Common sense tells us that indoor environmental quality issues come at a cost, but how high a cost exactly is difficult to determine when we attempt to estimate intangible losses.
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How much is your company paying for indoor environmental problems?
Posted in Indoor Environmental Quality, tagged acoustic comfort, AIQ, corporate budget, cost-cutting, employee health, environmental issues, EPA, Green Building, Green Globes, HVAC, IEQ, indoor air quality, Indoor Environmental Quality, LEED, lighting optimization, MCS, multiple chemical sensitivity, radon, SBS, senterra, senterra consulting, sick building syndrome, sustainability consulting, thermal comfort, tigt building syndrome, USGBC, VOCs on December 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Green indoor building products promise improved air quality for workers
Posted in Green Building, Indoor Environmental Quality, Supply Chain, Waste Management, tagged building environmental impact, CSR, employee health, environmental issues, Green Building, green building products, green business, green flooring, IEQ, indoor air quality, Indoor Environmental Quality, LEED, low VOC building material, low VOC paint, no VOC paint, senterra on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Considering the scientific, medical, and technological breakthroughs of the past few decades, it seems somewhat odd that green materials are just now becoming a matter of interest in commercial indoor environments, when the toxicity of their traditional counterparts and their impact on employee productivity have been known for years.
Can small businesses benefit from going green?
Posted in Communication, Corporate Ethics and CSR, Energy, Green IT, Indoor Environmental Quality, Waste Management, Workforce Optimization, tagged corporate budget, corporate communication, corporate ethics, cost-cutting, CSR, environmental issues, environmental policies, green business, Green IT, Indoor Environmental Quality, lighting optimization, senterra, small business sustainability, socio-environmental issues, triple bottom line on June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From technological innovation to expansive socio-environmental initiatives, corporations like Google and Cisco, Continental Airlines and PG&E have incorporated environmental objectives into their overall business strategy. Many of their green projects required substantial financial investments, the capacity to reengineer processes and systems, the willingness to take risks and the allocation of time and resources.
