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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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- Smart Water Management: A Low-Risk Green Initiative with a Fast Payback
By gaining control over water use, companies help protect a precious resource, reduce runoff pollution and comply with new conservation legislation. Saving water also has a ...
- Leasing the Sun
The benefits of leasing transactions for roof-mounted systems are growing because installation costs are becoming more attractive, due in part to various state rebate ...- Bush Energy Bill Taps GSA to Green the Building Industry
Federal influence on sustainable real estate practices in the private sector is poised to increase considerably as government officials begin implementing measures from the ... - Leasing the Sun
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Two Steps Forward
Exxon, the Rockefellers, and the Future of Big Oil
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Corporate America
Fiji Water, tacos and going “green”
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Marketing Green
Reframing Global Warming Across the Political Spectrum
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The Triple Bottom Line
Timberland And Stonyfield Farms--Two Little Guys Showing The Big Guys How It's Done
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Waste Management
Year after year, debris from construction and demolition piles up in the world's landfills. Yet most construction waste can be reused or recycled. Relocating buildings instead of building new ones, salvaging construction materials before demolition, and other practices can reduce waste and save big money at a construction or demolition site.
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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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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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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 -- A £24m program to deal with London's commercial and industrial waste has been launched which could see waste companies bid for funding before a 'Dragons' Den'-style panel of experts.
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Small moves toward daily sustainability are a part of a growing trend toward sustainable facilities management that goes beyond high-profile green initiatives, such as installing a solar power system or achieving LEED certification. This trend instead focuses on the daily minutiae of how a building is operated.
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Public policy, innovative companies, breakthroughs in sustainable design and consumer demand are all converging to reimagine and reshape human habitat, starting in an unlikely place: Chinese gated communities.
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The growing awareness of buildings' contribution to climate change, combined with a large existing building inventory and the potential of fattening the bottom line, promises to cast a brighter spotlight on green renovations of existing commercial buildings.
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Constructing a clean and green future for the planet starts at the ground floor and continues all the way up to the penthouse.
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After months of consideration, the San Diego City Council has created a mandatory construction and demolition debris recycling program, according to a report in the <i>San Diego Union-Tribune</i>.
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As companies become more environmentally aware, some deconstruction projects see savings and environmental benefits.
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Homebuilding company Bennett Homes has joined the King County Construction Works program, largely because of its on-site recycling and its use of recycled-content products.
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LONDON, -- U.K. Employment Relations Minister Gerry Sutcliffe has launched a new project to cut high levels of waste on construction sites.
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Got garbage? Toxic trash? Zap it with a torch three times hotter than the sun and gather the resulting gas to fuel pollution-free cars and home power units.
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