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January 2011
Corporate Energy Strategy
The unclear prospects for energy policy in the United States are complicating life for businesses, which don’t have the luxury of avoiding an energy strategy. In Business Impact this month, we explain why every company needs to be rethinking the ways it consumes electricity and raw materials. Companies’ approaches to using energy and other resources are becoming a crucial part of how their brands are perceived. Spikes in energy prices can damage a company’s finances. And new analyses of how products are made can save companies money. We dive into the technologies that businesses ought to consider, and we explore new models for funding energy upgrades.
Corporate Energy Strategy
The unclear prospects for energy policy in the United States are complicating life for businesses, which don’t have the luxury of avoiding an energy strategy. In Business Impact this month, we explain why every company needs to be rethinking the ways it consumes electricity and raw materials. Companies’ approaches to using energy and other resources are becoming a crucial part of how their brands are perceived. Spikes in energy prices can damage a company’s finances. And new analyses of how products are made can save companies money. We dive into the technologies that businesses ought to consider, and we explore new models for funding energy upgrades.
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- More Data, Less Power
- Solving the Climate Crisis At a Profit
- Making Electric Vehicles Pay Off
- A Test Bed for Smart Buildings
- Trying to Come Up with Green Labels that Matter
- The Economics of Superinsulating Windows
- Electricity from Fuel Cells
- The Tech Company that Earns Greenpeace's Highest Rating
- Keeping the Personal Touch without Getting on a Plane
- How to Hedge Against Volatile Energy Prices
- Our Energy Future by the Numbers