How corporations can create an environmental justice policy

How corporations can create an environmental justice policy

Corporate America’s commitment to environmental justice has been tepid to non-existent. Several factors explain this absence of commitment, including a fear of lawsuits from high community pollution levels, opposition to revising operating permits by regulatory agencies, potential citizen protests to plant site expansions, and corporations’ broader reluctance to discuss their economic and political power in…

Shining a Light on Universities Adopting Solar Energy

Shining a Light on Universities Adopting Solar Energy

Universities across the country are embracing solar energy to help power their campuses, become more sustainable, and save money. Proving that point, here are three major announcements U.S. universities made in late May alone. Brigham Young University–Hawaii Brigham Young University–Hawaii announced completion of a campus-wide renewable energy system that includes rooftop solar, carport solar, and…

Here’s how to scale energy-saving commercial building retrofits

Here’s how to scale energy-saving commercial building retrofits

Comprehensive retrofits of commercial buildings can reduce their energy use by up to 40 percent but are not happening anywhere near the scale needed to meet climate goals, according to a report released by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). With new federal funds available for such energy-saving upgrades, the report offers a…

Fire Alarm Notification Delay from Sprinkler Waterflow

Fire Alarm Notification Delay from Sprinkler Waterflow

NFPA Today – June 03, 2022 Over the past several months, I have noticed a few incidents occurring in mercantile occupancies that have raised some questions related to the allowable delay between sprinkler activation and fire alarm notification in the event of a fire, which is governed by NFPA 72®, National Fire Alarm and Signaling…

Balancing Energy Efficiency, Compliance, and Patient Care in Healthcare Facilities

Balancing Energy Efficiency, Compliance, and Patient Care in Healthcare Facilities

When patients visit a healthcare facility, they are not thinking about how many kilowatt-hours of energy the facility is using, or how the facility may be reducing its cubic feet of natural gas consumption annually. When patients visit a healthcare facility, they are thinking about the care they’re going to receive. As healthcare facility managers,…