Green Buildings Index 1) Introduction 1 2) Green Building Concepts 4 2.1) Materials 6 2.2) Lighting 8 2.3) Water Resources Management 12 2.4) Ventilation and Cooling 14 3)Elements of green building 16 4) Basic‚ no cost‚ green building strategies 21 5) Green Buildings Summarized 21 6) Conclusion 22 7) Case study 23 8) References 25 1) Introduction:
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This series is intended to promote discussion and to provide information about work in progress. The views expressed are those of the authors and should notbe quoted without permission. DISCUSSION PAPER SERIES Green HRM: A review‚ process model‚ and research agenda *Dr. Douglas Renwick‚ University of Sheffield Management School Professor Tom Redman‚ University of Durham Business School Dr. Stuart Maguire‚ University of Sheffield Management School Discussion Paper No 2008.01 April 2008 *Address
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Introduction For restaurant operators‚ healthy dining has been a big focus for many years. Now “going green” and socially responsible marketing are key points of emphasis for restaurateurs and consumers alike. In a recent study published in USA Today‚ more than 30 percent of respondents said they “would be willing to sacrifice a percentage of their salary in order to work for an environmentally friendly company” (Brooks‚ 2009). Organic and sustainable product sales have more than doubled since 2000
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Green Buildings Can Save Us Green buildings‚ or energy-efficient buildings‚ are perceived to be the kind of modern buildings that can save energy by implementing advanced technologies in these days. Looking at many good examples on the internet or television about these energy-efficient buildings‚ I feel that if we have the technology‚ why wouldn’t we do something to save us from the increasing shortage of energy? It is easy and if we change all our old style utilities‚ we can live more comfortably
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Green Revolution From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For other uses‚ see Green Revolution (disambiguation). [pic] [pic] Increased use of various technologies such as pesticides‚ herbicides‚ and fertilizers as well as new breeds of high yield crops were employed in the decades after the Second World War to greatly increase global food production. |[pic] | |Agriculture
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Fortunately‚ it’s not too late and we can still change which is why many are pushing for green energy technology sources. The advantage of using green energy sources is that it is clean so it does not emit anything harmful into the air which has an impact on the environment. It is also renewable which means we will never run out of it unlike oil which is expected to dry up in a decade or so. Although green energy technology facilities are expensive to build‚ it requires less maintenance so you
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Abstract Going green is one of the initiatives that has been going on in different parts of the world. Pollution has been one of the major causes of climate change. Going green is hence aimed at reducing the pollution levels and enlightening the society on the importance of living in a green environment. The eco-system cycle should be safe guarded for the welfare of the future. Production companies have been on the look out for techniques that enhance the theme of going green (Davies 2012). Car
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the increased use of fertilizers and irrigation are known collectively as the Green Revolution‚ which provided the increase in production needed to make India self-sufficient in food grains‚ thus improving agriculture in India. Hybrid high-yielding wheat was first introduced to India in 1963 by Dr. Borlaug. Borlaug has been hailed as the Father of the Green Revolution but M.S. Swaminathan is known as the "Father of the Green Revolution in India" The methods adopted included the use of high yielding
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GO GREEN! The importance of environmental awareness and activism is high‚ at least to me and my family. People in the communities work better when others are leading and giving the example. Being “green” is important because we a re trying to savage the planet earth and the future generations. Using high efficiency energy saving lightbulbs and recycling is not something I was doing because of reading a magazine or watching the television‚ it was something I begun doing because others were doing
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companies‚ seeing green themselves (cha-ching!)‚ have responded to the trend with a fast-to-market fervor not seen since the discovery that Aqua Net was burning a hole in the ozone and everyone turned to hairspray pumps. But ever since we’ve had green products‚ we’ve had greenwashing‚ and little is being done to combat it. To start‚ there are no laws specifically governing green claims. Federally‚ the Competition Bureau and the Canadian Standards Association developed green guidelines titled
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