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A zero-energy building is one that produces as much energy as it consumes, making it a net-zero energy property and eliminating energy bills for its owners. Although zero-energy homes and buildings are quite rare today, increasing concerns about energy waste have set the stage for a growing market.

I think that we have  this covered, does anyone see anything that we have missed.

Linda - can you give us a list of the managers who have a personal printer?

Linda Voss - People with personal printers: Ladawn James Daniel Titus Bill Cook Scott Bower

Why couldn't this be something we aspire to?

I love it! This puts Safety right at the top of the priority pyramid where it belongs. Let's do it! How could I help?

With the breadth of innovations in green technology, it seems that we should all have solar-powered laptops by now. Unfortunately, that's yet to be the case. In the meantime, there are a number of easy, more affordable ways you can reduce your carbon footprint in the office.

Thermoelectric materials that turn heat into electricity have been around for a while, but are typically expensive and inefficient. The microwaved zinc oxide is an environmentally friendly technology that should produce affordable materials. The question is, how can we use this material to make a much-needed impact on society and the environment.

Here are eight implementations that would help the movement gain momentum.

Seems like a good use for this zinc-oxide material could be used by placing a thermoelectric layer of the stuff on the bottom of a solar panel to scavenge any remaining energy. If placed on a roof top, it would prevent the excessive heat of Michigan's summer months from entering the building, thus reducing cooling cost. It would be interesting to see how much energy could actually be produced by the material in real world conditions. Cool stuff!

Does  this article spur any thoughts for our sustainability team?

I'm wondering how well we do with Stakeholder communications. It is one of the items on our SGP audit.

I'm not so much interested in the "pipe to nowhere" point, but rather the technology. We'll discuss at our Print & Dist meeting.

I love it. This would appear to be acknowledgment that we could move forward with the install of waterless urinals.

Too expensive for a desk, but it would be the "mobile" solution I'm looking for.

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How does your safety training program stack up?

Key findings from the study done by ESI International, which polled 3,000 training managers:

60% said they had no formal program to determine whether employees applied training to their jobs
Only 20% said their employers offered financial rewards as motivation for completing training and applying the training to their jobs.
Only 23% said their managers conducted follow-up to training sessions to determine if it helped and was being used.