Sustainability Resource Planning (SRP) from Verisae, Inc.

Intelligent Energy Management

Verisae — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:32:15 -0600

We need to move toward automation if we are to understand what intelligent energy management could be.

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Energy Deregulation

Verisae — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:09:28 -0600

Energy deregulation is not without its critics by any means. However, it seems unlikely that such progress toward the formation of the smart grid and true visibility would have been possible without it.

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Energy Portfolio Management

Verisae — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:55:30 -0600

If business executives want to contain burgeoning operational costs and establish their position in a re-emerging marketing place then they must learn to manage their energy portfolio.

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Energy Benchmarking

Verisae — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:23:20 -0600

Energy benchmarking is the trigger for a variety of energy efficiency projects and the means to ensure that money spent on such forward facing projects is focused on the best opportunities.

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Energy Supply Management

Verisae — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 07:05:19 -0600

By truly understanding energy supply management, it may well be possible to select nontraditional utility suppliers.

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Energy Efficiency Software

Verisae — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:36:29 -0600

It's no surprise that the market for energy efficiency software is expected to undergo rapid growth through 2011 and 2012.

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Electrical Energy Conservation

Verisae — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 08:58:45 -0500

As utility companies become more sophisticated, opportunities for electrical energy conservation at the business level can help to generate real savings.

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Global Energy Management

Verisae — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 09:33:58 -0500

From a corporate perspective, global energy management should represent a holistic view of the company's energy footprint.

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Retail Energy Management

Verisae — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:42:22 -0500

Retail energy management uses smart technology to reduce utility usage and identify renewal energy sources. This helps to create a healthier environment by reducing greenhouse gases associated with energy use.

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Smart Grid Architecture

Verisae — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:10:26 -0500

Through the use of smart technology within the country's electrical grid, the United States Department of Energy has estimated a saving of between $46 billion and $117 billion over the next 20 years.

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Energy Asset Management

Verisae — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:07:42 -0500

Companies are being urged to reduce their energy consumption which in turn will lower their carbon emissions and reduce the potential for increased negative effects from global climate change.

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Demand Response Programs

Verisae — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:19:55 -0500

Companies involved in Demand Response (DR) programs can control costs during usage peak periods. Energy demands can be addressed, and controls implemented for location or by device.

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Smart Grid Projects

Verisae — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:32:12 -0500

Energy management and smart grid communications software will be one of the keys to provide companies with extensive information about their consumption as energy costs continue to rise.

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Energy Conservation Techniques

Verisae — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:38:44 -0500

Energy conservation techniques can be put in place to help retail, industry, and business sectors to reduce energy consumption. They will be able to lower energy bills and reduce a company's carbon emissions.

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Energy Efficiency Initiatives

Verisae — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:42:41 -0500

The McKinsey Report found the U.S. could save $1.2 trillion in 10 years while only investing half of that amount in energy efficiency initiatives. The resulting saving would cut energy use by the year 2020 by about 23%.

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Demand Response and Advanced Metering

Verisae — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:22:30 -0600

Demand Response and Advanced Metering are programs that utilize advanced technology to monitor energy use within specific parameters in an effort to reduce energy usage during peak demand times.

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Paul Hepperla Invited to Smart Grid Panel

Verisae — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:04:43 -0600

Paul Hepperla is the VP of Sustainability Resource Planning (“SRP”) at Verisae. He brings more than 16 years experience solving customers’ carbon and energy management challenges.

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An Energy Broker Reduces Utility Expenses & Improve Energy Management

Verisae — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:48:01 -0600

An energy broker has a portal where information about an enterprises energy use is transmitted. Using information from these remote data managers, the best rate structure for day-to-day and hour-to-hour energy usage can be determined.

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A Commercial Energy Audit Reveals Options For The Future

Verisae — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:00:34 -0600

Enterprise energy management programs and specialized software solutions offer companies that are reliant on fuel-heavy products, equipment and manufacturing processes ways to observe, track and modify their usage.

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American Clean Energy and Security (ACES) Act Addresses Climate Change

Verisae — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:10:15 -0600

Utilities across the country will now have to pay extra attention to their energy production as a new act expands this focus nationwide.

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Energy Consumption of Assets

Verisae — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:01:22 -0600

Considerable pressure is now being brought to bear on commercial and industrial enterprises to find ways to curtail their energy consumption and production of dangerous greenhouse gases.

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Dynamic Energy Pricing

Verisae — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:08:06 -0600

With advances in technology, any company can take advantage of energy pricing at its most economical. Dynamic energy pricing details the availability of these different pricing structures and is being made available by utility operators.

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Energy Citizens Take Aim at ACES

Verisae — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:19:38 -0600

A group called “Energy Citizens” is at the forefront of a movement to try and persuade US Senators against endorsing this legislation in the fall, as they contend that US refining would be cut down by 25% affecting related industries and jobs.

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How Energy Conservation Works

Verisae — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:23:30 -0600

Companies may now find many ways to reduce energy consumption. Many energy conservation techniques nowadays are applicable to many areas like energy generation, energy distribution, energy consumption, and energy transmission.

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Energy Management Standards

Verisae — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:29:23 -0600

According to the ISO, there is a pressing need for an international energy management standard. ISO 50001 is intended to establish an international framework for industrial plants and companies to manage all aspects of energy.

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Smart Grid and Smart Meters

Verisae — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:37:18 -0600

Although a bit expensive, smart meters can be one of the answers to high electricity consumption and to the energy capacity distribution.

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Wind as Alternative Energy Source

Verisae — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:43:47 -0600

Windfarms can greatly help boost manufacturing productions. Once the initial capital costs are already spent, the cost of generating electricity from wind energy is almost already negligible.

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Active Energy Response Programs

Verisae — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:47:49 -0600

Active energy response requires an automated approach to energy management and moves beyond the traditional manual control system, which is not efficient enough.

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Automated Demand Response Is Part of the Solution

Verisae — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:53:39 -0600

Automated demand response is used as a measure to control operational efficiency across an entire grid as a way to avoid an overload and potential failure of the system, resulting in power blackouts to significant consumer bases.

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Energy Efficient Incentive Programs

Verisae — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:56:46 -0600

Government incentives for energy efficient programs have risen due to the ongoing drive in reducing traditional energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.

