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Author : Joseph J. Romm
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (437 download)
Download or read book Greening the Building and the Bottom Line written by Joseph J. Romm and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Martin Melaver
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071599223
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (715 download)
Download or read book The Green Building Bottom Line (GreenSource Books; Green Source) written by Martin Melaver and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the real costs and real benefits of building green? As any builder knows, cost estimation and reality are often two very different things. The Green Building Bottom Line makes the case for green building by providing the insights and data that demonstrate the true costs and benefits of building green. It's a “why to” and a “how to” that explores everything from the ground up. The Green Building Bottom Line puts an entire development team at the table to better understand both the issues encountered and what's behind the perceived price premium for building green. This candid and transparent account explores every aspect of green development on groundbreaking projects, from the nation's first all-retail LEED core and shell project to an innovative multitenanted LEED-Existing Buildings office project, to a mixed-use hotel-retail-condo project in a transitional urban market. The authors focus on such issues as values, culture, life-cycle costs, insurance, financing, coordinating a team, marketing, and negotiating leases. Includes: Detailed case studies of green-building projects, start to finish Information on financial, legal, and operational aspects of the job The real-world costs of green building-not unrealistic estimates A behind-the-scenes look at the LEED building process Unique insight from those who have actually done the work The Green Building Bottom Line covers: • Economical and ecological benefits • Auditing sustainability in existing buildings • Financial benefits of green tenancy • Loan analysis • Insurance underwriting • Expense reduction • Writing a green lease • Converting an existing building • Green retail • Brokering sustainability • Marketing • HR practices and processes
Author : Martin Melaver
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (113 download)
Download or read book The Green Building Bottom Line written by Martin Melaver and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph J. Romm
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Greening the Building and the Bottom Line written by Joseph J. Romm and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Leigh Stringer
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 0230112323
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The Green Workplace written by Leigh Stringer and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As 21st-century companies realize they'll need to be green to compete, sustainable ideas are spreading like wildfire throughout all fields of modern business. In The Green Workplace, Leigh Stringer, an expert on sustainable workplace design and strategy, shows companies on the cusp of radically transforming their practices how to bring together diverse teams and establish new organizational governance for creative problem-solving in greening their workplace. Her hands-on green strategies are based on concrete and cost-effective changes such as: - working from home - ways to cut commuting costs - video conferencing to cut down on travel - increasing access to natural light to save energy - and more. Stringer explains how managers can implement these changes smoothly and efficiently. In solving key problems, she shows companies how a green business reduces costs, increases productivity, improves recruiting and retention, and increases shareholder value, in addition to benefiting the environment.
Author : Martin Melaver
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (958 download)
Download or read book Green Building Bottom Line written by Martin Melaver and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kim Carlson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1440516049
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Green Your Work written by Kim Carlson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-11-17 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, many companies are flourishing by delivering high-quality products while pursuing policies that leave the world a cleaner, better place. Those policies can help retain customers, energize employees, and serve as brand-building tools. This book shows managers practical steps to make their companies environmentally responsible while staying profitable and efficient. Environmentalist and businesswoman Kim Carlson shows managers how to green company operations by moving to a paperless office, recycling at work, setting up employee carpools, developing eco-friendly packaging, using green building products, and more. She explains in detail topics ranging from green marketing to setting up a carbon footprint assessment for the company. With this book at their side, managers can turn green into profits.
Author : David Lawrence Bean
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (868 download)
Download or read book Building Green in Austin written by David Lawrence Bean and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the past couple of decades, developing buildings that are actually sensitive to the needs of the environment has started to be a common trend. Today, the green building movement has reached all corners of the United States and even the world. The United States Green Building Council formed the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system to serve as a guideline for measuring the degree to which a building is considered to be environmentally friendly and "green". The LEED system outlines a number of requirements necessary to achieve one of four different certification levels: Platinum, Gold, Silver or Certified. Each of these levels requires a different number of points awarded based on achievement of various credits during the design and construction phases of a building project. The purpose of this study is two-fold. First, it is to explore the green building movement and discuss the overall benefits of building green. Included in this is a discussion of what it actually means to develop a LEED Certified building, and what a building's certification status means for both short and long-term costs and benefits toward meeting a developer's desired bottom line. Secondly, building on that investigation, a determination will be made as to whether or not it is financially viable for a developer to construct a LEED Certified building in Austin, Texas and still achieve his or her desired bottom line as it relates to his or her profit margin.
