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Industrial Ecology: A Call for Papers

By Reid Lifset, Associate Research Scholar, Resident Fellow in Industrial Ecology, Associate Director of the Industrial Environmental Management Program, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Industrial Ecology Industrial ecology (IE) is an ensemble concept that specifies ways in which firms can and are currently starting to deal with their environmental impact. It builds on a [...]

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EDF Climate Corps Announces the First 36 Organizations to Sign Up for Energy Savings in 2013

New participants include Colgate-Palmolive, NYSE Euronext, General Motors and the City of Boston "We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations," the President said Monday during his second inaugural address. As we at EDF share the same sense of urgency [...]

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Why Ingersoll Rand’s Collaboration with EDF Climate Corps Works

By Scott Tew, Executive Director,  Center for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability, Ingersoll Rand As we plan for our fourth summer of hosting Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) Climate Corps fellows, I’m reviewing the great strides we’ve made based on the work of the six EDF fellows Ingersoll Rand has hosted to date. Through Ingersoll Rand’s involvement [...]

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EDF Climate Corps: Reflections on 2012, Looking Ahead to 2013

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2012 was a banner year for EDF Climate Corps. We celebrated five years of energy efficiency success and over $1.2 billion in identified energy savings. Below are a few reflections on 2012 and a couple opportunities on the horizon for 2013. Looking Back on 2012 The Third Annual EDF Climate Corps Network Event We would [...]

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Join EDF, adidas Group, Ingersoll Rand January 22 for a GreenBiz Webinar

The EDF Climate Corps Team invites you to join us in ringing in this new year efficiently on our GreenBiz Webinar “Dismantling the Barriers to Energy Efficiency.” Dial in at 1pm ET on January 22 to learn how EDF Climate Corps can take your company’s energy management system to the next level, no matter where [...]

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Unveiling the Secret Sauce for EDF Climate Corps

EDF founded Climate Corps in 2008 armed with a hunch and seven smart, young people. Five years later, we have placed nearly 300 elite graduate students in about 200 leading companies, cities and universities to uncover valuable energy savings. Today, EDF announces Climate Corps' latest results. In the course of each engagement, EDF Climate Corps [...]

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QTS 2012: Continuing the Quest for Data Center Energy Efficiency

By: Neeraj Mokha, 2012 EDF Climate Corps fellow at QTS, MBA Candidate at Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management Organization: Quality Technology Services (QTS) Opportunity: 3 million square feet of data center space Challenge:Data centers require plenty of energy Quality Technology Services (QTS) announced yesterday it hired Sukrit Sehgal, QTS’s 2011 EDF Climate [...]

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EDF Climate Corps Trains its Biggest Cohort to Date

By Andrew Willens, Marketing and Communications Intern, EDF Climate Corps Nearly a hundred enthusiastic Generation Y professionals recently gathered in Charlotte, NC to soak up decades of Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) expertise at the fifth annual EDF Climate Corps Training. After a week of lectures, group exercises and building tours, these fellows are now scattered [...]

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EDF Climate Corps Blog Posts Have Moved

For those of you who've scoured EDF’s blogs for news from EDF Climate Corps, life is about to get much easier. From here on out, you'll find all posts and updates from EDF Climate Corps fellows, host organizations and staff on the EDF Climate Corps blog, which launched Tuesday. For those of you unfamiliar with [...]

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EDF Climate Corps Turns Five, Continues to Surprise

If Facebook were a country, it would be the third largest in the world. With over 900 million users, the social media site now has a market valuation of $104 billion – all because of a clever idea conceived in a college dorm room eight years ago. A good idea taken to scale can be [...]

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