The partners, operating as Comprehensive Decommissioning International LLC, will deactivate the nuclear power plant in the joint venture's first commercial contract.

“By building alliances with those committed to investing in a better, more equitable and sustainable world for future generations, this partnership with NECEC and Cleantech Open brings us a significant step closer to realizing our ultimate goal of addressing the myriad challenges facing our planet,” said Hugo Neu Chief Executive Officer Wendy Neu.

The Lawrenceville-based construction company will work with EnergySolutions to dismantle and remove all nuclear waste from the historic reactor.

"The science of climate change is clear and we believe society must move beyond simply 'heeding warnings' to acting on them," PSEG Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Ralph Izzo said.

A combination of environmental sensitivity and a desire to cut back on costs means that more companies want office space that retains heat in the cold months and stays cooler in the hot months, according to some industry insiders. Many corporate tenants also want devices that use less water, and embrace other efficiencies like solar power.

For seven years, Victoria Zelin, her husband Jonathan Cloud, and others at nonprofit organization New Jersey PACE, have attempted to get legislation off the ground to set up a public-private structured financing tool aimed at promoting energy efficiency improvements in new and existing buildings.

Gov. Phil Murphy has cast himself as a labor-friendly public official, but the draft of the 2019 Energy Master Plan he unveiled in June — which sets goals and policy guidelines through the mid-century mark and aims to make New Jersey 100 percent green by 2050 — may take a bit of the bloom off the relationship.

Brisea Group Inc. was one of 21 companies that will share in the $2.3 million in funding awarded to small businesses.

The company has plans to install 10 additional locations - totaling 59 chargers - in New Jersey in the coming months.

He succeeds Peter Sena III, who will leave the company effective July 26.

The paid summer internship program places student teams with corporations, organizations and government agencies including New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance, The City of Newark, and Prudential Financial in opportunities to help solve their respective sustainability challenges.