In addition to using green to make green, GE also 'walks the talk' internally. Sample: cutting plant lighting costs by half. Considering high-efficiency lighting? GE's Jack Fish was not prepared for ...

At the very least Ecomagination is accelerating the internal operating goals and focus on the business of environmentalism. A doubled R&D investment is one example. Immelt says by 2010 GE will be ...

Six months ago, Mark Vachon took over as head of General Electric’s ecomagination, the conglomerate’s $5 billion green technology and sustainability initiative. Tellingly, he says he’s spent ...

The return on this investment in the ecomagination project has also been strong for GE. Since its launch in 2005, this project, according to the company’s own assessment, has generated around ...

FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2006--Today GE released its 2005 ecomagination report, showing that revenues from the sale of energy efficient and environmentally advanced products and ...

Attention, budding businesspeople with ideas about how to change the way we manage energy at home: GE’s Ecomagination initiative will soon be open to you. BY Ariel Schwartz 1 minute read ...

General Electric's Ecomagination Challenge -- a $200 million contest to find the best sustainability ideas -- has racked up some strong numbers, and with 10 days to go, a bevy of ideas has already ...

Ecomagination has grown to be a significant portion of GE's revenue and often takes center stage in GE's advertising. Still, fully concluding its past disputes would make Ecomagination more ...

I put that question today to Mark Vachon, who is vice president for ecomagination at GE. He replied by talking about natural gas. "The large macro trend of gas is massive," he said. "Our oil and ...

General Electric announced the winners of its GE Ecomagination Challenge today, among which was greentech startup PlotWatt. GE awards $500,000 total to five companies with the most innovative ...

General Electric (GE) has already chosen a dozen new partners to accelerate and commercialize technologies to help build the next generation power grid, as part of Phase I of its ecomagination ...

The Directors of VPhase plc, (AIM:VPHA), a leading developer of energy saving products for residential and commercial properties are delighted to note that following their entry into the GE ...