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For years, distribution centers were built outside urban centers. But concerns about fuel and energy costs are prompting firms to rethink that strategy. Steven E. Campbell of AMB Property Corporation talks about industrial infills as a solution.
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In recent years, green leadership companies now view environmental issues not merely as a cost, but as a source of business value. In some companies, environmental challenges and constraints have become a source of innovation -- a catalyst for new products and services, and even new business models, that address environmental concerns while creating new business opportunities. This section explores how business can benefit and inspire innovations.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- The three companies, along with new eco-patents released by Sony, more than double the total number of patents on environmental innovations that are available in the Eco-Patents Commons.
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SAUSALITO, Calif. -- A La Jolla, Calif.-based company attempting to address environmental problems by engineering cellular "bio-factories" topped the cleantech heap on the 2008 GoingGreen 100 Top Private Companies list.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The editors of Plenty Magazine have unveiled the second-annual Plenty 20, which highlights companies, individuals and ideas that are pushing environmental issues forward.
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LUND, -- IKEA's Greentech venture arm plans to invest $77 million in clean tech startups in the next five years with an eye to selling solar panels or other marketable solutions in stores, using them within the company or having suppliers use them.
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GLEN ALLEN, Va. -- The market for building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) will exceed $4 billion in revenues by 2013 and surpass $8 billion in 2015, according to a new report from a leading industry analyst firm.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- The race to create the infrastructure for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles is on -- the city of San Francisco, state of Tennessee and a slew of automakers and utilities announced separate plans to lay the groundwork for the mass introduction of PHEVs beginning in 2010.
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FARNBOROUGH, UNITED KINGDOM -- Canadian aircraft and rail manufacturer Bombardier is launching a new family of fuel-efficient, single-aisle commercial airliners.
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BRUSSELS, -- Proposals to legislate incentives for green consumerism were introduced this week on international and local fronts with measures before the European Commission and New Jersey lawmakers.
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NEWARK, N.J. -- The six- to 12-month tests involving 24 LED street lights place the Public Service Electric and Gas Company and the cities in which the tests are being conducted among a small but growing number of municipalities and utilities that are exploring application of LED technology to green public lighting.
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BANBURY, UNITED KINGDOM -- In announcing the tender process, the British nonprofit Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) called for trials that demonstrate reduction of packaging or product waste, including food. Funding for as much as 50 percent of costs may be made available to projects that "offer radical improvements in resource efficiency," WRAP said.
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TOKYO, -- Toyota plans to offer solar-powered air conditioning on its next-generation Prius cars, according to the Nikkei business daily, and General Motors is considering a new Chevrolet mini car for the U.S.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Southern California Edison and DTE Energy are the latest companies to join the U.S. Department of Energy in an attempt to make plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV) cost competitive by 2014 and ready for mass production two years later.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Energy will dedicate $30 million toward advancing plug-in electric vehicles through a partnership with General Motors, Ford and General Electric. The goals are to make the cars price-competitive by 2014, and ready for mass production by 2016.
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Early successes in improving its environmental performance led chemical giant DuPont toward a more ambitious mission to incorporate sustainability into its design processes in order to offer products that deliver benefits for its customers and the planet.
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