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Sustainability Planning

This section deals with campus and corporate sustainability planning and programs

Australia’s Online Newspaper for Green Buildings Interviews Jerry Yudelson

Thursday, June 14, 2012

The Fifth Estate, Australia’s leading online newspaper for green buildings and sustainable development, featured an interview with Jerry Yudelson focusing on the long view of sustainability planning.

Marketing Sustainable Design Services - Three Keys to the Future

Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Many architects are asking me how to change their marketing approaches to sustainable design services, since green building experience and expertise no longer confers specific competitive advantage. What do firms need to do to maintain their focus on sustainability, but gain more marketing advantage from this form of branding? There are three key steps to take right now.

Centralized Solar Power Plants Threaten Environment in the West

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

The most obvious place to put solar power plants is in the deserts of the Western U.S. Problem is, the desert environment is fragile and any projects that use large amounts of water, such as concentrating solar power, are not much better for the environment than the coal plants already there.

Will the Credit Crunch Deal a Body Blow to Renewable Energy Projects?

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Signs are starting to mount that the credit crunch will delay or derail large renewable energy projects, since most of them rely on both construction and long-term debt financing, as well as funding to tie up large areas of land for a protracted permit period.

Location of Land-Intensive Renewable Power Sites Stirs Controversy

Monday, November 24, 2008

As I have been predicting, where to locate new solar and wind power plants, along with associated power lines, stirs all kinds of controversy. In Arizona, it’s with desert lands protection advocates, according to a recent story in the Arizona Republic.

Land planning critical to Green Buildings and Climate Change

Thursday, February 21, 2008

The American Society of Landscape Architects issued last week their recommendations for climate change mitigation in site planning and development. Green building developers and architects should be paying more attention.

How do green building teams get high-performance results?

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

I?ve been doing a lot of research lately on how project teams are delivering high-performance projects, those that save 30% or more energy against the ASHRAE 2004 standard, with lots of daylighting and other green features.

The 10 million home Internet power drain

Friday, December 22, 2006

Worldwide Internet servers’ energy use is the equivalent of 10 million homes and growing rapidly. Time to do something about it.

Green Building and Sustainability Consulting

Monday, December 04, 2006

Sometimes a green building and sustainability consultant gets to eat the food he recommends to others. People ask me, “Who are your target clients?”

Environmental Sustainability, Green Buildings and LEED Join Forces at Greenbuild 2006

Friday, November 24, 2006

The recently concluded Greenbuild 2006 conference in Denver showcased the growing confluence of sustainability and environmental concerns, green buildings and the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED rating systems.

Campus Sustainability Movement Grows

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

October 4-6 in Tempe, Arizona, at Arizona State U., now the largest university in the country in terms of students, the campus sustainability movement took off.