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Facility Management the Unsung Heroes of Sustainability

By Jesse Stallone on April 12, 2011 Comments Off on Facility Management the Unsung Heroes of Sustainability air emissions, Architectural Design, business sustainability, carbon footprint, corporate social responsibility, Electronic Recyclers International, energy efficiency, Facilities Management, FacilitiesNet, facility emergency management, green building, HVAC, indoor air quality, International Facility Management Association, Jesse Stallone, Joel Makeower, local materials, storm runoff, Strategies For The Green Economy, sustainability, sustainability initiatives, threat assessment, wastewater management, water quality, water use restrictions

This post highlights how facilities management is an important, if often unsung part of so many businesses… any businesses with facilities, in fact. Sustainable facilities management is an area that can have a profound and near term impact on overall business sustainability. Very large potential energy savings and hence carbon footprint reduction could be realized in facilities management areas such as HVAC or lighting for example; the embodied energy of facilities — their materials and recurring requirements; how runoff is handled and so forth all are areas in which sustainable facilities management can really impact the triple bottom line in a positive way.

Sustainability as a Profession?

By Jesse Stallone on March 23, 2011 1 Comment accounting methodologies, accounting techniques, business development, business ecology, change management, Civil Engineering, dashboards, ecological economics, Electronic Recyclers International, environmental engineering, environmental policies, environmental regulations, environmental rules, green chemistry, GRI, industrial ecology, Jesse Stallone, RCRA, reporting methodologies, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, scorecards, stakeholders, sustainability, sustainability career, triple bottom line, venn diagram, Wall Street Analysts

What kind of jobs are available in sustainability, what kind of education and experience are required, will sustainability persist or will it fade away? Such questions lead one to ask what is sustainability? Multiple people have multiple definitions depending on their unique take on it. The triple bottom line is emerging as a defining conceptual explanation for what sustainability means, but widespread understanding of what this means remains somewhat shallow. This post suggests some of the expertise aspiring sustainability professionals should have.