Jakarta residents to sue government over severe air pollution

Tired of breathing in some of the world’s filthiest air, a group of activists and environmentalists in Jakarta has decided to sue the Indonesian government to take action. This might be the fire that is needed in Indonesia to help…

Mark Bawtree5 July 2019

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USGBC Publishes Newest Social Equity Checklist

LEED has traditionally been the green building certification system to encourage projects to employ environmental design and energy-efficient solutions. But is a green and energy-efficient building necessarily built with respect for the community or constructed using materials sourced from socially…

JC-Ray Bellen24 May 2019

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LEED v4.1 BD+C and ID+C Beta Registration Opens Spring 2019

Newest Update – LEED v4.1 LEED v4.1 is USGBC’s most recent update to the LEED rating systems. LEED v4.1 differentiates from its previous version through its focus on implementation and an accessible, user-friendly and agile design. After beta testing of LEED…

Alessandro24 December 2018

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Alessandro Bisagni Talks about Sustainability to South China Morning Post

Alessandro Bisagni, the founder of BEE, was interviewed by the South China Morning Post, sharing his experience in establishing the sustainability consulting firm - Bisagni Environmental Enterprise, and tackling Climate Change issues. Alessandro Bisagni. Photo credit to Xiaomei, Chen "Time is a…

Mika Kania2 January 2018

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The world’s largest and most environmentally friendly Starbucks – LEED Platinum in Starbucks Shanghai Reserve Roastery

Big news for Shanghai coffee lovers and everyone else in this world! Starbucks Shanghai Reserve Roastery, the world’s largest and most environmentally friendly Starbucks officially opened to the public yesterday on December 6! Located along Nanjing Road, the 30,000-square-foot Starbucks Roastery,…

Mika Kania7 December 2017

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Greenbuild China: BEE Awarded as Top 15 LEED Service Provider

Last week on the 17th and 18th October, Greenbuild, the world's largest conference and expo for green building was held successfully in Shanghai, China. During the two-day Greenbuild China conference, industry leaders, experts and front-line professionals dedicated to sustainable building gathered…

Mika Kania25 October 2017

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Savona – The first City of LEED for Cities in Europe

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), creators of the LEED green building rating system, and Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), the organization that certifies all LEED projects globally, announced that Savona, Italy, which is home to more than 62,000 people, is…

Mika Kania1 September 2017

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Why Sustainability in Buildings

Sustainability is a broad term describing a desire to carry out activities without depleting resources or having harmful impacts; avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance, while a sustainable building is the practice…

Mika Kania28 August 2017

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Retail & Hospitality Sustainability Trends

Sustainability has many benefits: lower operating costs, increase occupants’ health and guest experience, increase competitiveness by improved brand recognition and customer loyalty, increase employee retention and satisfaction, and reduced resource consumption and emissions. The improvement of brand awareness through “doing good”…

Mika Kania21 August 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…

Alessandro12 January 2017