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Yudelson 411
Sunday, December 11, 2011
For the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, Barbara Travers interviews Jerry Yudelson before his speech at the 15th Annual Commercial Real Estate Insights Breakfast.
Sustainability Management, Confessions of a Sustainability Consultant
Thursday, April 29, 2010We’ve been engaged for the past three years in corporate sustainability consulting and have learned a few lessons in that time. Bottom line, there has to be a strong C-Suite push for sustainable operations, and a strong business case must be articulated that engages corporate managers. Life in any company is very busy and sustainability considerations have to fight for their place on the desktop and in the daily priorities of managers. Our sustainability white paper tells more.
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Global Green Building Rating System Promoted by Large Property Owners
Thursday, June 11, 2009A coalition of large multinational property owners have developed their own green building rating system, giving a way to compare building performance across countries, all in the name of greater transparency in sustainability reporting.
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Sustainability Focus Makes You Money, Says New Report
Saturday, June 06, 2009The latest Sustainability Report from large UK retailer Marks & Spencer says that their sustainability programs are cash-flow positive. This proves once again what we’ve been saying about green buildings and related sustainability programs: you’d be stupid not to make the investment.
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McDonalds Global Best of Green 2009 Report Sets a High Standard
Thursday, May 21, 2009Everyone’s looking for good, low-cost sustainability measures. Here’s McDonalds with the best report I’ve seen yet, short vignettes from the field, showing how you can implement corporate sustainability from the grassroots very effectively.
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Carbon Dioxide Regulation Inches Closer
Monday, February 23, 2009Today’s Wall Street Journal reports that EPA will soon determine that carbon dioxide emissions pose a danger to the public health or welfare and that it must regulate them under the 1990 Clean Air Act (signed by Bush 1). What follows next won’t be pretty.
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New NAED Green Building White Paper, Free Executive Summary
Friday, January 23, 2009Our new white paper written for the National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED) is entitled “Green Goes Mainstream: How to Profit from Green Market Opportunities.” A free executive summary is offered via this website.
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“Toy Story” and Sustainability
Monday, January 19, 2009Last year, there was a furor over lead paint in some children’s toys from China. In response, Congress passed a law requiring extensive testing of all products aimed at children. The law of unintended consequences reared its ugly head. Find out why this situation shows companies the need to be proactive in their sustainability programs.
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Google’s Green Agenda and Real Energy Savings
Saturday, November 29, 2008Sitting on $14.5 billion in cash, Google has made more than $45 million in investments in solar, wind and geothermal technology companies. Can a search engine company produce better results than the venture capitalists in Silicon Valley? Should the U.S. Government’s energy investment priorities be different than Silicon Valley’s?
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900 U.S. Mayors Sign Climate Protection Agreement
Wednesday, November 26, 2008According to the U.S. Conference of Mayors, more than 900 U.S. mayors representing more than 81 million people (equivalent to the population of Germany, for example) have now signed a pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from their cities to seven percent below 1990 levels by 2012.
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Is Toyota the future of green homes?
Monday, August 04, 2008What if you could link up the quality control and mass production methods of auto manufacturers with the growing demand for green homes, and tie that in with plug-in hybrid cars? Aren’t we ready for a revolution in homebuilding, one that would embrace more modular and factory-built components? I’d buy a fireproof, soundproof, super-insulated, electronically modern home in a heartbeat, wouldn’t you?
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Green Weenies: Will Green Hotels Ever Come of Age?
Monday, August 04, 2008The New York Times article on green hotels points out some of the barriers to effectively greening the lodging industry, a combination of timid executives and guests who don’t want to sacrifice anything to save the planet.
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Can Green Building Help Lifestyle Centers Succeed?
Thursday, July 17, 2008“Too many malls swamp developers” trumpets the Wall St. Journal headline today, citing the slowing economy for the failure of many lifestyle (open-air) centers to fully lease their premises. I’m wondering if a focus on green buildings and green development would help developers and retailers gain an advantage in a more difficult economic circumstance.
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Jones Lang LaSalle acquires Green Globes developer; strategic move or desperation?
Sunday, July 13, 2008In a story widely followed last week, Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL) acquired the developer of the Green Globes rating tool. Is this a clever strategic move or a desperate attempt to catch up to or circumvent the move by the largest industry player CB Richard Ellis (NYSE: CBG) to dominate the LEED for Existing Buildings system?
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Will green building and green products be retailers’ salvation?
Friday, July 11, 2008A Wall Street Journal article this week (July 9, page B8), “Retailers recalibrate pitch to strapped consumers,” points out that some retailers are investing money to differentiate themselves, trying to boost market share and be ready to grow again when the recession ends. Could green buildings and greater green product selections be coming to the top of the pile of retailers’s ideas?
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