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A new dialogue is emerging around the idea of resilience: how to help vulnerable people, organizations and systems persist, perhaps even thrive, amid unforeseeable disruptions.

Opinion article demanding tougher building standards in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.  I would say that resiliency is a necessary component of sustainable construction.  However, existing building codes and standards may require improvement to answer these charges, not only Sustainable buildings.  Duane Tilden

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In this age of digital photography, a picture can be transformed a thousand ways, made to look like a Polaroid snapshot or an antique image, given a moody or…

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The European Union put down the last piece of the bloc’s 2020 climate and energy policy puzzle by adopting an Energy Efficiency Directive. The directive is a game-changer for energy companies, which are now required to achieve 1.5% energy…

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/PRNewswire/ — The Green Grid, the global authority on resource efficient information technology and data centers, today announced that Mark Schiller has been named executive director, effective November 2, 2012.

“About The Green Grid

The Green Grid is a global consortium of companies, government agencies, educational institutions and individuals dedicated to advancing resource efficiency in information technology and data centers with a holistic approach, including all IT, facility and infrastructure systems. …. As the global authority on resource efficient information technology and data centers, The Green Grid spans the entire computing and communications ecosystem – from data centers to personal computers – and will continue to provide the global IT industry with metrics, tools and best practices to improve resource efficiency.”

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Green building and energy efficiency retrofits of affordable housing not only help struggling families find decent places to live, but also help create more jobs for the economy than traditional building methods.

” Greening Buildings and Communities: The Costs and Benefits, Greg Kats, President of Capital – E, a national clean energy advisory and venture capital firm, writes that “green building increases employment by shifting resources from energy spending toward design and construction, efficiency, renewable energy and recycling.” Kats also states that eight to 12 additional jobs are directly or indirectly generated from green construction; recycling construction was can create more jobs per ton than landfill disposal or incineration of the material. “

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A house that was built in the 1800s is now part of an environmental trend thanks to a renovation project at Mercer University.

“…workers recycled about 75 percent of rubble from a part of the house that was demolished. It’s all part of a process to get gold certification in the national Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program.”

“The $1.4 million renovation project added 3,000 square feet to the existing 2,700-square-foot building.”

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Linkedin stock was a mixed bag on Friday after the professional social networking…

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Facebook shares fell as much as 5pc on Thursday, as many staff who have spent months watching the value of their stakes in the business plummet were finally able to cut their losses.

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Experts identify how lean manufacturing and energy savings practices boost productivity and cut costs through an integrated approach.

“The average savings will be expressed based on the number of employees and the square footage, which is more useful for interested firms in quickly calculating potential energy savings based on their own size (employees and square footage). The implementation rates tell the times that a particular recommendation was implemented; and the average payback period is used as a measure of return of investment.”

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“Kaizen events can often improve process efficiencies from 20% to 100% in two to three sessions. These continuous improvement events are perhaps the most significant step in this methodology because it requires functional teams to analyze the current energy consumption status.”

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