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August Berres

Green Technology

August Berres is selling the world’s first battery-powered office systems furniture product, Respond! Battery power reduces stress on electrical grids, allows for purchasing off-peak power, and reduces peak demand. It also provides resilience when power from the grid is interrupted. is deployed.

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August Berres

Green Technology

August Berres is selling the world’s first battery-powered office systems furniture product, Respond! Battery power reduces stress on electrical grids, allows for purchasing off-peak power, and reduces peak demand. It also provides resilience when power from the grid is interrupted. is deployed.

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New leaders at Patagonia, McDonald's, Netflix

GreenBiz

It's not necessarily that the game of musical chairs has intensified in the C-suite, but you'll note major executive moves at big apparel, food, energy, finance and technology corporations, some of which have enlisted a chief sustainability officer (CSO) or equivalent for the first time. Advocating.

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'For a clean, inclusive and resilient UK recovery plan'

Business Green

We are therefore writing to ask that the economic recovery plans you are developing align with the UK's wider goals and deliver a clean, just recovery, that creates quality employment and builds a more sustainable, inclusive and resilient UK economy for the future. Yours, Ron Cowley, CEO, Active Building Centre.

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Analysis: How did the 2019 legislative session fare on climate justice?

Front And Centered

While the full HEAL act passed in both the House and Senate by significant margins, the Washington Business Building Industry Association of Washington (BIAW) and the Association of Washington Business (AWB) were able to slow reconciliation of the two bill versions, preventing it from passing before the session expired.

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Kansas City’s new airport terminal celebrates sustainability in a big way

Greenability Magazine

KCI’s new terminal is first in Midwest to achieve LEED Gold certification and second in the country As the largest single infrastructure project in the city’s history, and with sustainability at the forefront, Kansas City’s new airport terminal has reached new milestones for green building in the region and beyond.

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New leaders at Patagonia, McDonald’s, Netflix

AGreenLiving

It’s not necessarily that the game of musical chairs has intensified in the C-suite, but you’ll note major executive moves at big apparel, food, energy, finance and technology corporations, some of which have enlisted a chief sustainability officer (CSO) or equivalent for the first time.