
Dell says it reduced carbon footprint by 16 percent
Information technology company Dell Inc. has reduced its facilities’ carbon footprint by up to 16 percent, according to its 2012 Corporate Sustainability Report. The report highlights the company’s commitment to being an environmentally responsible citizen, as a member of clean technology advocate The Climate Group.
A team of researchers have found that bacteria could help trap excess carbon dioxide underground through mineralization.
California-based startup Sunpreme Company raised $50 million to fund the construction of its first manufacturing plant to be built in China as the country rapidly becomes the destination of choice of American “green” companies.
Energy efficiency company Opower said that households who participated in the C-7 New Energy Partnership have saved more than $1 million on their bills and nearly 8 million kilowatt hours of electricity since the launch of a unique energy reporting program last year.
Enlighted Inc. announced that it has raised $14.2 million from high-profile investors Intel Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers to deploy its lighting and energy management platform.
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