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The Importance of Energy Management Monitoring

Verisae — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:08:26 -0600

Energy use is set to become even more heavily regulated as it is directly related to emissions of greenhouse gases and the global threat of warming.

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Government Energy Regulations Propose Smart Grid

Verisae — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:12:20 -0600

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued new government energy regulation guidelines to help the industry prepare for smart grid standards.

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Renewable Energy Certificates

Verisae — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:16:39 -0600

Renewable energy certificates help to distinguish the mix of electricity produced by traditional fossil fuel-based means and that which is produced by renewable energy means within an energy grid.

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Stimulus Energy Incentives Survive Congress

Verisae — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:19:54 -0600

Renewable energy projects can qualify for a loan instead of just a federal tax credit, as this act was introduced in the midst of recession and investments squeeze.

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An Approach to ECEM Implementation

Verisae — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:39:24 -0600

Society is increasingly aware of the bad guy role that carbon plays in our environmental world and will increasingly demand that corporations fully address and own their positions as consumers of energy.

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Oranizational Users of ECEM Systems

Verisae — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:50:32 -0600

To be competitive in an emerging new, carbon-based economy, dedicated and comprehensive systems must be engaged by the organization to enable understanding, tracking and reporting.

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Enterprise Carbon and Energy Management (ECEM) Systems

Verisae — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:56:52 -0600

As organizations plot their course of action for the future, they are coming to realize that energy efficiency is a key metric. Society now insists that each business accounts for its need to produce carbon emissions and justifies its existence.

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Enterprise Carbon and Energy Management is Critical

Verisae — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:03:43 -0600

Today, as the role of business in the play of climate change is the subject of much attention, enterprise carbon and energy management systems are in the process of becoming key management tools.

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Enterprise Carbon and Energy Management (ECEM) Importance

Verisae — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:13:41 -0600

Enterprise carbon and energy management systems in many respects represent a conglomeration of important software tools, likely to become the enterprise's most important tool in the bag.

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ECEM Carbon Regulation

Verisae — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:35:12 -0600

According to the best experts, carbon regulation is in our relatively near future, as the production and emission of carbon related to energy use becomes the subject of significant restrictions.

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ECEM Sustainability

Verisae — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:49:51 -0600

Organizations face pressure from all sides merely to exist these days, due to a sharply pressurized economic environment, rising costs for energy and calls for sustainability.

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ECEM Sustainable Corporations

Verisae — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:57:03 -0600

It is now widely accepted that an organization must squarely aim for sustainability as a core element of doing business.

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CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme

Verisae — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:40:31 -0600

The clock is ticking as the British government prepares final amendments to the controversial energy emissions scheme.

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Aggressive CRC Energy Efficiency

Verisae — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:50:20 -0600

The British government expects large organizations within that country to act aggressively to reduce their carbon emissions and they have laid out both incentives and penalties accordingly.

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Fittest Survive: CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme

Verisae — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:15:40 -0600

Failure to achieve comparative reductions will directly increase the cost of doing business for those affected, as well as creating bad media attention.

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CRC Confusion Remains: CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme

Verisae — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:02:16 -0600

Despite a lot of publicity, the UK government's new cap and trade scheme is viewed with considerable confusion among those who it affects directly.

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Enterprise Carbon and Energy Management Systems

Verisae — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:14:59 -0600

Traditional metrics are not sufficient as a real indicator of the pure efficiency of a business. Emerging systems will take on a pivotal role as the situation changes.

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Enterprise Carbon and Energy Management Systems

Verisae — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:23:50 -0600

Fewer than 50% of organizations have plans to completely embrace the concept of sustainability, despite pressures from the media and government legislation.

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Appropriate CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme

Verisae — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:46:31 -0600

The so-called footprint year of the British government's energy efficiency scheme is about to get underway. Companies affected will need to measure and declare the size of their energy purchase and consequent carbon emissions.

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CRC Double Sale

Verisae — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:02:40 -0600

Companies affected by the British government's energy efficiency program are breathing a sigh of relief, as it is no longer necessary for them to pay for their emission allowances in arrears as well as in advance.

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Cap and Trade CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme

Verisae — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:08:31 -0600

Polluting organizations must be constrained if overall energy efficiency is to be achieved and a cap and trade program is felt to be the best way to do this.

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Energy Efficiency Scheme in US

Verisae — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:13:27 -0600

If an energy efficiency scheme such as the program now in place in the UK would work in that country, why not in the US?

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CRC Efficiency Scheme Update

Verisae — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:25:41 -0600

The Environment Agency, confirmed that their original estimates of 5000 full scheme participants is correct, with a further 15,000 organisations required to make a lighter touch Information Disclosure.

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Energy Cost Savings

Verisae — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:18:39 -0600

Energy challenges threaten to derail even the best organization and cost analysis should be digitized to ensure ultimate savings.

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Real Time Energy Metering

Verisae — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:13:22 -0600

It is simply not possible for an organization to be ultimately efficient unless it uses real-time energy metering to gather its data.

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Federal Energy Legislation

Verisae — Thu, 20 May 2010 11:16:04 -0500

Politicians are finding it hard to agree on climate related energy legislation, but individual organizations should be very clear about what is ahead.

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American Power Act

Verisae — Thu, 20 May 2010 11:26:10 -0500

Finally, the U.S. Senate put forward a counterpart to the climate legislation enacted by the lower House.

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Energy Efficiency Rules

Verisae — Sat, 22 May 2010 04:11:30 -0500

Europe leads with energy efficiency rules and has recently enacted new ones. Over time, these rules will inevitably find their way into the USA.

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Senate Energy Bill

Verisae — Sat, 22 May 2010 04:29:08 -0500

As it now appears that a concrete energy proposal has emerged from the Senate, organizations understand that they must take action to look at their own energy efficiency.

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Clean Air Act vs American Power Act

Verisae — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:10:06 -0500

Politicians are trying to ensure that the EPA is not allowed to regulate carbon emissions as a consequence of the Supreme Court decision in 2007.

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Energy Efficiency Examples

Verisae — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:19:18 -0500

Businesses often overlook the significant advantages available through a focus on energy efficiency as part of their cost saving measures.

