RER & The Environment
Deutz Releases Biofuel-Powered Engines
Deutz AG last week announced it has for the first time released engines that meet exhaust emissions standard IIIB for use with biodiesel....
Energy-Efficient Wheel Loaders Receive Volvo Technology Award
The Volvo Technology Award for 2012 was recently presented to Björn Brattberg and Sven-Åke Carlsson of Volvo Construction Equipment for their work on OptiShift, a system that makes a wheel loader up to 15-percent more energy efficient....
Toro and Audubon International Create “Live Green” Program for Youth
The Toro Co. and Audubon International have partnered to create a new environmental education and course improvement program called “Live Green.”...
Engine Tier Changes Yield Cleaner Air 
We refer to the progression towards clean diesels as engine tier changes. At Terex AWP, we have applied significant resources to the conversion to Tier...
John Deere Turf Care Recognized for Environmental Efforts
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources last week recognized John Deere Turf Care in Fuquay-Varina, N.C., as a 2011 Environmental Steward....
Volvo Trucks First U.S. Manufacturer to Achieve Dual Energy Certifications
Volvo Trucks' New River Valley assembly plant in Dublin, Va., is the first U.S. facility to be certified to the ISO 50001 standards under a pilot program supported by the U.S. Department of Energy. NRV is also the first Superior Energy Performance (SEP)-certified facility to use ISO 50001 as its energy management system standard. ISO 50001 and SEP are, respectively, the top international standard and top U.S. certification program for driving continuous improvements in energy efficiency....
Volvo Group Expands Partnership with WWF
Volvo Construction Equipment and Volvo Buses have joined the Volvo Group’s cooperation with WWF Climate Savers to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions by 30 million tons from construction equipment, buses and trucks manufactured through 2014. Volvo’s joint-venture company, SDLG, which manufactures construction equipment in China, will also become the first-ever Chinese company to be a member of Climate Savers....
Atlas Copco Ranked 10th on the Global 100 List of Sustainable Companies
Stockholm, Sweden-based Atlas Copco has been ranked the world’s 10th most sustainable company in the annual Global 100 list, presented last week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Atlas Copco is the highest ranked industrial company....
AEMP Announces Position on Proposed Clean Construction Act
The Association of Equipment Management Professionals, an organization for asset management professionals of off-road fleets, this week announced its stance on the proposed Clean Construction Act. Upon request to establish a viewpoint on the bill, AEMP’s Emissions Committee held a meeting with the board of directors to review in detail and discuss. The board of directors made a decision to take a neutral stance on the bill based on AEMP’s mission and its own established initiatives aimed at emissions reductions....
Gregory Poole Equipment Commissions Solar Energy System
Gregory Poole Equipment Co. recently commissioned the company's first photovoltaic solar energy system at the Power Generation facility in Garner, N.C. The 207.74 kW rooftop array collects solar radiation through 884 solar panels, and converts the power for commercial energy use with a grid interactive inverter. The energy generated by the system will be sold to Progress Energy to help meet community energy needs....
Cummins Announces New Urea Dosing System to Diesel Engine Manufacturers
Cummins Emission Solutions, a division of Cummins Inc. announced this week that it is in the advanced development stages of a new urea dosing system — the EcoFit Urea Dosing System, a new aftertreatment product innovation designed to meet upcoming emission regulations in China, India and Russia....
California Scientists to Analyze Hybrid Construction Vehicle Emissions
Scientists at the University of California Riverside’s Center for Environmental Research and Technology have received a $2 million contract for a first-of-its-kind study of hybrid construction vehicles....
Dow Jones Names Cummins to Sustainability World Index
Cummins Inc. announced that it has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the seventh consecutive year. The index recognizes the top 10 percent of the world’s largest public companies for their economic, social and environmental performance....
Caterpillar Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Index for Eleventh Consecutive Year
Caterpillar Inc. has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the eleventh straight year in the Industrial Engineering sector....
