Matthew Wheeland

Matthew Wheeland is the managing editor of GreenBiz.com.

Oakland, CA — Matthew Wheeland is the managing editor of GreenBiz.com. He has a long background in environmental journalism and new media, and is a graduate of U.C. Santa Cruz and the U.C. Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. He has previously worked at publications including Sierra Magazine, AlterNet and Greater Good Magazine; his writings on the environment, politics, culture and business have appeared in a wide range of print and online publications.

Greenpeace Loses Round Two in Tiff with Facebook GreenerComputing.com
By Matthew Wheeland, March 09, 2010
After calling out the social network for using electricity generated with coal for its new green data center, it turns out that at least some of Greenpeace's servers are powered by coal as well as...
Your Taco's Footprint: 19 Ingredients that Logged 64,000 Miles GreenBiz.com
By Matthew Wheeland, March 03, 2010
A new project from a California college aims to map how far the various ingredients in your taco-truck lunch have traveled to reach your plate. ...
CloudBlue Takes Responsible E-Waste Management Global GreenerComputing.com
By Matthew Wheeland, March 03, 2010
The company aims to bring transparency and environmental responsibility to end-of-life management, focused especially on global enterprises with complex infrastructures. ...
Is a Bloom Box a Good Investment for Your Company? GreenBiz.com
By Matthew Wheeland, March 01, 2010
The new Bloom Energy Server was touted far and wide last week as a game-changing fuel-cell device. We talked to some of the first owners of 'Bloom Boxes' to find out why they made the $700,000...
eBay, Walmart, Google Among First to Hop on the 'Bloom Box' Bandwagon GreenBiz.com
By Matthew Wheeland, February 25, 2010
At a much-buzzed event yesterday on eBay's campus, Bloom Energy unveiled its Energy Server, fuel cell generators that could change the shape of how companies and municipalities get their energy....
The Smart, Connected Planet is at the Heart of IBM's Pulse 2010 GreenerComputing.com
By Matthew Wheeland, February 22, 2010
The kickoff to IBM's third-annual Pulse expo showcased how the company has its eyes on making the world's cities connected, automated and efficient, through hardware and software innovations and...
Can Facebook's Data Center be Green if it Runs on Coal? GreenerComputing.com
By Matthew Wheeland, February 18, 2010
The social network earned cheers aplenty for its recently announced energy-efficient data center, some of which are turning to jeers now that it turns out its electricity will primarily be...
After a Year of Stimulus Spending, White House Touts its Successes GreenBiz.com
By Matthew Wheeland, February 17, 2010
One year ago today, Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Investment Act. Today, he and top administration officials are making the rounds to highlight the plan's success in recasting the...
Ford Expands Efficiency Efforts to its Dealers' Lots GreenBiz.com
By Matthew Wheeland, February 14, 2010
At the National Automobile Dealers Association convention this weekend, Ford unveiled a pilot project aimed at helping its 3,500 dealers nationwide save energy and reduce emissions and other...
Where Does Green IT Fit in Your Firm's Priority List? GreenerComputing.com
By Matthew Wheeland, February 11, 2010
Results from a survey of IT professionals around the world finds that, despite all the talk about green IT and saving costs, it's still primarily a pragmatic world out. ...

Green Economy Investments Bring 300 Percent More Jobs, Reports Find GreenBiz.com
By Matthew Wheeland, June 18, 2009
Two new reports on the impacts of moving to a low-carbon economy show putting money toward energy efficiency, building retrofits and renewable energy projects can create 1.7 million new jobs,...
How Retailers Large and Small are Going Green
By Matthew Wheeland, July 10, 2007
Major retailers like Wal-Mart and much smaller-scale enterprises like Toronto's Roots are testing out innovative systems to reduce their shops' impact on the environment. ...
Behind the Scenes: The BofA Tower at One Bryant Park
By Matthew Wheeland, June 25, 2007
In this interview with Bob Fox, the principal architect behind the BofA headquarters in Manhattan, we learn what it takes to build the world's "most sustainable skyscraper." ...
Green Building and the Precautionary Principle
By Matthew Wheeland, May 30, 2007
When the U.S. Green Building Council adopted the Precautionary Principle as a guiding principle for the organization, it set the bar for what can be considered truly sustainable building. In this...
How Building Information Modeling Can Aid Green Design
By Matthew Wheeland, May 29, 2007
The latest generation of architectural design and simulation software, coupled with the ever-increasing power of our computers, are making 3-D modeling of projects environmental impacts...

