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Building Information Modeling and Intelligent Green Buildings
In May 2011, the U.K. government started a four-year Government Construction Strategy by looking at implementing building information modeling (BIM). So what is BIM? And how will BIM fit into the drive for intelligent green buildings? Read More
Connected and Efficient Building
Discover how connected and efficient buildings allow facilities to deploy an integrated digital infrastructure that can support and enable the new breed of workplace intelligence and connectivity solutions. Read More
Building Energy Benchmarking & Transparency Laws
In a world where environmental issues are more prominent than ever, many groups in the United States have turned their attention to the building sector. According to the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT), the building sector is the single largest user of energy in the United States, accounting for roughly 40% of total energy consumption. Read More
State of the Profession 2016
GreenBiz Group’s fourth State of the Profession report takes a look at the evolution of the sustainability executive and its unique role in industry. This year we partnered with Weinreb Group Sustainability Recruiting to expand our reach beyond the GreenBiz Intelligence Panel to find out how much sustainability professionals make, where in the company they report, and what they do in the course of their job. The report explores: Read More
It's time to get practical about sea level rise
How will we adapt to climate change effects we no longer can avoid? Read More
Can Greenhealth Exchange transform hospital supply chains?
Dignity Health, Gundersen, Dartmouth-Hitchcock and Partners HealthCare are targeting the $300 billion market for supplies, furniture and food. Read More
The race is on to cut concrete's hefty carbon footprint
Bit by bit, innovators are chipping away at this ubiquitous material’s environmental downsides. Read More
Meet the vegan 'hippie chick' NASCAR driver
Leilani Münter is a principled race car driver using her speed on the raceway as a soapbox for environmental activism. Read More
5 ways that NGOs stunt sustainability
When do nonprofits and activist groups go astray? Lack of reality about the the marketplace is just one sign. Read More
Shifting the Focus from End-of-Life Recycling to Continuous Product Lifecycles
Behind the word “recycling” lie myriad issues that present an important challenge to organizations that have a stake in the responsible management of the end-of-life products. From adopting different metrics to measuring the success of recycling programs to an increasing demand for tailored solutions, recycling should not be looked at in a vacuum but as part of a larger system where costs and the release of greenhouse gases and toxics, among others, inhabit. Read More
