SEB’s The Green Bond Report: a Closer Look at SLBs
The sustainable debt market is off to a good start this year with total issuance of USD 84.3bn in January, led by green and social bonds. There has also been a significant increase in issuance of sustainability-linked bonds, with issuance of USD 3.9bn in January, equivalent to almost 40 percent of the total issued in all of 2020. In the latest issue of SEB’s report The Green Bond, titled New Sustainable Assets, we take a closer look at sustainability-linked bonds and the role they can play in th...
Bureau of Reclamation Partners with NASA Tournament Lab and HeroX to Crowdsource Innovative Solution to Limit Water Loss in Canals
Problem Solvers Needed for Effective, Durable, and Low-Maintenance Solution to Sustain Canals that Serve 30M Customers and 100M Aces of Farmland WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), the nation's largest wholesale water supplier, in partnership with NASA Tournament Lab (NTL) and HeroX, the leading crowdsourcing platform for solutions to global problems, today announced the crowdsourcing competition "Water America's Crops Challenge." The challenge calls on the global commu...
Trimble Introduces the Next Generation of 3D Paving Control for Asphalt Pavers
Trimble Roadworks Advances Asphalt Paving Control with Intuitive Software, Rugged Hardware and Office-to-Field Interconnectivity SUNNYVALE, Calif.— Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) introduced today the Trimble® Roadworks 3D Paving Control Platform for Asphalt Pavers, the next-generation platform for 3D asphalt paving control systems. Trimble Roadworks is a highly accurate, automatic 3D screed control system that can significantly improve paving productivity and rideability by directly referencing the d...
Esri Releases ArcGIS Velocity for Analysis of Real-Time IoT Data
Additional License Levels Open Opportunities for New Industries to Integrate Geospatial Sensor Capability REDLANDS, Calif.— Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced the release of ArcGIS Velocity. Previously known as ArcGIS Analytics for IoT, Velocity is a new cloud-native capability for ingestion, processing, visualization, and analysis of real-time and high-volume geospatial data on the fly. It complements existing systems with geographic information system (GI...
CIRCOR announces RTK® Discharge and Pump Protection Control Valve
Cutting Cost and Preventing Damage with Two Valves in One CIRCOR International, Inc., a leading manufacturer and marketer of differentiated technology products and sub-systems, announces the RTK® Discharge and Pump Protection Control Valve. This unique valve provides the ideal solution for all industrial processes that incorporate pumps, such as condensate pumps, boiler feedwater pumps, or low-pressure centrifugal pumps. The RTK® Discharge and Pump Protection Control Valve works as t...
The Energy Co-op Expands Services and Adds Additional Team Members
Philadelphia-based The Energy Co-op, a pioneer in renewable energy and community sustainability, is expanding its capacity to serve southeastern Pennsylvania's residents and businesses. The nonprofit offers renewable electricity, renewable natural gas, and affordable home heating oil. It recently hired three new persons to support its new programs to assist and educate members. Noah Swistak is The Energy Co-op’s new Member Services Lead. Noah has years of experience in membership engagem...
Lorelei Williams to Lead Pacific Northwest Transportation at WSP USA
Brings nearly a quarter century of transportation and relational experience to new role with the firm; held multiple leadership roles with the City of Seattle Department of Transportation. SEATTLE — Lorelei Williams has joined WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, as its Transportation business line leader for the Pacific Northwest district. In her new role as a WSP vice president, Williams will be responsible for using the firm’s broad technical experi...
Entire I-69 Finish Line Corridor Moving to Construction After Final Contracts Awarded
INDIANAPOLIS – Governor Eric J. Holcomb and Indiana Department of Transportation Commissioner Joe McGuinness announced today that the final two of five construction contracts to build the I-69 Finish Line project between Martinsville and Indianapolis have been awarded. The full I-69 Finish Line project is officially under construction, with the entire 27-mile corridor from S.R. 39 in Martinsville to Indianapolis under contract, including 9 miles of I-465 between I-70 and I-65 on Indianapolis’ so...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Additional Biden Appointees Ready to Work on Behalf of the American People
WASHINGTON – Today, the Biden Administration announced additional key members of its U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) team who are joining the Department this week. This diverse and experienced group will join with USDOT civil servants and other appointees already hard at work on behalf of the American people to advance President Biden’s agenda to build our country back better. “We welcome this experienced group who will work on behalf of the American people to build our country b...
Senate Confirms Buttigieg As USDOT Secretary
The Senate confirmed Peter Buttigieg as the 19th secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation on February 2 by a vote of 86 to 13. [Above photo by Gage Skidmore.] The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation approved the nomination of the former 2020 Democrat presidential candidate and mayor of South Bend, IN, to be USDOT secretary on January 27 by a vote of 21 to 3. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials congratulated Buttigieg upo...