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Global Energy Efficiency

Verisae — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:06:18 -0500

The Global Energy Efficiency Challenge contains a number of diverse initiatives, all aimed at increasing global energy efficiency. Several large companies that are aware of the potential reputational gain have lined up to participate in the program.

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Global Energy Performance

Verisae — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:16:54 -0500

The Global Superior Energy Performance Partnership is another initiative aimed at convincing corporate chiefs and business owners of the need to focus on corporate energy efficiency and, in this case, specifically building efficiency.

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Electronic GHG Reporting Tool

Verisae — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:30:16 -0500

As part of slow but steady and somewhat fragmented progress toward overall emissions control the Environmental Protection Agency stipulated that about 7000 of the largest industrial greenhouse gas emitters were to submit information about their...

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Climate Bills

Verisae — Sat, 15 May 2010 03:56:40 -0500

On the face of it, a major oil spill could be viewed as an advantage to climate change action proponents, but this is not necessarily the case.

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California Climate Action

Verisae — Sat, 08 May 2010 05:04:53 -0500

The big oil companies are joining forces to try and defeat California climate action, by helping to support a referendum in the ballot box.

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Greenhouse Gas Regulation

Verisae — Tue, 18 May 2010 13:12:54 -0500

Although it attracted very little media attention when it was announced, the final ruling put forward by the EPA ensures that major organizations in the United States will be affected by stringent greenhouse gas regulation very shortly.

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Beyond Your Carbon Footprint

Verisae — Thu, 06 May 2010 21:44:52 -0500

A common carbon calculator allows you to manually record carbon emissions from the most common sources, in order to establish the initial, point in time carbon baseline. This represents a good starting point to learn more.

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AB32 Legislation

Verisae — Sun, 02 May 2010 09:58:36 -0500

In 2006, California believed that the federal government and other jurisdictions would also enact climate legislation alongside theirs, but this has proven not to be the case.

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Energy Abatement

Verisae — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:30:17 -0500

Power generation must be fully decarbonized if the significant energy abatement plans proposed by the European Union are to be realized.

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Carbon Trade

Verisae — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:59:14 -0500

Environmentalists consider that politicians are watering down any meaningful legislation, so that carbon trade schemes may be somewhat ineffectual.

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Climate Plan

Verisae — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:55:43 -0500

Report confirms that lofty goals are achievable when it comes to reduce carbon emissions, but that energy production itself must be zero carbon.

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Carbon Emissions Tax

Verisae — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:26:19 -0500

Will the United States finally take action and evoke some kind of market mechanism to force down carbon emissions within this country? Will cap and trade be too contentious?

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Carbon Market Trading

Verisae — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 02:48:54 -0500

Organizations have taken notice of the recent declaration by Pres. Obama that the United States would seek to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions significantly over the next decade and are engaging within carbon market trading activity.

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Carbon Market

Verisae — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:54:07 -0500

New initiatives are emerging from cross party Senate negotiations, that may help to pave the way for a true carbon market in the United States during 2010.

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Carbon Credit Policy

Verisae — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 02:34:44 -0500

Although the recession has caused emissions reductions to move ahead of the targets in the European Union, many are calling for emissions targets to be tightened even further

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Carbon Management

Verisae — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:34:53 -0500

Is carbon management really achievable if we are not able to accurately apportion and determine "foreign" emissions related to products that we import and consume, domestically?

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Low Carbon Economy

Verisae — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:15:49 -0500

Artificial subsidies could be introduced in the UK to force the use of low carbon energy, further emphasizing the need for organizations to use less power.

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Carbon Legislation Up Next?

Verisae — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:08:52 -0500

Following a divisive battle about healthcare, the United States Senate is now poised to take up additional landmark carbon legislation.

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Supply Chain Emissions

Verisae — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:53:46 -0500

Wal-Mart has once again taken the lead when it comes to controlling greenhouse gas emissions and has identified the magnitude of the problem in relation to its supply-chain.

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Carbon Trading Becomes a Reality

Verisae — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:36:58 -0500

Many people do not realize that the Environmental Protection Agency may have its own powers to introduce a carbon trading scheme anyway.

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Carbon Emissions Management

Verisae — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:01:41 -0600

Carbon emissions management requires an asset owner to calculate the associated greenhouse gas emissions created as a consequence of the assets being used.

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Carbon Baseline as Business Metric

Verisae — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:47:39 -0600

A carbon baseline must be a key business metric.

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California Carbon Emission Legislation

Verisae — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:49:04 -0600

In 2006, the California legislature promised far-reaching legislation to curb the problems associated with global warming. Businesses around the state are now feeling the first effects of this legislation as it rolls out.

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CRC Reporting Regulations

Verisae — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:25:11 -0600

It is vitally important that organisations recognise the financial and reputational impacts of the CRC, and not treat it as an administrative burden to be dealt with by the Facilities Management or Social Responsibility departments in isolation.

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AB 32 Scoping Plan

Verisae — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:39:00 -0600

The state of California has now recognized the importance of voluntary action when it comes to reining in the effects of climate change. The renewable energy lobbying regime has achieved a victory.

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AB 32 Legislation

Verisae — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:15:41 -0600

Government leaders and legislators in California must be careful to balance the impact of the Global Warming Solutions Act with the requirements of business interests and consumer satisfaction.

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AB 32 Law

Verisae — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:08:20 -0600

California has always been far ahead of the rest of the country when it comes to climate change initiatives and supporters are celebrating the fact that a concerted effort to overturn one of its most stringent laws was recently defeated.

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California Global Warming Solutions Act

Verisae — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:37:31 -0600

The following explains the California Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) at summary level.

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Voluntary Emissions Trading

Verisae — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:28:14 -0600

Greenhouse laws recognize that carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide equivalent gases are very dangerous and can cause significant temperature changes and adverse effects on weather and all forms of life.

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Operational Boundary

Verisae — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:25:57 -0600

An organizational boundary takes into account whether the operation is part of an umbrella company and also determines whether the operation is in operational control as it refers to the gas emissions.

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Carbon Offset

Verisae — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:23:04 -0600

A carbon offset definition reveals that these are vehicles to allow individuals or organizations to purchase reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

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Carbon Reduction Business

Verisae — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:13:00 -0600

Carbon reduction business is very real and is soon set to have a very big impact for those organizations soon to be affected by new legislation.

