By Anne Vazquez, on September 30, 2005, at 2:36 pm The second day of Green By Design 2 in Grand Rapids, MI featured another round of interesting and informative sessions. (To read my observations about the first day of the event, see previous posting, “A day of sustainable ideas.”)
Sponsored by the Wege Foundation, Steelcase, and Grand Rapids Community College, Green By Design focused on ways for companies to develop, manufacture, and distribute “eco-effective” products and services. But some of the sessions on this closing day of the event delved a bit deeper into the urgent need to ease the demand on our earth.
I was fortunate to
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By Heidi Schwartz, on September 30, 2005, at 8:16 am More than 300 experts recently spent three days in Belfast, Northern Ireland talking about toilets.
According to a Reuters report, A lot was achieved, including the finalization of a protocol setting out global standards for the provision and hygiene of public toilets, says Raymond Martin, director of the Irish Toilet Association.
Another highlight was…the unveiling of Belfast’s first public UriLift toilet, a stainless steel urinal that rises hydraulically out of the ground at night to facilitate male revelers.
In terms of public toilet excellence, it was generally agreed that Singapore was a model for the rest of the world.
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By Heidi Schwartz, on September 29, 2005, at 1:44 pm At last week’s FEBRAVA 2005 Trade Show in San Paolo, Brazil, James Wolf and Jeff Moe, global environmental policy executives for Trane, each delivered a presentation on the topic of “Global Warming and Energy Conservation.” The international show and exhibition receives approximately 24,000 participants annually from the refrigeration, HVAC and air treatment industries.
Wolf, vice president and chairman of Trane’s Environmental Policy Council, and Moe, Trane program director for environmental policy, shared their perspectives on the role that heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) technologies could play in meeting environmental priorities. Specifically, their presentations reviewed the following subjects: •Global
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By Heidi Schwartz, on September 29, 2005, at 9:59 am Interesting article posting online…
By Anne Vazquez, on September 28, 2005, at 9:11 pm TFM Managing Editor Anne Vazquez reports from the road.
I had a busy and enjoyable day today in Grand Rapids, MI attending Green By Design 2, a symposium focusing on innovative ways for companies to develop, manufacture, and distribute “eco-effective” products and services. This is being sponsored by the Wege Foundation, Steelcase, and Grand Rapids Community College.
The day was jam packed with events, including a speech by Tom Chappell, co-founder of Tom’s of Maine, which produces personal products (such as toothpaste and body wash) that use all natural ingredients. Tom explained how he and his wife, Kate, have
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