Waste diversion offers a great way to lower your operating costs and connect your facility to your community! Every year we throw away tons of useful items that go straight into the landfill. This holiday season, challenge your staff to look for new ways that you can minimize the wast

Congratulations to the Saint Paul RiverCentre and the Xcel Energy Center Complex in Minnesota for achieving LEED, Green Globes, and APEX/ASTM certifications. Each certification requires a comprehensive auditing of organizational environmental practices and procedures and compliance wi

The Vancouver Convention Centre gets its hair cut just once a year. And by hair, I mean its green roof. According to an article in Successful Meetings, the trimming is serious work because it’s part of the venue’s commitment to good sustainability. Groups find this commitm

A start-up company in the United Kingdom wants to cover stadium roofs with solar panels. Solar panels made from cloth. Stretchy cloth. “The Cambridge, England-based, Solar Cloth Company is beginning to run trials of its solar cloth, which uses lightweight photovoltaic fabric tha

The holidays are full of cheer, joy, family, and trash. Yes, tons of trash. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, Americans throw away 25 percent more trash during the Thanksgiving to New Year’s holiday period than any other time of year. The extra waste amounts to 2