Volvo Group Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Index
The Volvo Group last week announced it was included in the most recent Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. The 2,500 largest companies worldwide are ranked on the basis of their strategy and results in such areas as corporate ethics, environmental consideration and social criteria, with the focus on their ability to create sustainable value. The 300 highest-ranked companies, in no specific order, are included in DJSI World....
EPA Certifies Three John Deere Power Systems’ Engines for Interim Tier 4
John Deere Power Systems this week announced that three models in its lineup of 75 to 174 hp off-highway diesel engines have been certified as compliant with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Interim Tier 4, European Union Stage III B and California Air Resources Board emissions regulations. The PowerTech PWX 4.5L and PVX 4.5L engines and the PowerTech PVX 6.8L model below 174 hp join the previously certified lineup of engines above 174 hp....
Bandit Industries to Receive EPA Award for Mercury Reductions
Remus, Mich.-based Bandit Industries last week announced it is being recognized by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for mercury reductions taken at its manufacturing plant. These reductions were achieved as part of the National Partnership for Environmental Priorities program, which is a voluntary reduction program. NPEP is focused on promoting source reduction, working to identify environmentally preferable alternatives, fostering technology transfer, and cultivating collaborative relationships between EPA and public and private organizations....
Mi-Jack to Introduce Green Energy to Container Handling Industries through Acquisition
Edmonton, Alberta-based, Mi-Jack Canada last week acquired the hybrid energy specialist EcoPower Hybrid Systems of Montreal....
Cummins Achieves 28 Percent Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Cummins announced this week that it exceeded its 25 percent greenhouse gas emissions reduction commitment upon completion of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Leaders Program....
RSC Employees Honored for Equipment Emissions Tracking System
RSC Equipment Rental named Claudia Flaherty, William Smith, Neil Sparks and Dave Ball as recipients of the Freek Nijdam award for 2010, named in memory of the respected late former RSC CEO. The award is given annually to one or more RSC employees who demonstrate outstanding creative thinking and determined problem solving to improve customer service, performance and growth....
Volvo Engineers Awarded for More Efficient Excavator Hydraulics
Volvo Group this week announced that four Korean engineers received the 2011 Volvo Technology Award for their work in refining the hydraulic system used in Volvo Construction Equipment’s excavators. The resultant improvement in system efficiency is yielding fuel savings of up to 15 percent....
U.S. Green Building Council Applauds Environmental and Economic Policy Initiative
The U.S. Green Building Council last week applauded a key element of President Obama’s plan to “win the future” by making America’s commercial buildings more energy- and resource-efficient over the next decade. The President’s plan, entitled “Better Buildings Initiative,” catalyzes private-sector investment through a series of incentives to upgrade offices, stores, schools and universities, hospitals and other commercial and municipal buildings....
Caterpillar Facilities Achieve Zero Waste to Landfill in 2010
In line with Caterpillar Inc.’s global commitment to sustainable development, two Caterpillar facilities achieved zero waste to landfill in 2010. The Caterpillar Remanufacturing & Components Division United Kingdom Hose Assembly (UKHA) plant in Leicester, England, and the Caterpillar Logistics Services, Desford, England, operations have reached 100-percent recycling in their respective facilities....
Volvo Group Partnership Paves the Way for Carbon-Neutral Airports
In partnership with Schmidt and Swedavia, the Volvo Group announced it is participating in a field test to trial a biogas-fueled snow sweeper....
Greenbuild 2010 Draws 28,000 Attendees
The U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) annual Greenbuild International Conference & Expo welcomed more than 28,000 attendees in November at its show in Chicago. Attendees representing various backgrounds, professions and 114 countries filled the exhibit hall floor, educational and speaker sessions, green building tours and networking events that made up the three-day-long show. The nearly 200,000-square-foot expo hall floor featured more than 1,800 exhibit booths representing more than 1,000 exhibiting companies. Greenbuild is the industry’s largest gathering of representatives from all sectors of the green-building movement....
