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- Design and Engineering Firm Steps Up, Ramps Up to go 100% Green Power
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October 31, 2005 (Portland, OR) -- David Evans and Associates, Inc. (DEA) announced a major expansion of its corporate sustainability initiatives with a commitment to ‘greening’ 100 percent of the company’s electricity usage through the purchase of Green Tags, also known as renewable energy credits. [full text version] |
- WhiteWave Foods Garners 3rd Straight EPA Award
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October 25, 2005 (Austin, TX) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized Silk® Soymilk and Horizon Organic® for their commitment to, and ongoing promotion of, renewable energy. [full text version] |
- Small Business Does Big Things to Support RE Future
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October 17, 2005 (Grants Pass, OR) – Encore Ceramics, Inc. dedicated the installation of a 29-kilowatt (kW) solar power system on the roof of its manufacturing facility today, and announced that it is purchasing Green Tags (renewable energy credits) to make its facility 100 percent powered by renewable energy and its overall operations 100 percent “climate neutral.” [full text version] |
- Sunny Outlook for Solar Green Tags
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September 29, 2005 (VANCOUVER, Wash.) — Responding to increasing demand for Solar-generated renewable energy credits, or Green Tags, the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) announced today the availability of its Brighter Future™ Green Tag product, featuring a 90 percent, 10 percent blend of new wind- and new photovoltaic solar-generated Green Tags, respectively. [full text version] |
- NW Restaurant Chain Goes 100% Renewable
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August 15, 2005 (VANCOUVER, Wash.) — The Holland, Inc. announced today that it has expanded upon its long-standing commitment to sustainable operating practices and local ingredients by committing to use renewable wind power produced in the Pacific Northwest to provide 100 percent of the electricity needs of all it’s Burgerville and Noodlin’ restaurants throughout Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington, as well as its local headquarters in Vancouver, Washington. [full text version] |
- Coalition of Artists Leaves a Legacy of Solar Power
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August 5, 2005 (Orlando, FL) — Students returning to the Orlo Vista school Monday saw the latest addition to the school grounds: a solar power system donated to the school in conjunction with a major international solar conference being held this week in Orlando, the 2005 Solar World Congress. [full text version] |
- Interface's Renewable Energy Purchases Fund Wind and Solar Initiatives
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July 28, 2005 (ATLANTA) — For 10 years, Interface, Inc. and its subsidiaries have been engaged in initiatives designed to lighten their company's environmental footprint, including investments in renewable energy certificates (RECs) that support high quality projects such as the development of renewable energy resources in the Northwest and Plains states. [full text version] |
- Real-Time Energy Monitoring for BEF Solar Projects
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July 25, 2005 (Hillsboro, Ore.) — How do you know it’s working? For solar power projects that use photovoltaic (PV) technology, it is not always easy to tell. [full text version] |
- Green Power Campaign Partner Garners EMMY Award
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July 20, 2005 (Hillsboro, Ore.) — In April of last year, Puget Sound Regional electric utilities and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) gave the green light to a green power campaign conceived from market research by Belo Marketing Solutions (BMS), a division of KING 5, NBC’s television affiliate in Seattle, Washington. [full text version] |
- First City Hall in Oregon to be 100% Green Powered
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July 8, 2005 (Hillsboro, Ore.) — Hillsboro's new Civic Center will be the first municipal headquarters building in Oregon to acquire enough renewable electric power to meet all its needs. [full text version] |
- Solar World Congress Attendees Follow the "Green" Brick Road
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June 13, 2005 (Orlando, Florida) — The American Solar Energy Society (ASES), the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) and The Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) announced today that their plan to give attendees of the Solar World Congress 2005 event (August 6-12 in Orlando, Florida) an option to green their travel has met with unexpected success. [full text version] |
- Ashland Conservation Commission Creates a Climate-Neutral World Wellness Weekend
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June 13, 2005 (Ashland, OR) — Speakers, lecturers, instructors, exhibitors and attendees are descending upon Ashland, Oregon, for the World Wellness Weekend conference on June 18 & 19. [full text version] |
- BEF Helps MTV "Green" Travel for Environmental Show
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April 25, 2005 (Portland, OR) — ...and the Emmy for least amount of environmental impact during production goes to... Today, this Emmy category does not exist, but if it did (and maybe some day it will), the award would certainly go to MTV's Trippin' for offsetting all of the carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas pollution generated during the production of the show. [full text version] |
- Salomon Oasis Tour Travels 100,000 "Green" Miles
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February 24, 2005 (Portland, OR) — The Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) announced today that Salomon North America (SNA) is extending its philosophy of industry leadership in products and innovation to include protection of the environment. [full text version] |
- Western Washington University Students Commit to Renewable Energy
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February 4, 2005 (Bellingham) — The Western Washington University board of trustees on Feb. 4 approved a student fee to be utilized for the purchase of renewable energy -- positioning Western to become a national leader in the renewable energy field, as the second largest purchaser of green power in higher education and the 15th largest purchaser of green energy overall. [full text version] |
- Solar Powered Educational Opportunities
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February 2, 2005 (Portland, Ore.) — Sunshine and renewable energy education take center stage at four Portland area schools as students await completion of their school's new solar electric systems. [full text version] |
- BEF launches new Green Tags web site
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