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Climate Registry Protocol

Verisae — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:23:50 -0600

The Climate Registry protocol covers the emission of the five primary greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, perfluorocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons and sulfar hexafluoride.

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Carbon Baseline

Verisae — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:15:44 -0600

Knowing your carbon baseline allows you to plan steps to decrease your emissions and to report your results.

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Emission Allowances Trading

Verisae — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:06:30 -0600

Emission allowances trading refers to the process that will effectively “balance the books” within a giant emission accounting operation.

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Emission Scope Analysis

Verisae — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:58:20 -0600

It is important for an organization to understand the different sources of greenhouse gas emissions that it is responsible for.

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Continuous Emission Monitoring System

Verisae — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:49:34 -0600

Continuous emission monitoring system is a benchmark is set by the US Environmental Protection Agency and other state regulatory agencies.

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EPA Mandatory Reporting

Verisae — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:56:49 -0600

EPA mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions will proceed a proposed “cap and trade” program within the country.

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Fugitive Emissions

Verisae — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:46:56 -0600

Fugitive emissions are classified as greenhouse gas emissions that are either unintended or irregular.

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Calculate Your GHG Inventories

Verisae — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:37:33 -0600

Corporate GHG inventories quantify the amount of greenhouse gases that the company is responsible for sending into the atmosphere. Each source of emissions must be comprehensively identified

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GHG Verification is Important

Verisae — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:24:49 -0600

With GHG verification, owners or decision-makers may have additional confidence in the information in front of them, enabling them to make broader decisions with more ease.

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GHG Programs Explained

Verisae — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:26:26 -0600

GHG program is a voluntary program initiated by the Environmental Protection Agency, which requires organizations to determine either equity share or control standards within their US operations.

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GHG Sources

Verisae — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:19:54 -0600

The GHG Protocol has outlined a number of industry sectors and identified emission sources within the three relevant scopes.

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GHG Targets for Comparison

Verisae — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:11:48 -0600

As GHG inventory and reductions now form a considerable part of an organizational management portfolio, it follows that GHG targets must be devised with the goal of adherence or betterment.

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GHG Emissions Reporting

Verisae — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:11:58 -0600

The United Nations Framework convention on Climate Change, from which emerged the Kyoto Protocol, stipulated that those participating countries return an annual report detailing a national greenhouse gas inventory.

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Materiality Principle

Verisae — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:01:21 -0600

A materiality principle is used when the company reports its greenhouse gas emissions to another body.

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Organization Boundary Specifications

Verisae — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:12:16 -0600

Organizational boundaries must be specified to determine the scope of the report and the actual emission sources to be covered.

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Project Quantification Standard

Verisae — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:02:45 -0600

A project quantification standard will further help to reveal whether there are any secondary effects resulting from an emissions project.

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Protocol Emissions

Verisae — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:51:26 -0600

Protocol emissions must be standardized as much as possible throughout the globe to ensure that the battle against adverse climate change has the best chance of success.

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R22 HCFC

Verisae — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:43:10 -0600

R22 HCFC is a particular chemical that has been identified as a contributory factor related to the destruction of the Earth's ozone layer.

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Sequestered Carbon

Verisae — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:33:45 -0600

Sequestered carbon must be considered as an integral part of the companies GHG assessment and targets if it wants to project meaningful and accurate data.

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Emissions Tracking

Verisae — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:25:10 -0600

Tracking emissions is a very necessary process to enable the organization to manage its risks and opportunities appropriately.

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Vehicle Emissions Tax

Verisae — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:16:19 -0600

There is considerable support for a vehicle emissions tax to directly identify and publicize the problem.

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Vehicle Emissions Standards

Verisae — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:09:47 -0600

New standards for vehicles emission were tabled in early 2009, effectively representing a new federal regulation targeting greenhouse gases specifically.

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Executive Order on Agency Emissions

Verisae — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:11:54 -0600

Federal agencies must now become sustainable and put in place measures to cut down their carbon emissions, after President Obama signed a recent executive order.

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World Resource Institute’s Five Year Plan

Verisae — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:26:18 -0600

The World Resource Institute was established in 1982 specifically to analyze the problems surrounding limited resource availability and environmental challenges.

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Agency Emissions EO13415

Verisae — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:02:36 -0600

Federal agencies are being forced to take account of their energy usage and carbon emissions as Pres. Obama issues them an executive order.

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Obama’s Executive Order

Verisae — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:09:12 -0600

A significant decision by Pres. Obama calls for each federal agency to embark on a concerted program of sustainability over the next decade.

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WRI Greenhouse Gas Initiatives

Verisae — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:27:19 -0600

The WRI greenhouse gas initiative is known as the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and is composed of two distinct modules – corporate accounting and reporting standards and project accounting protocol and guidelines.

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GHG Inventory Management Approach

Verisae — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:00:42 -0600

A four pronged approach to the issue of GHG inventory management would cover methods, data, processes and documentation.

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Carbon Emissions Data

Verisae — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:15 -0600

While economic cycles have modified abnormally high oil prices, the recession is likely to restrict overall consumption and may point to an overall flattening of global CO2 emissions.

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Greenhouse Gas Remediation Principles

Verisae — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:57:13 -0600

Greenhouse gas remediation represents a strategy to try and remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

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DEFRA Carbon Plans

Verisae — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:18:09 -0600

The DEFRA carbon approach resulted in the Carbon Reduction Commitment, a child of the Climate Change Act of 2008.

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Carbon Footprint Calculator

Verisae — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:54:09 -0600

In an effort to encourage businesses to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, The Climate Registry includes a carbon footprint calculator.

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Additionality Reduces GHGs

Verisae — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:50:41 -0600

Before a greenhouse gas reduction project is implemented, a monitoring and verification plan should quantify and verify results.

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Scopes of GHG Emissions

Verisae — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:47:49 -0600

Required emission reporting protocols include the concept of emissions scope to better define and categorize the chemicals and their areas of use.

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Manmade Chemicals Harmful to Climate

Verisae — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:44:33 -0600

Governments worldwide are establishing regulations to limit the usage of manmade chemical substances that deplete the ozone layer, have a high GWP, or increase the fugitive emissions related to GHGs.

