Continuous Energy Improvement: The ISO 50001 based solution to rising environmental and energy challenges

Article written by Francois Rongere, PG&E
The Challenge: Current energy management plans are still tactical and fragmented. Managing energy poses complex strategic challenges for business. The energy management plan must balance critical, and sometimes competing, demands related to operational effectiveness, cost control and a company’s commitment to environmental responsibility. Most organizations respond tactically to these challenges with audits and technical projects that address narrow energy efficiency or cost-savings goals.
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New year, new legislative session in California

With the new year comes a new Legislative Session in California. On Jan. 4, 2012, the Legislature will convene the second year of a 2-year session. The vast majority of the 2,719 bills introduced in 2011 were held over as "2-year bills" and will be taken up in January of 2012. It is anticipated that the Legislature will introduce at least 1,500 more bills in 2012 in addition to those that were held over from 2011. Needless to say, it will be a busy year.
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Deadlines approaching for eTRIP rule

Deadlines are approaching for the eTRIP rule that requires employers with 100 or more eligible employees at a worksite to establish employee trip-reduction programs. These programs are designed to encourage employees to reduce single-occupancy vehicle trips, thus reducing pollutant emissions associated with work-related commutes.
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Diesel truck emissions regulations begin in January

The California Air Resources Board is reminding owners of heavier diesel trucks that new emission-reducing regulations go into effect Jan. 1, 2012 and many businesses may need to report compliance online. The regulation, adopted in 2008 and later amended in 2010, applies to all privately owned diesel trucks that operate in California.
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CalRecycle close to adoption of commercial recycling regulation

A proposed set of regulations that establishes a statewide mandatory commercial recycling program was issued by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) on Nov. 2. The Department held a hearing on the proposal Dec. 13 and expects to adopt it sometime in early 2012.
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History of the CLFP Sample Display

The Sample Display that one sees at the Expo every year first started in 1924 when the League held its first fruit Sample Cutting event at the Del Monte Hotel in San Francisco with a "cutting bee" in which different companies products were judged. The purpose of this event was to improve and standardize quality. The products are no longer judged at this event but are presented as a "showcase" of products processed by CLFP members, showing the diversity and premium quality of California grown and processed foods. The first vegetable Sample Cutting event was first held in 1929.