CCES News For You

August 8, 2010
There is growing interest in the USGBC’s LEED program. Though criticized, this is an accepted, concrete (no pun intended) program that defines “green” building. Some companies who are cool to climate change (another pun, there!) or sustainability programs have embraced LEED for several reasons. First, it requires outside body certification. One accumulates points [...]

Occasionally people ask me some variation of the following: “I can’t get my company to develop a ‘green’ program. People are either too busy or they worry that it will cost too much or can’t grasp the benefits. Can you suggest some simple, cheap ‘green’ ideas that we can implement easily that will result in [...]

With federal legislation on the way that will require many facilities to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions significantly, companies are beginning to strategize how to meet future requirements or internal goals as economically as possible without disrupting operations. One part of a successful strategy is the use of offsets. While it is a less direct [...]

A major business benefit of a climate change program is that verified greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions can be converted into sellable carbon credits on the voluntary market. In the US, between the Chicago Climate Exchange and other registries, sales in 2008 were reported to reach $500 million, nearly double that of 2007 (despite [...]