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UK Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Verisae — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:09:24 -0600

In the United States, the acid rain plan of the 'eighties saw the introduction of a cap and trade scheme and a similar program will be introduced to curtail UK GHG emissions shortly.

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EPA Rule to Reduce GHG

Verisae — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:36:32 -0600

The new EPA rule states that greenhouse gases may endanger public health and welfare. The ruling gives the federal agency the power to enforce regulations to control pollutants that cause global warming.

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Understanding Montreal Protocol

Verisae — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:32:47 -0600

The 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer, is an international treaty created to reduce the damage being caused to the stratospheric ozone layer by air pollutants such as refrigerant gases.

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F Gases are Further Regulated

Verisae — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:28:19 -0600

There has been considerable effort to restrict the use of F gases within the UK in particular and the European Union and laws governing their regulation are coming under particular focus during 2009.

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Define the Additionality Tool

Verisae — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:25:20 -0600

The principle of additionality asks a fundamental question: would the activity have occurred if it were not part of an offset project?

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Carbon Sequestration Alternatives

Verisae — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:01:47 -0600

As scientists and environmentalists around the globe seek solutions to the significant problem of global warming caused by excessive carbon emissions, a variety of solutions are being considered to counteract the threat.

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UK Cap and Trade

Verisae — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:55:44 -0600

The UK cap and trade scheme creates a real-time value for carbon, essentially creating a commodity.

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Carbon Offsets Fraud

Verisae — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:50:10 -0600

One of the primary ways of dealing with climate change caused by excess carbon emissions is to place a value on emissions and force emitters to purchase allowances or “offsets”.

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Carbon Trading Accounting

Verisae — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:29:27 -0600

Carbon trading accounting should take into account three separate layers of analysis including financial accounting, risk accounting and uncertainty accounting, as put forward by a white paper released by the European Accounting Association in late...

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Greenhouse Gas Production

Verisae — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:48:44 -0600

Greenhouse gas reduction will become a top priority for a company's board members and executives, from a legal, economic and public relations standpoint.

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Kyoto Protocol

Verisae — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:36:51 -0600

While the Kyoto Protocol is not the be-all and end-all of efforts to contain carbon emissions, it can nevertheless be seen as a historic movement to focus attention on the issue.

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Greenhouse Gases Emissions

Verisae — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:21:36 -0600

Greenhouse gases can be produced both naturally and artificially. Once they are absorbed into an atmosphere they emit radiation, which greatly affects the world's average temperature.

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UK Climate Legislation

Verisae — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:35:54 -0600

New UK climate legislation seeks to impose significant penalties on the primary emitters of greenhouse gases, the main culprits involved in negative climate change.

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction

Verisae — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:08:05 -0600

As each nation around the world has its own understanding of the problem and, perhaps understandably, has its own vested interests to protect, difficulties remain in establishing benchmarks for greenhouse gas emission reduction.

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Understanding Refrigerant Gas Management

Verisae — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:47:22 -0600

The following explains the refrigerant gas management program to be included in the AB 32 legislation in California.

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Reasonable Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets

Verisae — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:32:59 -0600

The group of eight – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom and United States – made a significant step forward by agreeing to limit global warming to an average of 2°C or 3.5°F.

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Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule

Verisae — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:17:58 -0600

Stringent new requirements are covered under a mandatory greenhouse gas reporting rule intended to reach into all sectors of the economy.

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Emissions Management

Verisae — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:05:09 -0600

Fully efficient emissions management requires captains of industry and CEOs to oversee a policy that strikes at the very heart of the company's existence.

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Carbon Footprint Calculator

Verisae — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:48:11 -0600

In an effort to encourage businesses to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, The Climate Registry includes a carbon footprint calculator to assist in identifying reduction of carbon emissions.

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Materiality Defined

Verisae — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:35:02 -0600

The materiality definition in The Climate Registry is part of its general verification protocol (GVP). It allows for a threshold of 5%, either over or under statement, of an entity’s direct or indirect emissions of greenhouse gases.

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Cap and Trade Carbon System

Verisae — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:30:13 -0600

The cap and trade carbon system recently introduced in the UK is known as the Carbon Reduction Commitment and the legislation is aimed at the largest producers.

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Organizational Boundaries

Verisae — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:24:46 -0600

Within The Climate Registry, there are organizational boundaries that define requirements for the accounting and reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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Carbon Reporting

Verisae — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:27:53 -0600

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a carbon reporting plan that would require certain industries to submit annual reports detailing their greenhouse gas emissions.

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Refrigerant Properties

Verisae — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:16:10 -0600

Refrigerant properties are of particular concern to environmental government agencies worldwide because some of the chemical substances used in certain types of refrigerants lead to ozone depletion or have a high global warming potential.

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F Gas Regulations

Verisae — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:42:25 -0600

Fluorinated greenhouses gases, also known as F Gas, are being closely regulated by the United States and many other foreign countries because they can cause harmful climate change.

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Refrigerant Leak Detection

Verisae — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:32:00 -0600

With the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation documented in The U.S. Clean Air Act (sections 608 & 609), refrigerant leak detection takes on great urgency.

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Refrigerants High GWP

Verisae — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:58:54 -0600

To maintain a healthy environment, the lower the global warming potential of a substance or chemical, the better it is.

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California Climate Registry

Verisae — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:47:16 -0600

The Climate Registry is committed to solving the problems of climate change by enhancing reporting requirements and providing educational services to companies wishing to track and report their carbon emissions.

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Greenhouse Gas Laws

Verisae — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:22:03 -0600

Refrigerant Recovery

Verisae — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:19:35 -0600

The HCFC phase out is covered, and is intended to decrease and eventually cut out production and use of hydrochlorofluorocarbons.

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HCFC Phase Out

Verisae — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:08:51 -0600

The HCFC phase out, of specifically R-22 refrigerant gas, is intended to decrease and eventually eliminate the production and use of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs).

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EPA Section 608

Verisae — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:45:43 -0600

Under Section 608 of the U.S. Clean Air Act written by the EPA a number of years ago, regulations are set forth regarding the handling, recovery and recycling of refrigerants during service, maintenance, repair, or disposal.

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Fugitive Emissions

Verisae — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:33:47 -0600

Fugitive emissions tracking will give government officials at the EPA a better understanding of the amount of greenhouse gases harming the environment each year and contributing to global warming due to the ineffective management of refrigerant...

