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Tag Archives: Sustainability
Turning Food Waste into Electricity
The Kroger Co., a California based grocery chain, has plans for a new method of dealing with the huge amount of food waste grocery stores produce. The company has built an industrial silo where outdated food will be stored. Bacteria … Continue reading
Posted in Sustainability
Tagged Air Quality, climate change, Emissions, food waste, kroger, methane, Renewable Energy, Sustainability
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Sustainability for Hospitals
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has revamped its website created to help hospital facilities meet their sustainability goals. The website, The Sustainability Roadmap, was developed along with The American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE), the Association for the Healthcare Environment … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, Environmental, Healthcare, Hospitals, Sustainability
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Using Switchgrass to Heat Homes and Businesses
The Unites States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has released the results of a cost-benefit analysis for using switchgrass to heat homes and business in the northeast region of the U.S. The life-cycle assessment compared the costs … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Management
Tagged climate change, Energy, green, greenhouse gases, heat, heating oil, Pennsylvania, Sustainability, switchgrass
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Environmentally Friendly Electronics
Electronics are known to have huge negative impacts on the environment. Researchers from Istituto Officina dei Materiali at CNR and from the International School for Advanced Studies of Trieste (SISSA) may have found a way to make more environmentally friendly … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Products
Tagged DIPAB, electronics, electronics recycling, Environmental, PADEP, Pennsylvania, regulations, Sustainability
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Earth 911 – Recycling Resource
As climate change continues to be a serious problem that requires immediate attention, it is at times difficult to know how you as an individual can make an impact. Reducing consumption and reusing items that would other wise be thrown … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, earth911, Global Warming, recycling, recycling database, recycling locator, Sustainability
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Climate Policy Initiative’s Analysis of GHG Tracking Systems
Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) recently conducted an analysis of national systems that track emissions and other activities aimed at reducing emissions. The study focused on four major countries, U.S., Germany, Italy and China, each of whom contribute their fair share … Continue reading
Posted in Global Warming
Tagged Air Quality, Compliance, Emissions, Energy, Global Warming, greenhouse gases, Sustainability
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The CHEFS Tool Measures Carbon Footprints In Dining Services
How large is the carbon footprint of your cafeteria or dining area? Now you can accurately measure the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from your dining services using the CHEFS tool from Clean Air – Cool Planet (CA-CP). CA-CP is … Continue reading
Sustainability and The Healthier Hospitals Initiative
The Healthier Hospitals Initiative (HHI) is an industry wide movement designed to incorporate the principles of sustainability into current health care practices. When the healthcare industry realized that sustainability could produce cost savings, while simultaneously mitigating environmental impacts, the development … Continue reading
Climate Change Mitigation Can Also Have Health and Agricultural Benefits
Climate change mitigation policies can do more than just avert the potential long-term catastrophic consequences that will affect the entire world. Climate policies can also have short-term benefits in the area of human health and agriculture. These benefits were outlined … Continue reading
Posted in Global Warming
Tagged Air Quality, Compliance, EES, Emissions, Environmental, Global Warming, greenhouse gases, HAP, regulations, Sustainability
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The Healthier Hospitals Initiative Is The Path To Sustainability In Hospitals
The Healthier Hospitals Initiative (HHI) is an excellent example of how hospitals are beginning to realize that sustainable principles have a major role in the healthcare sector. Created in May of 2010, HHI is a coalition of major health systems … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare Environments
Tagged Air Quality, EES, Emissions, Environmental, greenhouse gases, Hospitals, IAQ, indoor air quality, recycling, Sustainability
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