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January 24 2013, 01:47 PM
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Janne Koponen
Recently, environmental discussions seem to have shifted from carbon footprints to energy management. Many organisations are planning to supplement their ISO14001 Environmental Management standard with the Energy Management standard ISO50001. Even some governments, like South Africa, are implementing this new standard to avoid a future energy crisis [1] . Instead of reducing carbon emissions by implementing a broad sustainability policy, many organisations prefer the energy approach. This makes sense. Energy-efficiency is a major step towards reducing the total carbon footprint and lowering operating cost. Also, there is no real stick for not reporting things like waste emissions. Most legal requirements do not include Scope 3 emissions. As...
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By: Janne Koponen
Janne Koponen
Senior Architect, CA ecoSoftware Engineering Services
CA Technologies
Janne Koponen is a senior architect with CA ecoSoftware Engineering Services and focuses on customer implementations of CA ecoGovernance. He also has patents pending for the original design and programming of CA ecoGovernance...
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January 16 2013, 01:23 PM
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Cynthia Curtis
There has been a subtle shift happening at CA recently towards making our voice heard in important national dialogues. In an era of political polarization, 24 hour news cycles and economic and environmental uncertainty, it is becoming apparent that we can bring a unique point of view and real value to these discussions and we are taking steps to get more involved. That is why I am so pleased that we have recently joined Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy (BICEP), a project of Ceres . BICEP is an important example of a group bringing together businesses to make a positive difference in our national policy and our society. As Ceres' website explains: BICEP's goal is to work directly with key allies in the business community...
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By: Cynthia Curtis
As vice president and chief sustainability officer, Cynthia oversees the CA Technologies Office of Sustainability and is responsible for global sustainability strategy and initiatives for the company. Cynthia also meets with customers looking to use IT management solutions to further their sustainability...
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By: Cynthia Curtis
As vice president and chief sustainability officer, Cynthia oversees the CA Technologies Office of Sustainability and is responsible for global sustainability strategy and initiatives for the company. Cynthia also meets with customers looking to use IT management solutions to further their sustainability...
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December 07 2012, 11:25 AM
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Cynthia Curtis
I recently attended the Verge Conference in San Francisco. Verge, short for convergence, was the brainchild of Joel Makower of GreenBiz , one of the more creative minds in the corporate sustainability space. The idea is that there is a rapid convergence happening between technology, buildings, transportation and energy that is creating tremendous efficiencies and opportunities for innovation. The lines between these seemingly disparate economic drivers are blurring. Started in 2011, the conference brings together thought leaders from a variety of disciplines to discuss how this convergence is playing out and what it means to cities, businesses, governments and individuals. Here are some of the highlights: Cities as a Platform There was a lot...
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By: Cynthia Curtis
As vice president and chief sustainability officer, Cynthia oversees the CA Technologies Office of Sustainability and is responsible for global sustainability strategy and initiatives for the company. Cynthia also meets with customers looking to use IT management solutions to further their sustainability...
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November 19 2012, 02:54 PM
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Janne Koponen
We talk a lot about climate change caused by greenhouse gases, but does anyone remember the Ozone hole and leaded petrol? These were real problems a couple of decades ago. Remarkably, both problems were created in the 1920s by the same man, Thomas Midgley Jr, who first came up with the idea of reducing knocking in car engines by adding Tetraethyl Lead into gasoline. Then he invented CFC gases to replace toxic gases used in early air conditioning and refrigerated systems. Both of these inventions were huge commercial successes, but the side-effects soon became apparent. Midgley himself had to take a year off in the then lead-free Europe to recover from lead poisoning, which affects the lungs and the nervous system. Many of his employees died...
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By: Janne Koponen
Janne Koponen
Senior Architect, CA ecoSoftware Engineering Services
CA Technologies
Janne Koponen is a senior architect with CA ecoSoftware Engineering Services and focuses on customer implementations of CA ecoGovernance. He also has patents pending for the original design and programming of CA ecoGovernance...
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