
BERKELEY — Recognizing the proven leadership of campus faculty and students in addressing climate change, poverty and public health, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation have selected the University of California, Berkeley, as one of 10 universities worldwide to launch a new master’s degree program in development practice. UC Berkeley and UC Davis [...]
Grand Hall USA, Inc., a leading manufacturer of innovative gas appliances and components, is amongst one of the eco-conscious U.S. manufacturers to collaborate with the ENERGY STAR Program. Serving as an official partner, Grand Hall’s new premier product – Eternal Condensing Hybrid water heater is the only gas hybrid to be ENERGY STAR approved. ENERGY [...]
Consumers could cut their household electricity use as much as 12 percent and save $35 billion or more over the next 20 years if U.S. utilities go beyond simple “smart meter” initiatives to include a wide range of energy-use feedback tools that get consumers more involved in the process of using less energy, according to [...]

UL Environment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Underwriters Laboratories and a global leader in environmental validation and standards development, has been named an Organizational Stakeholder for the Global Reporting Initiative, supporting development of an internationally-recognized sustainability reporting framework. UL Environment joins an elite group of sustainability leaders convened to develop and regulate the GRI framework across [...]