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The Hartford Green Capitol Project: Stormwater Management Techniques for Low-impact Development

Review stormwater management techniques and solutions used in a facility greening project, including green roofs, rainwater harvesting, rain gardens, pervious concrete, permeable […]

Value-Driven Near-Zero Strategies for New and Retrofit Commercial Buildings

Increase the efficiency of new and retrofit commercial projects by using Passive House Standard and strategies. Learn about the principles and cost […]

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

A cutting-edge laundry facility serves as an example for effective implementation of balanced eco-friendly design that maximizes patient safety and infection control […]

Clean Indoor Air Sustainability and Energy Savings: Yes You Can Have It All

An explanation of clean indoor air sustainability as achieved through the principles of impingement, interception and diffusion, with advice on filter efficiency […]

Sustainability How-To Guide: A Comprehensive Guide to Water Conservation

This guide provides instructions to help facility managers benchmark, evaluate and reduce water consumption, defining domestic, processed and outdoor water types and […]

Sustainability How-to Guide: Carbon Footprint

This guide provides process tools for monitoring building-related carbon emissions, presenting the GHG emission inventory process, discussing best practices and benchmarking, and […]

The Green Workplace: Managing Green Change in Your Organization

Learn how to use change management programs to guide organizations through the process of greening occupant’s behavior as they adapt to changes […]

IFMA and Sustainability: Initiatives & Opportunities

If you need to know how to proceed concerning an energy and sustainability project, you go to IFMA.org’s “How-to Guides,” which are […]

Life After Carbon: The Next Global Transformation of Cities

Explores the ideas framed in “Life After Carbon,” a sweeping look at how the transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of […]

50 Greener Shades: The March to Sustainability

Feeling pressure to engage in sustainable practices? Motivated to do something but not sure where to start? Trying to please everyone with […]