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GreenBiz founder Joel Makower's report on how the health-care industry is starting to green up its act.
by Emily Rabin
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Boise-based Albertsons says it has saved about 1 billion kilowatt hours of electricity since 2000 by continually improving new store designs and aggressively retrofitting old ones. By Linda Anderson
by Emily Rabin
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Reporter Eriko Saijo profiles an ecologically sensitive full-service resort with some ambitious goals for waste reduction, renewable energy use, and environmentally sensitive management.
by Emily Rabin
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GreenBiz founder Joel Makower explores the industrial green-cleaning revolution, and explains how your company can join.
by Emily Rabin
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Financial incentives, changes in regulations, and green power purchase programs offer more options for organizations that want to explore alternative energy. By Mike Lobash
by Emily Rabin
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Given the amount that organizations invest in physical assets, the onus is on the facility executive to pay heed to the direct impact facilities have on the bottom line. But reducing expenses isn't the only challenge facing organizations -- or facility executives. By Ed Sullivan
by Emily Rabin
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Diverse stakeholders in the UC system recently came together to develop a new system-wide policy, which tightens building design standards and includes ambitious but attainable goals for 'green energy' production and purchasing.
by Emily Rabin
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Convincing senior executives to buy into resource-efficient energy projects takes more than numbers. Context and relevance are critical. By Loren Snyder
by Emily Rabin
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While the U.S. government snubs the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, a small but growing number of colleges and universities are weaning themselves from carbon and adopting new attitudes about energy. By Shelley Smithson
by Emily Rabin
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A renowned wine steward, Fetzer Vineyards is growing its reputation as a conscientious steward of the environment as well. By Penny Bonda
by Emily Rabin
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Health care is a capital-intensive business. Its environmental impacts, flowing both upstream and downstream from the facilities where the services are delivered, offer myriad financial opportunities that -- until recently -- have been largely ignored. By Cate Gable
by Emily Rabin
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Five years ago, the 22-year-old World Resources Institute (WRI) opened the doors to its new and innovative 'green' office near the Capitol in Washington, D.C. The move has encouraged many planners to include environmentally friendly features in their own offices. By Peter Denton
by Emily Rabin
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For a modest first-cost premium, an EPA laboratory building went from a basic green design to the best practices embodied in LEED gold status. By Charles Vaciliou
by Emily Rabin
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The IKEA store in Vaughn, Toronto, practices environmental responsibility by utilizing a rehabilitated brownfield site near a public transit stop. By Paul Nutcher
by Emily Rabin
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Kaiser Permanente prescribes the need for healthcare that protects and enhances the environment and the health of patients, employees and communities. The long-term prognosis: a transformed healthcare industry. By Penny S. Bonda
by Emily Rabin
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Within T. Rowe Price’s boardroom, Carol Blanar's no-nonsense approach wins respect for facility issues. But in the company’s offices and hallways, good business takes on another aspect: listening to occupant concerns. By Mike Lobash
by Emily Rabin
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On a mission to snuff out inefficiencies at the University of Miami, Victor Atherton has turned the facility department into a profit center. By Mike Lobash
by Emily Rabin
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Today, 'large' architecture has become -- often out of necessity -- green architecture. Bill Browning and Cameron Burns of Rocky Mountain Institute explain why.
by Emily Rabin
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Knowing what makes an interior product green rather than greenwashed is a key step toward environmentally sound facilities. By David Kozlowski
by Emily Rabin
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The economy is still suffering greatly, but aspects of the contract furniture market are showing glimpses of hope. By John Parkinson
by Emily Rabin
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Facilities cash in on utility programs designed to cut peak demand without hurting business operations. By Lindsay Audin
by Emily Rabin
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Facilities facing increasing water and sewer bills are turning to new and old ways to save water and money. By David Kozlowski
by Emily Rabin
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Chris Lane of Xanterra Park’s and Resorts explains why environmental management is simply a better way of doing business. By Emily Rabin
by Emily Rabin