Simple Data Center Best Practices Can Cut Energy Use by 20 Percent GreenerComputing.com
By Matthew Wheeland, October 29, 2009
As part of a partnership with The Green Grid, the U.S. EPA made a number of small tweaks to how it managed one of its data centers, and ended up saving $15,000 per year in energy costs as a result...
Can IT Make Airports Greener -- and More Efficient? GreenerComputing.com
By Matthew Wheeland, October 21, 2009
A million-dollar research project just announced aims to bring computing power to bear on every aspect of airport operations, with the goal of cutting waste and pollution while reducing delays and...
Greening Higher Ed, from the Top Down and the Bottom Up GreenBiz.com
By Matthew Wheeland, October 15, 2009
Two sets of rankings released in the last week aim to gauge the greening of the nation's colleges and universities. But it's in the gap between the rankings that the most interesting results are...
What Obama's New Order Means for Green Buildings, Green IT GreenerComputing.com
By Matthew Wheeland, October 07, 2009
The ambitious executive order signed by President Obama on Monday not only requires all departments of the federal government to set hard emissions-reductions targets, it will also have a huge...
A Green Certification on the Horizon for the White House?
By Matthew Wheeland, September 14, 2009
Beyond the organic vegetable garden and playground made from recycled materials, President Barack Obama intends to get the White House LEED certified by the U.S. Green Building Council. ...
Cash for Killing Your Lawn: Cities Get Creative on Water Savings GreenBiz.com
By Matthew Wheeland, July 20, 2009
In Las Vegas, the biggest desert city in the U.S., and still one of the fastest-growing regions in the nation, the local water utility is offering cash incentives to replace water-sucking lawns...
A New Twist on AAA Ratings: Eco Icons for Green Lodgings
By Matthew Wheeland, July 14, 2009
As both a response to and a driver for the greening of the hospitality industry, the travel group's 2010 TourBooks will point out which lodging options for its 51 million members are certified...
Microsoft Joins the Home-Energy Management Game with Hohm
By Matthew Wheeland, June 24, 2009
Following on the release of Google's Power Meter, Microsoft today unveiled its new online application that aims to help utility customers track and reduce their energy use. ...
The Most Wasteful American Cities ... Revealed! GreenBiz.com
By Matthew Wheeland, March 31, 2009
Just in time for the increasingly long run-up to Earth Day, a new survey brought to us by Nalgene gauges the trashiness of 25 U.S. cities. The findings may -- or, perhaps more likely, may not --...
Scenes from Joel Makower's Book Launch Party GreenBiz.com
By Matthew Wheeland, October 23, 2008
GreenBiz.com's executive editor celebrated the publication of his new book, "Strategies for the Green Economy," in an interview with BSR's Aron Cramer at the Commonwealth Club and an after-party...

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Can IT Solve the World's Problems? The State of Green Business Forum 2010 GreenBiz.com
By Matthew Wheeland, February 05, 2010
At the end of yesterday's Forum, a panel representing the world's largest IT companies talked about how to successfully apply technology to environmental challenges. ...
Re-Designing the Environmental Challenge: State of Green Business Forum 2010 GreenBiz.com
By Matthew Wheeland, February 04, 2010
In a lightning-paced presentation, serial innovator Saul Griffith laid out the human and global scope of the climate crisis, as well as where solutions will -- and won't -- come from. ...
Taking the Pulse: State of Green Business Forum 2010 GreenBiz.com
By Matthew Wheeland, February 04, 2010
The opening of the first of two day-long events digging in deep to the findings of the State of Green Business report took stock of just how far we've come in reducing corporate impacts. ...

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