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Sustainable Real Estate: How To Sell and Market Eco-Friendly Homes

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Showcase the Health Benefits of Eco-Friendly Homes. Retrofits are traditional homes that have been renovated to include sustainable materials and to be more energy- and water-efficient. Retrofits offer the cost-savings and health benefits of eco-friendly homes without the large price tag of newly-built green homes.

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ZHAs sculptural "urban oasis" in Hong Kong to be LEED Platinum

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Occupant health also benefits from the building’s air quality monitoring system that automatically adjusts indoor air temperature, humidity and fresh air volume to meet demand. Smart chiller plant optimization, high-efficiency HVAC equipment and daylight sensors, for instance, will achieve a 26% reduction in energy demand.

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Hotel Sustainability & Waste Management: Reducing Food, Water and Plastic Waste

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One way to repurpose all the plastics is to support companies that have invested in making their packaging from recycled content. For example, Aveda makes more than 85% of their skin care and hair styling PET bottles and jars with 100% post-consumer recycled materials. Encourage guests to reuse towels and bed linens.

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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

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Not only does reclaimed lumber give that rustic, farmhouse look and possess some unique history within its grain, but it also helps preserve our carbon-sequestering forests and rejects monoculture tree farms that do not support biodiversity or ecological health. Sustainable Interior Design. INTERIOR PAINT. CARPETING AND FLOORING.

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Sustainability 101: What is a Sustainable Business

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Because sustainability is intrinsically linked to environmental regulations, worker health and safety, and community wellbeing, not investing in sustainability could be perceived as a potential liability for businesses. For instance, cardboard or paper saturated with water or grease are difficult to sort and cannot be recycled.