowers Emissions by 18.6%
Stoneridge, Inc. announced an 18.6% reduction of Absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG Emissions against a 2019 baseline, exceeding initial targeted reduction by 3.6%.
EQB Maintains Carbon Neutrality
EQB Inc. announced the financial services company has been carbon neutral in its Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions since 2020.
Yamaha Adds Solar at Georgia Facility
Yamaha Motor Corporation will install solar arrays at the company’s southeastern headquarters in Kennesaw, Ga. and Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of America (YMMC) in Newnan, Ga. this summer.
Del Monte Foods Lowers Emissions
Del Monte Foods, Inc. announced that the company saw a 6% reduction in Scope 1, 2 and 3 total emissions since 2021 and set a net-zero target, committing to carbon reduction targets in line with the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) Net Zero Standard.
Renewable Capacity Statistics 2024
Highlighting the continued progress achieved in the global energy transition, this latest edition of IRENA’s Renewable Capacity Statistics illustrates the growth of renewables in new installed power generation capacity in 2023.
LyondellBasell Reaches Nearly 90% of 2030 Renewable Target
LyondellBasell achieved almost 90% of the company's 2030 target to secure at least half of its global electricity from renewable sources, amounting to an annual energy savings of nearly 4 million gigajoules.
SouthState’s Green Bonds Increase to $136 Million
SouthState Bank, a financial services company headquartered in Winter Haven, Florida, continues to make investments in technology, which resulted in 48% of accounts receiving eStatements, saving 1.02 million pounds of CO2 emissions.
Berry Global Lowers Emissions by 26%, Adds Renewable Energy
Berry Global Group, Inc., a global packaging company, reached its short-term Scope 1 and 2 science-based GHG emissions reduction target two years ahead of schedule by lowering Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 26% since 2019 to meet its goal of 25% by 26% versus 2019 to meet its goal of 25% by 2025.
