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Sustainability Reporting by Association

By Elaine_Cohen on April 20, 2011 Comments Off on Sustainability Reporting by Association BeyondBusiness Ltd, Cattlemen’s Stewardship Review, CEA, Consumer Electronics Association, consumer electronics industry, CSR, Dell, eCycling initiative, Elaine Cohen, EPEAT products, green grid, green lubricants, HP, industry associations, Industry sector report, LG Corp, methane emission, Microsoft, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, NCASI, NCBA, Nokia, Panasonic, Philips, power island, responsible business practice, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba, sustainability, sustainability reporting, Yellow Pages Association, YPA

Sustainability Reporting by Association

In this post Elaine gives her take on the latest slew of industry sector sustainability reports increasingly being published by various industry associations, ranging from cattle growers to consumer electronic and every where in between. She notes that they tend to be oriented towards good news marketing oriented material, but they can give you a good overview of the issues in a particular sector.

Sustainable Facilities – The Standard of the Future

By Keith Pehl on June 23, 2010 2 Comments commercial construction, energy efficiency, energy modeling, energy usage, environment, environmental impacts, facility, indoor air quality, LEED Platinum, lighting wattage, maintenance practices, natural resources, net zero-energy buildings, operational practices, Optima Engineering, reduced energy usage, renewable energy, responsible business practice, rooftop solar thermal systesa, solar photovoltaic systems, sustainability, sustainable buildings, sustainable design, sustainable facilities, Water conservation

Sustainable Facilities – The Standard of the Future

Much like the term “fast track” that was popular several years ago, the terms “sustainable” and “energy efficiency” should be part of every building design. You don’t hear the term “fast track” anymore. It was a new concept of speeding up design and construction to deliver a facility faster, but now it is standard operating procedure. Everyone wants their project fast-tracked. I want the same thing to happen for sustainable design.