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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 ...
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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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Water Use
Using large volumes of water increases maintenance and life-cycle costs for building operations and increases consumer costs for additional municipal supply and treatment facilities. Utility savings, though dependent on local water costs, can save thousands of dollars per year, resulting in rapid payback on water conservation infrastructure.
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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 powerful multiplier effect by reducing the vast amount of energy expended in transporting it.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. -- RREEF North America, part of Deutsche Bank, has taken up the voluntary 7-Point Challenge of commercial real estate environmental goals.
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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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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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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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While energy-wise green building principles are quickly catching on for new construction, many managers are unaware of the basic opportunities for saving energy in their existing facilities. Often, the solutions begin with an audit of your facility's existing energy and water use.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The green economy is bristling with new technologies that have to the potential to lead us into a new sustainable economy, but when people change their behaviors, change will increase exponentially. New technologies in building dashboards -- think a Prius display for your office -- aim to jumpstart behavioral change.
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Smart water management can be a simple improvement to facilities, but one that can help real estate portfolio owners achieve LEED certification, protect and improve property value by eliminating water-related property destruction and liabilities, save costs and improve the environment.
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Healthcare and sustainable design are two exceptionally paired industries because they focus on the same goal: promoting and protecting the health and wellbeing of the community.
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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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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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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A new voluntary water efficiency program that will build a national brand for technologies and practices that conserve this vital resource is great news for home builders and new home buyers, according to the National Association of Home Builders.
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What government initiatives and standards exist for metropolitan rainwater harvesting and reuse?
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