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Greenhouse Gas Tracking

Verisae — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:21:32 -0600

Greenhouse Gas (GHG) tracking and reporting will soon become mandatory in the United States, with the first reports due in early 2011 for the emissions data collected for the 2010 calendar year.

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Mandatory Carbon Emissions Reporting

Verisae — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:04:40 -0600

Mandatory carbon (CO2) emissions reporting is more important than ever as the United States works with facilities to reduce substances known to adversely affect air quality, the climate, and lead to global warming.

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Causes of Ozone Layer Depletion

Verisae — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:52:41 -0600

There are many causes of ozone layer depletion, all of them man-made compounds that enter the atmosphere.

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R22 Refrigerant Gas Phase Out

Verisae — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:41:45 -0600

As a result of new environmental laws, managing the use of R22 refrigerant gas is more important than ever as government regulators can conduct unannounced spot checks to ensure tracking records comply with the reporting requirements.

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Climate Registry

Verisae — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:30:09 -0600

The question most often asked by organizations trying to figure out carbon emissions reporting is related to the Climate Registry. Explained here is the Climate Registry and why your organization should care about it.

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Calculating Carbon Emissions

Verisae — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:09:53 -0600

Calculating carbon emissions is detailed in protocols released by the EPA, ISO, World Resource Institute, and The Climate Registry. The mandatory reporting is necessary to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs).

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Refrigerant Leak

Verisae — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:02:56 -0600

A refrigerant management program is an important tool for monitoring and maintaining valuable business assets.

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CARB Freeze Air Pollution

Verisae — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:40:31 -0600

Almost forty years ago, the California Air Resources Board was formed to focus on air quality and areas for improvement. A good refrigerant gas management program is an essential element.

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Preparing for R-22 Refrigerant Gas Phase Out

Verisae — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:35:57 -0600

According to the 2008 study, the EPA is limiting the amount to HCFC R-22 to 20% LESS than industry demand. This means that R-22 will likely increase in cost substantially and available stocks will be bought up by the bigger organizations.

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What Are Carbon Emissions Reports

Verisae — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:31:48 -0600

This article explains, at a high-level, a few of the emerging carbon emissions reporting protocols.

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Understanding EPA Refrigerant Regulations

Verisae — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:17:07 -0600

In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set strict standards for regulating and monitoring a refrigerant leak.

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Obama's Executive Order 13514

Verisae — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:02:43 -0600

President Obama acts to initiate changes within the federal government, drawing attention to sustainability and a reduction in carbon emissions shines through in Executive Order 13514.

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UK CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme

Verisae — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:37:33 -0600

Companies that are affected, estimated to be 5,000 of Britain's largest carbon emitters, must get ready for registration by assessing whether they are liable by looking back to 2008 for information.

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President Obama's Executive Order 13514 Tackles Climate Change

Verisae — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:39:24 -0500

The signing of the Executive Order 13514 by President Obama requires all federal agencies of the government to act within 90 days to come up with a sustainability plan and a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the next 10 years.

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Executive Order 13514 on Greenhouse Gases & Sustainability

Verisae — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:45:53 -0500

For the first time, each agency is required to maintain a greenhouse gas inventory, which when fully collated and delivered to the president next year, will represent the first time that we have been able to see the actual size of the federal...

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CRC Energy Efficiency Introduction

Verisae — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:34:56 -0500

The Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC) legislation which will force an estimated 5,000 companies, directly affected by the law, to take part in a “cap and trade” scheme and report carbon.

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CRC Energy Efficiency Preparation

Verisae — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:34:49 -0500

Thousands of businesses are preparing for participation in the United Kingdom Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC). An estimated 5,000 companies across the country need to comply and should make sure that they initiate their preparation during 2009.

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CRC Energy Efficiency Confusion

Verisae — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:19:15 -0500

The UK government’s initiative introduces the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme legislation which will force an estimated 5,000 companies, directly affected by the law, to take part in a “cap and trade” scheme and to produce...

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Executive Order 13514 Calls for GHG Inventories

Verisae — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:35:49 -0500

Executive Order 13415 makes reductions of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions a priority of the Federal government. It requires all agencies to develop a Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan focused on cost-effective sustainability initiatives.

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Executive Order 13514 Represents Sustainability Challenges

Verisae — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:03:02 -0500

Executive Order 13514 represents agency challenges, as it calls for specific action to be taken to understand the size of the “federal sustainability problem” and to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption.

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CRC Energy Efficiency Compliance

Verisae — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:47:25 -0500

The Carbon Reporting Commitment (CRC) is now being introduced and will force an estimated 5,000 companies within the UK to engage in an active scheme to help reduce carbon emissions.

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UK Carbon Reduction Commitment

Verisae — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:04:03 -0500

The UK Carbon Reduction Commitment is a British based initiative, which is anticipated to provide a model for the rest of the world. The UK government intends to ensure that the business world is similarly engaged.

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Carbon Reduction Commitment Readiness

Verisae — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:20:09 -0500

Failure to register or to be ready to comply when the scheme commences in 2010 will result in fines and considerable damage. The UK government has made it clear that it will publish details of noncompliance as well as poor performance.

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CRC Energy Efficiency Regulations

Verisae — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:38:51 -0500

The UK government has made it clear that it is going to publish a League Table, detailing how participating companies fare in regard to an overall range of emission reduction targets and exponential savings based on expansion.

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British Carbon Reduction Initiative

Verisae — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:53:37 -0500

The British carbon plans seek "to improve carbon management and help the transition towards a low carbon economy in the UK and to demonstrate strong UK leadership internationally.

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CRC Energy Efficiency Requirements

Verisae — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:58:11 -0500

Refer to calendar year 2008. If you utilized electricity which is measured through half hourly meters (HHM) settled on a half hourly market and consumed over 6000 Mwh of electricity through those meters during 2008, then you must participate in CRC.

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CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Overview

Verisae — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:46:28 -0500

The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme of the British government's Department for Energy and Climate Change has been rather hurriedly introduced and its scope is not fully understood by many enterprises.

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EPA Finds Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) Harmful

Verisae — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:55:29 -0500

The EPA rule has stated that greenhouse gases "may endanger public health and welfare".

