AlwaysOn has announced results of this year’s GoingGreen 100 Top Private Companies list in greentech. Sythetic Genomics took the top prize. This year, an increased number of companies are moving out of beta testing and into product development, a trend most evident in the Biofuels category. There are 17 solar companies on the list, highlighting the [...]

FedEx and BP Solar announced the completion and activation of a 269 kilowatt rooftop solar array for a FedEx Freight distribution center in Fontana, California. Almost 1,400 solar modules cover more than 20,000 square feet on the Fontana facility’s roof and can generate about 370,000 kilowatt hours, or approximately 54 percent of the facility’s needs. This is [...]

A new report by Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), says companies in the software sectors are making headway with innovative products and services that advance sustainable development, CSRwire reports. The report, “Software Accelerates Sustainable Development,” gathered leading software companies, such as Adobe, McAfee, Microsoft, and Symantec, to identify and prioritize the most important CSR issues for [...]

Caterpillar announced it will open a new remanufacturing facility in Singapore, which will serve as the regional source for remanufactured major components, including mining truck engines, transmissions, final drives and torque converters. The new 20,000 square meter facility expands the company’s regional sourcing and business strategy and is anticipated to be operational by mid-2010. It will [...]

Environmentally-friendly real estate may not be top priority for CFOs yet, but it is gaining steam. According to McGraw-Hill Construction, green commercial real estate is predicted to increase to $60 billion by 2012, and 10 percent of new commercial construction during that period is expected to be green, CFO.com reports. In August, U.S. Green Building Council [...]

The European Union’s Restriction of Hazardous Substance Directive is forcing companies to ask how they can green their operations, writes Christopher Lynch on Managing Technology. The regulation took effect in 2006 and forbids the use of substances such as lead, mercury, and cadmium in electronic products. Instead of placing the burden of recycling on consumers, Europe [...]

The University of California, San Diego, which strives to be one of the nation’s “greenest” college campuses, is installing solar trees on the roof of two of its parking garages. Fresno State completed a similar installation last year. Steel components at the Uiversity of California have already taken shape, forming frameworks that will soon be fitted with [...]

While many manufacturers have been reluctant to invest in energy efficiency and have deferred domestic investments due to market uncertainty, a new report by American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, titled “Trends in Industrial Investment Decision Making,” says economic indicators suggests that the industrial sector is poised for a new period of major capacity investments, [...]

As part of Boston’s most aggressive effort to reduce energy consumption, the city is launching a two-month pilot program dubbed Lights Out Boston, a move that will save about 25 percent in energy used for lighting, Boston.com reports. The program will see 34 Boston skyscrapers, from Back Bay to the South Boston waterfront, extinguishing the lights [...]

Greenpeace activists halted the loading of a logging ship in Papua New Guinea as the government battles an illegal logging corruption scandal, Reuters reports. Four Greenpeace activists climbed up a loading crane on the logging ship Harbour Gemini at Paia Inlet, in Papua New Guinea’s southwest Gulf Province, and unfurled a yellow banner reading “Protect [...]