Tag: sustainability

WCTA Member Sustainable Seattle has announced its annual awards.  Eight community nominated businesses and organizations and one individual were recognized for their leadership, innovation, and commitments to sustainability as part of Sustainable Seattle’s Sustainability Leadership Awards Dinner at Daybreak Star Cultural Center.  The winners are: Change Agent GridMobility  * BEST (Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking) […]

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Source: Curt Woodward, Xconomy, September 26, 2012. According to an SEC filing, Reklaim has raised $4.2 million from ten investors as part of an equity round that could reach  $12.5 million.      

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The State of Washington supports a 30-year plan to manage waste and toxins wherever possible and use the excess waste as resources.  It outlines five initiatives: Moving Toward Beyond Waste with Industries Reducing Small Volume Hazardous Materials and Wastes Increasing Recycling of Organic Materials Making Green Building Practices Mainstream Measuring Progress Toward Beyond Waste The […]

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WCTA Platinum member McKinstry announced that their Montana team has secured a five-year efficiency program at Montana State University.  The program will be focused on the university’s auxiliary buildings:  The residence halls, the Brick Breeden Field House, Student Union Building, and the Hosaeus Fitness Center. Two years ago, the University chose McKinstry as their ESCO […]

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McKinstry, a leader in integrated construction, energy, service and smart building innovations, has announced that Jamie Pedersen has been hired as Vice President General Counsel and Heidi de Laubenfels has been hired as the Director of Communications and External Relations.  In addition, Ron Johnson has been named Vice President of Facility Services, Mike Locke has […]

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General Biodiesel was named an Emerging Manufacturer with a Silver Award by Seattle Business in the May 2012 edition of the magazine.

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Source:  PNNL Press Release, April 19, 2012. According to PNNL research, U.S. commercial building owners could save 38 percent of their heating and cooling bills if they installed a handful of energy efficiency controls that make their heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems more efficient.  The savings were based on modeling and simulation of building […]

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Todd Bishop, GeekWire, April 17, 2012. Microsoft has announced that it has achieved a goal of reducing its carbon emissions as a proportion of revenue.  The company says that there has been a 30 percent reduction over 2007 levels. “I’m pleased to report that we’ve met this goal through a combination of energy efficiency measures […]

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Harvest Power, with offices in the Pacific Northwest, announced a $110 million financing. The company “enables communities to produce renewable energy and high-value soil, mulch and organic fertilizer products from organic materials. The company harnesses the full potential of organic materials by recycling energy and nutrients back into local communities through its energy gardens and […]

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Source: Miguel Llanos,  MSNBC, March 20, 2012. The Bullitt Center, a six-story, $30 million “living” building designed, maybe a prototype for future buildings.  The Center is designed to use a third of the energy used by a similar, conventional building. It is designed to generate solar electricity, collect rainfall water, and treat sewage and wastewater […]

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