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CRC Carbon Reduction Targets

Verisae — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:55:39 -0500

Heavy fines await UK companies that fail to conform or to report (should they be required to do so) under the new Climate Reduction Commitment (CRC) legislation. Much confusion still exists within the country.

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Calculating Carbon Emissions

Verisae — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:11:21 -0500

Calculating carbon emissions is a complex process. The different types of emissions need to be identified and collected company wide. In addition, tracking methods need to show the daily use of refrigerant gas.

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Barcode Asset Management

Verisae — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 10:33:18 -0600

Barcode asset management is the most efficient way of controlling assets and equipment

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Asset Management Products

Verisae — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:08:36 -0600

Automation is the key and asset management products the vehicle.

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Fixed Asset Tracking Software

Verisae — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 04:40:25 -0600

Will the asset provide the expected return on investment? Will we be able to decipher the actual cost of ownership, in real terms?

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Enterprise Asset Tracking

Verisae — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:23:44 -0500

Asset tracking methods can incorporate the latest advances in technology and communication and sophisticated measures can now be made available cost-effectively. One of the solutions to this issue is to incorporate asset tagging.

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U.S. Clean Air Act

Verisae — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:19:11 -0500

Overseeing The U.S. Clean Air Act is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Among the issues the federal law addresses are air pollution control and carbon emission reporting (future)?

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Corporate Sustainability

Verisae — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:41:27 -0500

From a monetary point of view government legislation suggests that those corporations that actively reduce their reliance on damaging greenhouse gases may profit and be viewed favorably in the public eye.

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Sustainable Operations Management

Verisae — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:53:31 -0500

Sustainable operations management is not just concerned with the ubiquitous supply-chain and the process of introduction of raw material through completion and delivery, but must also address the wider issue of design and development, byproduct and...

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Walmart Sustainability Principles

Verisae — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:03:25 -0500

The Walmart sustainability drive is so impressive because the company, the largest retailer in the world, has 100,000 suppliers globally. Between them, these suppliers represent a considerable proportion of the greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted in the...

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Carbon Constrained Economy

Verisae — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:24:45 -0500

What kind of economic opportunity can a company foresee through a proactive adoption of “green” policies and processes? At the very least, it must be very vocal in its support of the principles.

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EPA Issues Fines for Improper Tracking of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS)

Verisae — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:04:26 -0500

The EPA enforcement penalties applies to facilities that improperly emit, vent, or dispose of refrigerant gas. The law requires proper servicing and safe removal of any equipment using restricted substances, such as ozone depleting substances (ODS)....

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Corporate Sustainability Reports (CSR)

Verisae — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:02:18 -0500

For a business to survive and prosper going forward, it must be able to link its boardroom policies to its factory floor operations. Implementation is the big challenge and much “behind the scenes” development must occur first to translate this...

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Sustainable Procurement Policy

Verisae — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:14:06 -0500

Sustainable procurement policy was born out of the realization that, unless we are proactive, an organization's economic bottom line may be severely impacted.

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Sustainable Product Index

Verisae — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:27:10 -0500

Walmart's initiative announced in mid-2009 detailing a drive to develop a worldwide sustainable product index is not company centric. The CEO was at great pains to point out that Walmart did not wish to “own” the concept.

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Environmental Management

Verisae — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:45:13 -0600

Environmental management in the future will achieve more of a focus based on the introduction of market-based instruments and more direct government involvement.

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Climate Change

Verisae — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:38:02 -0600

It is anticipated that in the relatively near future and certainly within the next 20 to 30 years, climate change and national security issues will force the United States to engage in military intervention.

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Ecological Footprint

Verisae — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:50:45 -0600

An ecological footprint, as opposed to a carbon footprint, determines how much of our natural resources we require to sustain ourselves, fuel our consumption and to absorb our wastes.

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Work Order Automation

Verisae — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:03:44 -0600

Work order automation and automated invoice formats leads to a reduction in the likelihood of confusion and incorrect data entry.

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Ratio Indicators

Verisae — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:10:50 -0600

When establishing ratio indicator priorities it may be necessary to use benchmarks established by recognized authorities or government agencies, such as the US Environmental Protection Agency for measurement purposes.

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Environmental Management

Verisae — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:19:31 -0600

A slow realization spread through industry and business that they needed to pay particular attention to the impact on the environment and pollution was no longer an acceptable byproduct of just doing business.

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Environmental Management Solutions

Verisae — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:29:54 -0600

Environmental management standards became the right thing to do for organizations to adopt the spirit of these standards and to be seen to be doing so.

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Corporate Sustainability

Verisae — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:13:53 -0600

The Obama directive ordered all government agencies and departments to fully embrace the concept of "corporate sustainability" and sets in place a timetable to measure their compliance.

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Sustainable Operations

Verisae — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:24:20 -0600

The term "sustainable operations" refers to the ability of the organization to endure, from an environmental perspective.

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Agency Sustainability

Verisae — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:31:37 -0600

Pres. Obama recently signed a new EO stipulating that each agency pay considerable attention to its overall efficiency, reducing its reliance on traditional forms of energy and thereby cutting down on its carbon emissions significantly.

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On Demand Sustainability

Verisae — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:35:17 -0600

On-demand sustainability is an ability that all businesses must strive for.

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Federal Agency Emissions

Verisae — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:42:10 -0600

Federal agencies have been told that they must become sustainable and they must act to reduce their energy use and carbon emissions. The question is will they be able to?

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Federal Agency Sustainability

Verisae — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:48:47 -0600

President Obama requires federal agencies to become sustainable under Executive Order 13514, a major undertaking, but central to his reputation as an agent of change.

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SEC Materiality Guidance

Verisae — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:49:39 -0600

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently captured widespread attention of leaders across organizations with the issuance of guidance on disclosures relating to material effects of climate change.

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Investor Guidance on Climate Change

Verisae — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:59:05 -0600

The SEC noted that one driver for issuing this guidance is the myriad of places that companies currently include reports to the public for their environmental and carbon impacts.

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Asset Sustainability

Verisae — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 07:56:36 -0500

It is now necessary to determine whether an asset performs according to its design criteria, or whether it performs according to the issues of sustainability.

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Asset Performance

Verisae — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:59:36 -0500

How do we deploy the measurement metrics that we use to determine asset performance in our new carbon-aware era?

