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Want to Turn Your Business Around… Go Green

March 15, 2011

Whatever business you are in, the best way to put yourself on a track to long term success is to master the green trends of your industry. Are you a builder? Green building is the only growing trend in the space. A pest control company? People want green solutions over the conventional. Parts supplier to a [...]

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Efficient Buildings Pay You

March 1, 2011

Sometimes they say the devil is in the details. For those that care about sustainability and jobs, the God is in the details. Tax rules and regulations that will decrease energy use and increase jobs without sacrificing tax dollars. Its a rare, true win-win-win. Win for business, win for jobs, win for the environment and [...]

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Want Affordable Clean Energy? Remove ALL Subsidies

February 28, 2011

Subsidies for Fossil Fuels Far Outweigh Renewables A report of energy subsidies from 2002-2008 by the Environmental Law Institute shows that subsidies for traditional fossil fuels and corn ethanol totaled 87 Billion dollars. During the same period, subsidies for traditional renewable energy and carbon capture and storage were a paltry 14.5 billion. Although some would argue corn [...]

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100% Wind Power Cheaper Than Coal

January 17, 2011

The Empire State Building has gone to 100% wind power for one reason. It is cheaper than using coal and prices are more stable. Not only are operating costs lower, but the building owners are able to attract the best tenants and higher rent because of the switch. “Clean energy and our nearly 40% reduced [...]

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New Codes Improve Efficiency By 30%

December 28, 2010

Code and government officials meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina voted to improve the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) standard by 30%. This is a great start on the road that we need to travel for energy neutral buildings. This is action that was not taken by Washington, but by state and local government agencies [...]

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Commercial Property Owners: Doing It Green Means Cash in Your Pocket

December 23, 2010

Does doing the right thing pay in the pocket book. Hell Yes! A recent study of 144 LEED Certified homes that included apartments, townhouses and duplexes and single family homes recently showed a 40% savings in utilities. 64% of the properties surveyed were NOT single family dwellings. For commercial property owners utilities can make up [...]

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September 8, 2010

After a summer hiatus, the blog is back. Here I will continue to show that sustainability is not only good for your neighbors, but good for the bottom line. A big piece of news that crossed my desk recently is that the beverage maker Sunny Delight, makers of Sunny D, Veryfine Juices and several other [...]

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Stages of ROI on Eco-efficiency

June 16, 2010

Eco-efficiency pays dividends year after year. Various practitioners have different titles and phases for implementing sustainability in organizations (and buildings for that matter). I have taken those stages and put them in financial terms. The good news is the more mature you get in the phases, the more money you make over time. 1. Pre-compliance [...]

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Employees forego pay for carbon neutrality

June 5, 2010

Think employees only care about money and time-off. Think again. New Belgium Brewery in Fort Collins Colorado is most famous for its wonderful Fat Tire Amber beer. But it is also one of the leading companies in the world for creating a sustainable business. But the story of how it went to clean renewable energy [...]

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Sustainability delivers higher productivity

May 28, 2010

It has been proven over and over again that businesses that have a higher purpose than just profit can recruit and keep the best employees. Furthermore, those good employees are more productive than their counterparts in companies that are only focused on profit. But why is this so? How do you nurture those great employees [...]

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