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- 1st Metropolitan Mortgage Introduces BrightGreen Mortgage Program; Toyota Prius Sweepstakes
- CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- 1st Metropolitan Mortgage, a national mortgage originator, has made a commitment to making the mortgage origination process more environmentally friendly by introducing its national BrightGreen Mortgage program. The program will give originators the tools and support to produce mortgages in a more environmentally-friendly manner while saving borrowers...
- Research articles 2008-09-29
- Build green for future generations: century-old Georgia higher learning institutions ensure future sustainability.(BUILD GREEN)(Company overview)
- Atlanta's Spelman College, founded in 1881, is taking a bold step toward environmental responsibility--and making history at the same time--with its new green residential facility, now under construction in the Atlanta University Center AUC community. The college's first construction of the 21st century is on track...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- Conformity or Sustainability? That Is the Question
- "I'm sorry, but whoever purchased the tickets online must have neglected to make a seat selection," offered the so-called elite customer service representative I had contacted when I discovered I had no seat assignments for my round trip to Mumbai, India, departing the next day."Well, no," I responded. "When my...
- Research articles 2007-07-01
- Exelon Added to Dow Jones Sustainability Index
- CHICAGO, Illinois ENS — --> Energy giant Exelon has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index. Launched in 1999, the Index represents the top 20 percent of companies in each sector, from the largest 600 North American companies, who rank the highest in terms of sustainability -...
- Research articles 2006-10-02
- The Piedmont project: fostering faculty development toward sustainability.(REPORTS & RESEARCH)
- ABSTRACT: Many universities recognize urgent environmental dilemmas and embrace efforts to move campus operations and university culture toward sustainability. However, the broader academic mission across departments and programs is often slower to connect with sustainability efforts. The Piedmont Project at Emory University offers one model of...
- Research articles 2006-09-22
- Stress on sustainability pays off.
- Byline: Bernard Lane Sep 12, 2006 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Royal Australian Institute of Architects has awarded Deo Prasad the 2006 Neville Quarry Architectural Education Prize. Prasad, the director of the Centre for a Sustainable Built Environment at the...
- Research articles 2006-09-12
- JohnsonDiversey Inc. Announces Product Development Plan to Remove APEOs
- WASHINGTON -- JohnsonDiversey Inc. today announced its commitment to cease formulating and manufacturing products with alkylphenol ethoxydates APEOs after December 31, 2006. This action further establishes JohnsonDiversey's environmental leadership in the cleaning and hygiene products industry for industrial and institutional markets, and aligns with the company's legacy of commitment to...
- Research articles 2006-06-12
- AAFC: Producers Receive Funding to Address Environment Risks.
- CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, Apr 18, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- P.E.I. producers looking to make environmentally-based improvements to their farms can now apply for new funding under the Canada-P.E.I. Agriculture Stewardship Program. Through the program, $4.72 million in federal-provincial funding is available for more than...
- Research articles 2006-04-18
- Only six left; EMS programs in place except for six military posts.(environmental management systems)
- Byline: Bruce Geiselman Phil Grone believes the Department of Defense has made significant progress toward adopting cost-effective, safe and environmentally sound operating practices. But, he concedes, more needs to be done. The Defense...
- Research articles 2006-03-27
- Sustaining the Good Life
- Once seen as the problem, engineers devise solutions for coexistence with the environment. The first human being to plant seeds was wrestling with the natural environment. It was progress. More people, with more to eat, would live longer and better. The population would increase, eventually to stress available...
- Research articles 2005-11-01
- Sustaining the good life: once seen as the problem, engineers devise solutions for coexistence with the environment.(ASME: THE FIRST 125 YEARS)
- The first human being to plant seeds was wrestling with the natural environment. It was progress. More people, with more to eat, would live longer and better. The population would increase, eventually to stress available resources by lighting more fires, crowding the living space,...
- Research articles 2005-11-01
- Sustainability and scale: new buzzwords or tools for survival? Current economic and political conditions call for new ways of thinking about community development. "Sustainability" and "scale" are crucial concepts in today's tight fund
- As needs outstrip available resources, market forces drive stakeholders to cut costs through structural or functional combinations and greater standardization in order to grow--or merely to survive. The community development industry stands at an important crossroads, and new approaches are essential for its continuing viability. ...
- Research articles 2005-09-22
- Military takes aim at sustainability.(Opinion)
- Byline: Alex Beehler The Department of Defense recently hosted a gathering in Tampa, Fla., of 2,000 environmental professionals from the military, industry and nongovernment organizations. Opening the conference, Michael Wynne, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and...
- Research articles 2005-06-06
- Dam-induced development and environmental and social sustainability: the Bakun industrialization strategy revisited
- Malaysia changed rapidly from an agriculturally based economy in the 1960s to an industrially oriented nation in the 1990s. Its rapid industrial development momentum is further intensified under the Malaysian Third Outline Perspective Plan (OPP3) 2001-2010 a long-term development plan which aims to develop Malaysia into a fully industrialized country...
- Research articles 2005-03-01
- CHA to Host Hydropower Forum in Gatineau, Quebec
- The Canadian Hydropower Association CHA will host "Forum on Hydropower 2004 -- Hydropower in North America: Supply, Security and Sustainability" October 27 and 28 at the Hilton Lac-Leamy in Gatineau, Quebec. CHA will conduct its annual general meeting on the evening of Wednesday, October 27, followed by an opening...
- Research articles 2004-10-01
- EU to work more closely with UN on environment.(EU News)
- THE United Nations Environmental Programme UNEP and the European Commission have signed a Memorandum of Understanding which will see closer co-operation between the two bodies. They will seek to address environmental threats and to achieve the targets on sustainability set at the Johannesburg summit or contained...
- Research articles 2004-10-01
- CHA to Host Hydropower Forum in Gatineau, Quebec
- The Canadian Hydropower Association CHA will host "Forum on Hydropower 2004 -- Hydropower in North America: Supply, Security and Sustainability" October 27 and 28 at the Hilton Lac-Leamy in Gatineau, Quebec. CHA will conduct its annual general meeting on the evening of Wednesday, October 27, followed by an opening...
- Research articles 2004-09-16
- Postindustrialization and environmental quality: an empirical analysis of the environmental state *.
- Existing sociological analyses express differing expectations about state control over economic actors and the political feasibility of environmental regulation. Recent literature on the environmental state sees environmental protection as becoming a basic responsibility of postindustrial states, with economic actors no longer having the autonomy they once enjoyed. In contrast, much...
- Research articles 2004-09-01
- The promises and pitfalls of ISO 14001 for competitiveness and sustainability: a comparison of Japan and the United States *.
- This paper investigates the theoretical and empirical reasons why Japan leads the world in adoption of ISO 14001, while the us lags, and the comparative effect of ISO 14001 on environmental performance of adopters in both countries. Findings suggest that institutional barriers to adoption are much...
- Research articles 2003-12-22
- A brief history of green building.(White Paper On Sustainability)
- What is green building? The Office of the Federal Environmental Executive defines green building as "the practice of 1) increasing the efficiency with which buildings and their sites use energy, water, and materials, and 2) reducing building impacts on human health and the environment, through better...
- Research articles 2003-11-01
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