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Adriana Trujillo

Development Standards Changing, Sustainability Executive Says - 0 views

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    Sara Neff, vice president for sustainability at Kilroy Realty, says an upcoming project in San Francisco will be the real estate investment trust's most innovative sustainability project. The site "will feature a living roof, use of storm water for toilet flushing, solar panels and bricks grown from bacteria," writes Sarah Borchersen-Keto
Adriana Trujillo

RSPO's Credibility On The Line: Will It Maintain Its Suspension of Industry Laggard IOI... - 0 views

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    news broke of a pending decision by the RSPO Complaints Panel to lift the suspension of IOI Group's certification under the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil certification system. If successful this move would do irreparable harm to the RSPO's credibility. Less than five months after the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) suspended Malaysian palm oil producer IOI Group's certification, that suspension has been lifted - much to the dismay of NGO campaigners. While the RSPO's Complaints Panel has said it is "satisfied that IOI has met the conditions set out in its letter to IOI," Greenpeace Indonesia and the Center for International Policy says they have yet to see any real action on the ground. This was the second time a suspension has been placed on an IOI subsidiary. A coalition of NGOs has rapidly issued an appeal, urging the RSPO to maintain its suspension of IOI Group stating that it is far too premature to lift the suspension given that the company has not come into full compliance with the RSPO Certification Systems nor resolved outstanding complaints. There are fears that any change at this stage would seriously hinder the resolution process between the complainant and the company.
Adriana Trujillo

How sustainability leaders deal with bullies | GreenBiz - 0 views

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    Lesson learned: The power of engaging a supplier or other partner hand-in-hand with an NGO partner is unbelievably impactful. It sends a message to internal and external stakeholders that this is not PR. It is real and sincere. You have to work with NGOs. NGOs are the sustainability thermometer for the consumer. Fortunately, there are lots of good choices for you to make.
amandasjohnston

Bees ruled as endangered for first time in US - 0 views

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    Bees around the world face a real challenge to sustain their populations in the face of threats such as habitat loss and pesticides. Hawaiian yellow-faced bees are no different, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has now moved to protect the insects by placing seven species on the endangered list, a first for any type of bee in the US.
Adriana Trujillo

Legislature pledges $250 million in annual funding for Everglades, springs | Miami Herald - 0 views

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    The Florida legislature has adopted a measure that allocates at least $250 million a year for 20 years to restore the Everglades. The money comes from a tax on real estate transactions.
Adriana Trujillo

Greenpeace Does What Government Hasn't: Releases Map of Indonesia Forest Concessions - 0 views

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    Greenpeace launched an interactive web-based map that allows users to monitor deforestation and fires across Indonesia in near real time.
Adriana Trujillo

Industrialised Nations Must Lead an Exit Strategy for Fossil Fuels - 0 views

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    Energy efficiency and renewables are indispensable weapons in the fight against climate change, but the real challenge is keeping fossil fuel reserves in the ground. 
Adriana Trujillo

Why Family Businesses Have a Sustainability Head Start - 0 views

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    Family-owned firms are helping to drive sustainability forward in Asia, experts say, in part because family ownership allows younger generations to influence a company's values and to drive change. "In the face of mounting resource and climate-related business challenges, there is a real opportunity right now to groom a pool of environmentally aware next-generation leaders," says Jie Hui Kia, a Singapore futures adviser.
Del Birmingham

The GM safety dance: What's rule and what's real | Grist - 0 views

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    This blog tries to understand both sides of the issue on safety testing of GMOs or GEs. By law the testing is voluntary say critics of FDA, and FDA says even though voluntary by rule, ALL GMOs are tested for safety and reviewed by FDA before allowing it to go to market.
Adriana Trujillo

Building Retrofits Generate $1m Annual Savings · Environmental Management & E... - 0 views

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    Real estate firm Peabody Properties is saving $1 million and avoiding 5 million KW-h of electricity consumption annually by implementing web-based tools from utility analytics company WegoWise to track and benchmark consumption.
Adriana Trujillo

Sustainable food certification gets 'REAL' | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

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    Restaurants across the country soon will be able to let customers know how nutritious and sustainably sourced their food is thanks to the United States Healthful Food Council (USHFC).
Adriana Trujillo

Cut Energy Waste By Running Buildings Better | Philip Henderson's Blog | Switchboard, f... - 0 views

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    Tower Companies saved $220,000 in 1 year and reduced electricity consumption by an average of 13% across 3 office buildings in Washington, DC, by implementing systems for managing energy in real time.
Adriana Trujillo

Real Estate Weekly » Blog Archive » Developers turning New York into Big Gree... - 0 views

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    New York City's sustainable programs have helped it become one of the most environmentally friendly cities in the U.S., writes Jonathan Pappas. Some reasons behind this have to do with the construction industry. For instance, the city's PlaNYC initiative includes a "local energy conservation construction code which holds all new construction and renovations to the most current energy efficiency standards." In addition, replacing older heating units with ones that use cleaner fuel is a priority
Adriana Trujillo

Transit-Oriented Development Trend Growing · Environmental Management & Energ... - 0 views

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    ITDP assessed the developments using its new TOD Standard, a policy guide that evaluates real estate developments using eight key elements to integrating sustainable transport, land use planning and sustainable urban design.
Adriana Trujillo

Japan is building solar energy plants on abandoned golf courses-and the idea is spreadi... - 0 views

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    Developers in Japan built too many golf courses during a recent real estate boom, and now some of the under-used facilities are being converted into solar farms, with hundreds of thousands of solar panels lining former fairways and putting greens. Similar strategies are being considered in the U.S. as interest in the sport wanes
Adriana Trujillo

America Needs a Real Definition of What a 'Natural' Food Is | WIRED - 0 views

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    Major food brands, including Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, have recently announced that they're going "natural" by ditching chemical additives, unsustainable palm oil and other potential nasties. The lack of a standardized definition for "natural" product claims will water down the impact of such efforts and make it easier for less conscientious rivals to jump on the bandwagon, writes Nick Stockton. 
Adriana Trujillo

These Enormous Fans Suck CO2 Out Of The Air And Turn It Into Fuel | Co.Exist | ideas + ... - 0 views

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    Carbon Engineering has one idea for taking dangerous greenhouse gas emissions out of the air. It sounds like it's from a cartoon, but it's real life.
Adriana Trujillo

The subtle - but very real - link between global warming and extreme weather events - T... - 0 views

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    The best climate scientists in the world are telling us that extreme weather events like hurricanes are likely to become more powerful.  When you combine stronger storms with rising seas, that's a recipe for more devastating floods.
Del Birmingham

Everyone's talking about lion trophies-now it's time to discuss the market for the big ... - 0 views

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    Since 1994, the researchers have found increasing amounts of evidence suggesting that lion bones are starting to replace tiger bones in certain tonics and cure-alls. Records show the industry forming in fits and starts-a skeleton here, a live lion there. The real action, though, began in 2007, after the international community adopted stricter measures to protect tigers and other big cats in Asia. The following year, South Africa issued permits for the export of 50 lion skeletons. By 2011, that number had jumped to 573 skeletons.
Adriana Trujillo

Energy Management System Saves University $400,000 a Year | Energy Manager Today - 0 views

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    Weber State University has saved $1.4 million by reducing energy consumption since 2013, following the purchase of a system enabling real-time data at the sub-meter level for its entire portfolio of energy systems and using Lucid's BuildingOS to make performance data instantly accessible.
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