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Sustainability and the Green Building Supply Chain: Choices: Compliance or Leadership
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Monday, July 30, 2012. Choices: Compliance or Leadership. Originally published in the July 2012 issues of Merchant Magazine and Building Products Digest.). Starting from a clean slate confers all sorts of benefits. For new merchants, ones just starting up (a rare breed, I know), it’s relatively easy to develop a green business model and brand, stock only greenest-in-class products, and forge winning customer relationships with green builders and remodelers. Highlights one of the trickiest. There are two ...
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Sustainability and the Green Building Supply Chain: November 2011
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011. Made Greener in a Factory Near You. This article was published in the November, 2011 issues of Merchant Magazine and Building Products Digest.). Reducing the embodied energy in buildings is the main motivator behind USGBC’s LEED credit for locally-sourced goods and materials. This is good, but does it matter? Is anything even made in this country anymore? So, what’s a good, green dealer to do? Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). About Wm. Verde and Assoc.
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Sustainability and the Green Building Supply Chain: Made Greener in a Factory Near You
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011. Made Greener in a Factory Near You. This article was published in the November, 2011 issues of Merchant Magazine and Building Products Digest.). Reducing the embodied energy in buildings is the main motivator behind USGBC’s LEED credit for locally-sourced goods and materials. This is good, but does it matter? Is anything even made in this country anymore? So, what’s a good, green dealer to do? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). About Wm. Verde and Assoc.
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Sustainability and the Green Building Supply Chain: April 2012
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Green Bricks and Blocks. Originally published in the April 2012 issues of Merchant Magazine and Building Products Digest.). Durability is one of those green building attributes that doesn’t get enough attention. Things that last a long time don’t need to be replaced as often, which saves money, material, and energy. So, why doesn’t the ubiquitous and overlooked “brick” get more attention from green pundits and sustainability gurus? Let’s start with the basic red brick. If it ha...
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Sustainability and the Green Building Supply Chain: Two things for 2012: Energy and Community
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012. Two things for 2012: Energy and Community. Originally published in the January 2012 issues of Merchant Magazine and Building Products Digest.). It’s January, a time when we’re all staring into the headlights of an oncoming new year bearing down and wondering how it’s all going to turn out. Perhaps you’ve had the same premonitions I’ve had about 2012. Clearly, there are going to be some rough patches. It’s an election year and the electorate seems in a bad mood. If you can find ...
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Sustainability and the Green Building Supply Chain: June 2011
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011. Is Less Consumption Good for Retail? This was originally published in the June 2011 issues of Merchant Manager and Building Products Digest.). This is disaster for retailers, right? Not necessarily. For retailers committed to green business practices, it’s just another opportunity to serve their community. And there are several ways that less consumption can be good for your bottom line, as well as for the planet. Does a good job explaining. It takes energy to make things an...
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Sustainability and the Green Building Supply Chain: Green Bricks and Blocks
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Green Bricks and Blocks. Originally published in the April 2012 issues of Merchant Magazine and Building Products Digest.). Durability is one of those green building attributes that doesn’t get enough attention. Things that last a long time don’t need to be replaced as often, which saves money, material, and energy. So, why doesn’t the ubiquitous and overlooked “brick” get more attention from green pundits and sustainability gurus? Let’s start with the basic red brick. If it ha...
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Sustainability and the Green Building Supply Chain: Green Spring Training
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Monday, March 19, 2012. Originally published in the March 2012 issues of Merchant Magazine and Building Products Digest.). March is my favorite month. Spring is in the air, at least in some parts of the country. And baseball is just around the corner. And now, some market research has come out demonstrating that green building is poised to lead this industry out of the doldrums. Things aren’t back to normal, or back to a new and different normal, not just yet. The study from McGraw Hill. They know what t...
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Sustainability and the Green Building Supply Chain: July 2012
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Monday, July 30, 2012. Choices: Compliance or Leadership. Originally published in the July 2012 issues of Merchant Magazine and Building Products Digest.). Starting from a clean slate confers all sorts of benefits. For new merchants, ones just starting up (a rare breed, I know), it’s relatively easy to develop a green business model and brand, stock only greenest-in-class products, and forge winning customer relationships with green builders and remodelers. Highlights one of the trickiest. There are two ...
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Sustainability and the Green Building Supply Chain: December 2011
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011. Innovation in Interesting Times. This was originally published in the December issues of Building Products Digest and Merchant Magazine.). This dismal year is almost over and most people won’t be sorry to see it go. On the other hand, if apocalyptic 2012 predictions are correct, the New Year will see the Mayan calendar coming to an end and so, apparently, will the world. Yikes! Home improvement chain. They’ve demonstrated that green can scale. Who’s next? Greensulate™ is...
