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Reduce Allergies By Switching to Eco Cleaning Products

Did you know that using many big-name brand household cleaners, is actually similar to using hazardous waste? The stark reality is that each time you clean, you could be spreading toxic chemicals around your home. If you want to reduce…

AlessandroJune 16, 2017

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BEE’s New Service: Intelligent Building Management w/ QLEAR

BEE is pleased to offer QLEAR, a cloud-based intelligent building management platform for analyzing building performance in real time. QLEAR pulls building data together including energy, water and gas consumption and indoor air quality, acoustic and lighting performance to help…

AlessandroJanuary 12, 2017

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Cx is the Rx: The Importance of Commissioning Your Project.

I’m closing out the year by discussing a subject that I think needs to hit the mainstream already! Commissioning (Cx) – it’s too often overlooked. I could write pages and pages on this stuff so definitely look for future posts…

AlessandroJanuary 1, 2017

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8 Easy Steps to Towards a Green Home in the City

You’re probably reading this because you’re interested in living as responsibly as you can. There’s so much we can do in so many areas of our lives that it can get overwhelming. Still, you have to start somewhere...let's get you…

AlessandroDecember 19, 2016

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The Implications of the 2016 LEED Price Increase

A popular topic of discussion recently among green building professionals has been the LEED price increase that the USGBC announced earlier this month for the registration and certification of LEED projects. This is the first LEED price increase since 2010.…

AlessandroNovember 22, 2016

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A Business Case for Healthy Buildings – Productivity, Health and Happiness

There used to be a misconception that sustainability was expensive. While true that many of the practices involved in the process of building sustainably (for example, the use of new technologies and materials) required a higher initial investment, collection of…

AlessandroNovember 5, 2016

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Building Performance Data: USA trying to catch up to China

The US Green Building Council (USGBC) - the organization that develops LEED certification for buildings - has just announced the upcoming launch of ‘arc’, a data driven platform designed to collect and report performance data of buildings. Once it is…

AlessandroOctober 12, 2016

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An Assessment of the Chinese Energy Industry by Collective Responsibility

Chinese Energy Industry Chinese Energy Industry - An excellent study by Collective Responsibility on the current Chinese Energy Industry in China and what the future has in store. Download the full report HERE.

AlessandroMarch 13, 2016

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3 Ways to Make Your 2016 Resolutions More Realistic and Attainable

Okay, we'll skip the traditional holiday gift lists because, frankly, if there's one thing you can do for the planet during this most hectic and commercialized season of the year, it's to buy nothing at all. We'll just go right…

neoliDecember 31, 2015

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7 Ways to Sustainable Shopping this Holiday Season

From the get go, the phrase "sustainable shopping" seems like an oxymoron. It’s especially impossible during this holiday season, a time when malls are jam-packed with various new exciting merchandises that tickle our every fancy. Given the countless irresistible things…

neoliDecember 20, 2015