Going Green

Peterbilt adds Green
Technologies website
Sep 2, 2008

Peterbilt has added a new Green Technologies website within its main website—www.peterbilt.com—to promote the company’s advanced technologies and vehicles that provide gains in fuel efficiency and reduce emissions....

U.K. supermarket uses
biomethane-fueled truck
Aug 27, 2008

Sainsbury’s supermarket in the United Kingdom has begun food deliveries to its flagship green store using a truck whose engine has been converted to run on liquid biomethane fuel produced from normal landfill waste....

Penske helps City Harvest
refrigerated fleet go green
Aug 22, 2008

Penske Truck Leasing and City Harvest announced the launch of an environmentally friendly refrigerated truck fleet. City Harvest, a food rescue organization dedicated to feeding New York City’s hungry, is the first Penske customer to commit to operate a fleet of hybrid trucks....

Bush confers with IFDA
officials about energy
Aug 19, 2008

President George W. Bush met August 12 with International Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA) Chairman John Martin and IFDA President and Chief Executive Officer Mark Allen, along with other business leaders and trade group representatives who founded the Coalition for Affordable American Energy (CAAE)....

Using CESAR to boost
carrier's fleet efficiency
Aug 11, 2008

Clean Power Technologies Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding with trans-Canadian freight trucking firm East West Express Inc. Under the MOU’s terms, East West will provide Clean Power with a Road Load Data Collection Vehicle for research on its refrigerated trailer fleet....

Volvo receives hybrid technology grant
Aug 1, 2008

The United States Department of Energy and the Swedish Energy Agency have jointly awarded an $18 million, three-year grant to the Volvo Group for the development of hybrid technology and drivelines for alternative fuels...

Merchants Terminal to operate green DC
Aug 1, 2008

Hoffberger Holdings Inc. (HHI) has purchased a parcel of land to construct and operate one of the most environmentally friendly perishable foods distribution centers in the United States...

Jungheinrich offers green lift truck
Aug 1, 2008

New from Jungheinrich Lift Truck Corporation is its EFG 425-430 AC electric four-wheel counterbalanced 6,000-pound capacity lift truck. A “green” alternative to conventional internal combustion (IC) trucks, it has whisper-quiet, emission-free operation...

Green paper details ways to cut fuel usage
Aug 1, 2008

Fleets can reduce harmful greenhouse emissions while lowering operating costs, according to a new paper by Networkcar. The paper, entitled Go Green and Save Green, details six areas that can reduce fuel consumption and lower air pollution...

Merchants Terminal
to operate ‘green’ DC
Jul 3, 2008

Hoffberger Holdings Inc. (HHI) has purchased from Duke Realty Corporation a parcel of land at the former Baltimore (MD) General Motors plant site, now known as the Chesapeake Commerce Center, to construct and operate one of the most environmentally friendly perishable foods distribution centers in the United States....

Wise consumption
Jul 1, 2008

With energy costs projected to rise as much as 12% this year, and carbon footprint (total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and indirectly support human activities) an issue of increasing importance, cold storage facilities are taking a hard look at their energy consumption...

Greener profits
Jun 1, 2008

Sustainability has become a very hot topic in today's business environment...

Supermarket chains join EPA GreenChill
Apr 1, 2008

Hannaford Brothers and Whole Foods, have joined the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) GreenChill Partnership...

Safeway's entire truck fleet goes green
Apr 1, 2008

Safeway Inc. has converted its entire California and United States truck fleet to cleaner-burning biodiesel fuel...

Safely Green
Mar 1, 2008

Eaton Corporation is stepping up educational efforts with fleets and the general public about safety design features incorporated into its hybrid electric power systems...

It's Fresh & Easy being green
with hybrid Vector's help
Feb 1, 2008

Featuring Carrier's patented Deltek diesel-electric technology, the Vector 1800MT system is a radical departure from conventional mechanical refrigeration...

Ryder tractors, trailers take a green turn
Nov 1, 2007

Ryder System Inc has announced the launch of its RydeGreen line of tractors and trailers, designed to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions....

Keeping cool while going green
Jul 1, 2007

What do chicken dinners, salmon, and filet mignon have in common? They could all be found in a pollution-slashing hybrid diesel electric trailer refrigeration...

WhiteWave wins award for being green
Mar 1, 2007

WhiteWave Foods Co was named a 2006 Green Power Leadership Award winner by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department...

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