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Building Efficiency

Verisae — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:24:12 -0500

As institutional investors and stakeholders begin to realize the value of investing in efficient buildings, a push for green building has taken root across industries.

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Global Asset Sustainability

Verisae — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:45:02 -0500

To get a complete view of asset management, energy efficiency must be measured as well and incorporated into a global asset sustainability plan.

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Asset Management Products

Verisae — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:56:57 -0500

Issues of pure productivity, marketing or personnel may well occupy the time of senior executives. They must be increasingly aware that their reliance on outdated asset management products is making their business uncompetitive.

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Online Asset Management Software

Verisae — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:02:03 -0500

IT has advanced in leaps and bounds, yet it is amazing to consider that many organizations still rely on an outdated spreadsheet when it comes to their asset management.

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Asset and Equipment Monitoring

Verisae — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:08:21 -0500

Asset and equipment monitoring can reveal so many other hidden dangers, yet far too many executive teams overlook it as a priority.

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Asset Management Priorities

Verisae — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:16:15 -0500

If asset management is not a priority, any plans for expansion can be based on unstable ground. Management is often overlooked however, as executives have too many other “more pressing” issues to content with.

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Asset Monitoring Solutions

Verisae — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:23:24 -0500

Asset operation is the lifeblood of many an organization and as such, we need to gather and interpret as much information, as proactively as possible.

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Asset Equipment Monitoring

Verisae — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:41:38 -0500

Energy and Asset Management

Verisae — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:47:38 -0500

Energy used to be seen as a liability and now it is being seen as a manageable asset, a quantum shift in business metrics.

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Asset Procurement

Verisae — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:53:27 -0500

Before an asset may be procured, its true energy efficiency characteristics must be revealed and corroborated. While this is a sound strategy in the new economy, in China it will soon be regulated.

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Waste Efficiency

Verisae — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:56:54 -0500

Waste efficiency must become a cornerstone for every company and inefficiencies must be identified within every process.

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Overproduction Waste

Verisae — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:38:28 -0500

There are a number of areas within any organization where waste can be incurred. Overproduction is one of the most serious.

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Waste Reduction Strategy

Verisae — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:19:49 -0500

Without a waste reduction strategy, companies risk not only increased costs, but also exposure to carbon emissions associated with waste, which could ultimately lead to taxation or fines.

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Waste Reduction Grants

Verisae — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:56:49 -0500

Sustainability requires an organization to pay particular attention to waste reduction and around the country, grants, incentives and prizes are available to sweeten the pill.

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Waste Planning

Verisae — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:44:55 -0500

As carbon emissions management is the poster child of sustainability, many organizations do not pay enough attention to other areas of environmental efficiency.

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Waste Management Facts

Verisae — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 10:52:14 -0500

Organizations should be very clear when they determine waste management facts and figures, to make sure that they adopt a plan that will be tenable, as well as sustainable.

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Waste Management Statistics

Verisae — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:03:48 -0600

Waste management statistics endorsed by the Environmental Protection Agency show us that over 200 million tons of solid waste is produced in the US each year. This would equate to a staggering 4.4 pounds of waste per person per day.

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Waste Reduction & Suppliers

Verisae — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:35:56 -0500

Waste reduction programs are essential for all businesses and throughout many industries and commerce. It is essential that each enterprise becomes a leaner and fitter concern not only monetarily but also from an emissions reduction perspective.

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Waste Reduction Programs

Verisae — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:19:56 -0500

A concerted waste reduction program will be a part of your company's new corporate sustainability ethic. This has developed from the theory of the ideal to the pressure of the necessary, as a company's stakeholders are insisting on tangible results.

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Industrial Waste Reduction

Verisae — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:50:57 -0500

There are several ways to initiate industrial waste reduction. As outlined earlier, there's likely to be a significant ideological change in the future, as it will no longer be acceptable to engage in practices considered to be damaging or wasteful.

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EPA Waste Reduction

Verisae — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:13:33 -0500

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) waste reduction is part of an overall process to reduce waste within our industrial and commercial environments which will lower each parts carbon footprint.

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Waste Reduction Lowers Emissions

Verisae — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:35:07 -0500

Waste measurement, waste reduction, and effective management are critical parts of an organization's carbon responsibility. Organizations should engage the services of special software providers and analysts to help.

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Water Efficient Strategy

Verisae — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:07:43 -0500

A water efficient strategy should not only be used to save money, but could also be used to project an organization's corporate citizenship and good approach to sustainability.

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Water Costing

Verisae — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:10:15 -0500

Water costing is far more involved than many people realize at the corporate level. It requires the adoption of full cost accounting and an interpretation of social and environmental impacts.

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Water Risks

Verisae — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:35:29 -0500

The assessment of risk as it relates to a company's water use and disposal requires a comprehensive analysis of many geographical, political and socioeconomic factors.

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Water Stakeholders

Verisae — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:29:21 -0500

Business cannot exist in a vacuum. Few external entities are as important as water stakeholders when it comes to sustainability.

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Global Water Usage

Verisae — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:06:41 -0500

Companies are just getting to terms with the need to reduce their carbon emissions to affect the global position and they now need to apply the same considerations to water.

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Reduce Water Consumption

Verisae — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:53:41 -0500

A company's water consumption poses many risks, which must be understood even as consumption is reduced.

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Sustainable Water Management

Verisae — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:13:13 -0500

It's now widely accepted that carbon emission mitigation is important for a business, but these same companies are largely not aware how a sustainable water management plan is important.

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Corporate Water Strategy

Verisae — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:40:15 -0500

Reputations will rise and fall in the corporate environment based on the strength of a sustainability plan. A corporate water strategy is a pivotal part of this.

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California Water Legislation

Verisae — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:16:05 -0600

Most people are aware that a status quo situation is not sustainable, especially when it comes to California water legislation, which must be passed in some shape or form as part of a growing awareness within that state toward environmental issues.

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Advanced Water Management

Verisae — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:53:28 -0500

Organizations may expect to appoint advanced water management officials who in turn may expect to interact with climatologists and hydrologists as we explore ways to more efficiently use and recycle the base commodity of water.

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Total Water Management

Verisae — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:30:14 -0500

Water conservation is a key element of corporate sustainability and should be addressed strategically.

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