Energy

NRG’s Commitment to Community Supported Agriculture (CSA).

At NRG, supporting a more sustainable future goes beyond our own emission reduction goals. There are many ways the concept is taking hold at our company and in the communities we serve—one example is through our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Consumers Energy Works with Michigan-Based Business to Help Students in 29 Counties Stay Warm This Winter

Helping to keep schoolchildren safe and warm this winter, Consumers Energy is working with a Michigan-based business to provide products to over 900 West and Northern Michigan schools that quickly dry cold and wet gloves and mittens.

This week, TheGreenGloveDryer® School Project is delivering 3,140 EcoDryers to classrooms in nearly 60 public, private and charter schools in the Traverse Bay area. Consumers Energy is funding the school outreach to help students just in time for another cold Michigan winter.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Alicia Daniels Uhlig Receives a Women in Sustainability Leadership Award From Green Building & Design Magazine

Alicia Daniels Uhlig Receives a Women in Sustainability Leadership Award from Green Building & Design Magazine. International Living Future Institute community and policy leader recognized for important contributions to a more sustainable world

Energy

New LG ENERGY STAR Certified Air Purifier Delivers All-Around Air Quality

ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year LG Electronics USA has launched the PuriCare™ 360° Air Purifier – the latest addition to the company’s line of advanced air care solutions. The new LG PuriCare 360° features a unique purification method that promotes 360 degrees of clean air delivery, true HEPA filtration, LoDecibal™ quieter operation and superior energy efficiency.

LG PuriCare 360° (model AS560DWR0) joins the portfolio of LG appliances certified asthma & allergy friendly® by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) – including air purifiers, washing machines and clothing care systems – helping to improve indoor air quality throughout the home. Each certified LG product has undergone rigorous scientific testing to ensure it is more suitable for people with asthma and allergies.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Sodexo Encourages College Students to Support Vermont’s Local Food Economy

Sodexo, a food services and facilities management company committed to Quality of Life, organized and hosted the first-ever Taking Root Student Symposium to demonstrate the organization’s commitment to buying locally-sourced products in Vermont and to teach college students in the state what it means to chart a career in food.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Ingersoll Rand Named a 2018 Winner for Prestigious U.S. Chamber Foundation ‘Best Environmental Stewardship’ Award

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center named Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR), a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments, the winner of the 2018 Corporate Citizenship Awards, in the category of Best Environmental Stewardship.

Energy

Hallmark Is Converting Gift Wrap Into Energy

Energy

Lidl Finland Microgrid Enables Carbon-Neutral Distribution

Schneider Electric has partnered with grocery store chain, Lidl, to deliver Finland’s largest industrial microgrid and an advanced IoT-enabled building automation system for Lidl’s new distribution center in Järvenpää, Finland.

The unique distribution center that will cover a surface of 60,000 m2, the largest in Finland and equivalent to 10 football fields in size, will serve Southern Finland’s grocery stores and fully start operations at the beginning of 2019.

With Schneider Electric’s microgrid offer, Lidl's distribution center will reach a high level of energy efficiency based on 100% renewable energy.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

AHRI Honors Trane’s Darryl Denton and Stephen Lind With 2018 Richard C. Schulze Award

Product certification expert Darryl Denton and Acoustics expert Stephen Lind took home the 2018 Richard C. Schulze Award at the Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) leadership forum in Tucson, AZ, yesterday. Both seasoned engineers have made a mark on their respective fields, and both work for Trane®, a brand of Ingersoll Rand.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

U.S. Department of Energy Honors Ingersoll Rand With Better Practice Award for Cutting Energy Use by 50 Percent

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded Ingersoll Rand® a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments, a 2018 Better Practice award for energy management initiatives that reduced energy consumption by 50 percent at its Trane® HVAC manufacturing plant in Waco.

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