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Co-Op America: Greening Businesses Large and Small
The second annual Green Business Conference takes place in Chicago this month; in advance of the gathering GreenBiz Radio sat down with Denise Hamler, director of Co-Op America's green business programs, to learn how the world of green business has grown.
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Two Steps Forward
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Corporate America
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Marketing Green
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Facility Management
Buildings generate waste during operation; can have poor indoor air quality, affecting worker health; and produce roughly a third of carbon dioxide emissions and other emissions that harm air quality. By improving and streamlining day-to-day building operations, facility managers can create and maintain a better work environment while netting big financial dividends for their organization.
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The most energy-efficient businesses in the U.S. can consume a third less energy than a more conventional company. By arming themselves with knowledge about the financial benefits of sustainability upgrades, facility managers can make these efficiency programs an easy sell.
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KENT, Wash. -- The outdoor retailer's 2007 Stewardship Report finds a range of improvements in overall environmental performance and reporting, although it also highlights areas for improvement in reducing emissions and supply chain auditing.
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ROANOKE, Va. -- More than 200 Target stores have been fitted with submetering systems so building managers can closely monitor how energy is used throughout their facilities.
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DURHAM, N.C. -- Cree, a maker of LED lighting supplies, has gathered universities that are working on LED installations to show the savings they can provide and encourage their use.
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Starwood will launch in July a green hotel brand called ELEMENT that will only use LEED guidelines. More than 20 hotels could open by the end of next year.
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Because the Clinton Climate Initiative is taking a very practical approach to addressing climate change through building energy efficiency, it presents an opportunity for companies to learn vital lessons about implementing energy efficiency programs in their own facilities.
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CHICAGO, Ill. -- Jones Lang LaSalle plans to establish a Sustainability University to provide green training for the real estate services sector, as well as increase its LEED and BREEAM-accredited professional to 500 by the end of next year.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- More than eighty Hilton hotels across Europe collectively cut their energy use by 10 percent and water consumption by 5 percent last year.
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NEW YORK -- The Hearst Corporation's headquarters has started a composting program aimed at keeping 95 percent of its food waste out of landfills.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Facility managers are more aware of the benefits of energy efficiency improvements than ever but investment levels have not enjoyed a similar increase, according to a new survey from Johnson Controls and the International Facility Management Association.
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PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Agilewaves Inc. has deployed a building monitoring system on an elementary school to measure the structure's resource consumption and green building features while teaching students about design and conservation.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- After spending the last few years restoring the former Federal Reserve building to her former glory, Bently Holdings Inc. unveiled its conference center this week to combine digital technology with green sensibility.
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Unlike individual products that have well-defined shelf lives, buildings stand for decades and endure climatic extremes, making it difficult to execute life cycle assessments. The arsenal of tools to perform LCAs is expanding to meet the growing interest in a concept that allows architects to take a long-term approach to sustainability.
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TEANECK, N.J. -- Every year, the Industrial and Office Real Estate Brokers Association of the New York Metropolitan Area (IOREBA) showcases the projects of dozens of regional developers and includes a panel discussion on a pressing industry issue. This year, it was going green.
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- Dramatic reductions in energy use and costs, as well as supporting biodiversity, reducing flooding and combating climate change were among the benefits touted at a seminar organized by CIRIA.
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