Dec.15, 2011 - Sustainable Business Practices focus on reduced consumption by functioning to consume natural resources at a lower rate than the natural reproduction rate, or at a rate below the development of substitutes while recycling and reusing. SBP attempt to minimize or eliminate activities that pollute or degrade the environment.

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Nov. 3, 2011 - Measuring, monitoring, and reporting, is the best way for a top executive to get the most out of sustainability reporting, and in turn, give the most back to the corporation and the environment.

Nov. 3, 2011 - Energy is a company's most controllable operating expense, and tracking energy cost and use is an energy efficiency best practice for one simple reason: you can't manage or reduce what you don't measure. By tracking your energy you can make more informed decisions about putting in place, maintaining and improving energy saving programs.

Nov. 3, 2011 - The average building in the U.S. wastes 10-15 percent of its energy costs through improperly sealed windows. With an uncertain economic forecast, energy-saving window retrofits are poised to become a burgeoning trend as building owners seek ways to cut costs, add value to their buildings and increase their energy efficiency.

Nov. 3, 2011 - We all want to be greener and lessen our carbon footprint. Geothermal is a way to accomplish that and improve your bottom line.?

Nov. 3, 2011 - Sustainability is one of the newest tools companies use to drive innovation, yet it may prove to be one of the most powerful. Why? Because sustainability-driven innovation is inherently a systems problem, and innovating in this dimension requires understanding the system.

Nov. 3, 2011 - You don’t hear much about streetlights. They’re just sort of ‘there’ – unless they’re burned out, an increasingly common situation in these days of strapped municipal budgets. Often, street lighting departments are encouraged not to fix the lights in order to save not only on the costs of replacing them, but also because a burned out light uses no electricity, another budget drain. New developments in LED lighting (the kind of lights you see more of in taillights of new cars and other places) are making their way to the streets – and to a warm spot in the hearts of municipal finance managers.

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