Author : Matt Belcher
Publisher : Builderbooks
ISBN 13 : 9780867186444
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Build Green and Save written by Matt Belcher and published by Builderbooks. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insider's guide to residential green building leads builders through the actual residential construction process and details how green building techniques can be applied. Belcher makes a case for affordable green building based on personal experiences and details.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (774 download)
Download or read book Green Buildings and the Bottom Line written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniel C. Esty
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118010892
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book The Green to Gold Business Playbook written by Daniel C. Esty and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-04-08 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Implement the green strategies outlined in Dan Esty's and Andrew Winston’s bestseller Green to Gold" Hard-nosed business advice for gaining competitive advantage through sustainability action in buildings and operations, information technology, product design, sourcing, manufacturing, logistics and transportation, marketing, accounting, and other key business functions Whether you are a climate change skeptic or an environmentalist, sustainability issues cannot be ignored in today’s corporate world. With rising energy and natural resource costs, intensified regulations, investor pressures, and a growing demand for environmentally friendly products, sustainability is no longer an option—it’s a business imperative. Unlike many green business books, the Playbook skips the environmental ideology and deals exclusively with tools and strategies that have been shown to cut costs, reduce risks, drive revenues, and build brand identity. Builds on Dan Esty and Andrew Winston’s prizewinning Green to Gold, which has become a business classic and a staple of management training across the world. Shows in detail how each business function or department can achieve an eco-advantage over the competition Offers frameworks, checklists, and action plans applicable to any business–big or small, in manufacturing or services The Green to Gold Business Playbook gives you the tools to make green work-and work profitably-for your business.
Author : United States Senate
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781701886117
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (861 download)
Download or read book Green Buildings written by United States Senate and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-23 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Green buildings: benefits to health, the environment, and the bottom line
Author : Grace Ding
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527548287
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)
Download or read book A ‘Triple Bottom Line’ Approach to Advanced Project Evaluation written by Grace Ding and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-06 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of ‘the triple bottom line’ has recently emerged to describe a new framework for development aimed at achieving economic and social balance while maintaining the long-term integrity of ecological systems. This requires measuring not only the economic viability of projects, but also their impact on the environment and their contribution to society. We live in a world where most people are aware of the importance of our environment. The way in which this realisation came about has, in hindsight, not been as simple as could have been expected. Systematic evaluations of the economic viability of projects using discounting date back to the beginning of the last century and are something which has been readily accepted, especially over the last few decades. However, an integrated approach, including environmental and social aspects, is much more recent, and even now, the methods and methodologies for such an approach are still being developed. This volume details the state of the art of the development towards the triple bottom line. It indicates where there is still debate about fundamental principles, where theory has been overlooked in the name of convenience, and where there are still unresolved problems. The discussions provided here will serve to provide a more detailed understanding of what we do in our calculations, what they mean and the limitations thereof.
Author : United States Congress
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781978088573
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (885 download)
Download or read book Green Buildings written by United States Congress and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-09 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Green buildings: benefits to health, the environment, and the bottom line : hearing before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, May 15, 2007.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Green Buildings written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Greg Kats
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1610910796
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Greening Our Built World written by Greg Kats and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Green” buildings—buildings that use fewer resources to build and to sustain—are commonly thought to be too expensive to attract builders and buyers. But are they? The answer to this question has enormous consequences, since residential and commercial buildings together account for nearly 50% of American energy consumption—including at least 75% of electricity usage—according to recent government statistics. This eye-opening book reports the results of a large-scale study based on extensive financial and technical analyses of more than 150 green buildings in the U.S. and ten other countries. It provides detailed findings on the costs and financial benefits of building green. According to the study, green buildings cost roughly 2% more to build than conventional buildings—far less than previously assumed—and provide a wide range of financial, health and social benefits. In addition, green buildings reduce energy use by an average of 33%, resulting in significant cost savings. Greening Our Built World also evaluates the cost effectiveness of “green community development” and presents the results of the first-ever survey of green buildings constructed by faith-based organizations. Throughout the book, leading practitioners in green design—including architects, developers, and property owners—share their own experiences in building green. A compelling combination of rock-solid facts and specific examples, this book proves that green design is both cost-effective and earth-friendly.
Author : Francisco Szekely
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262552809
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)
Download or read book Beyond the Triple Bottom Line written by Francisco Szekely and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pragmatic new business model for sustainability that outlines eight steps that range from exploring a mission to promoting innovation; with case studies. Many recent books make the case for businesses to become more sustainable, but few explain the specifics. In this book, Francisco Szekely and Zahir Dossa offer a pragmatic new business model for sustainability that extends beyond the traditional framework of the triple bottom line, describing eight steps that range from exploring a vision and establishing a strategy to implementing the strategy and promoting innovation. Szekely and Dossa argue that businesses and organizations need to move away from the business case for sustainability toward a sustainable business model. That is, businesses should go beyond the usual short-term focus on minimizing harm while maximizing profits. Instead, businesses on the path to sustainability should, from the start, focus on addressing a societal need and view profitability not as an end but as a means to support the sustainable organization. Szekely and Dossa explore key problems organizations face when pursuing a sustainability agenda. Each chapter presents one of the eight steps, describes a business dilemma for sustainability, provides a theoretically grounded strategic framework, offers case studies that illustrate the dilemma, and summarizes key findings; the case studies draw on the experiences of such companies as Tesla Motors, Patagonia, TOMs, and Panera. The book emphasizes leadership, arguing that leaders who question the status quo, inspire others, and take risks are essential for achieving sustainable business practices.
