By Senseware on
20 Sep 2016 •
openbook 3 minute read
David Karpook, vice chairman of the Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate (OSCRE), recently published an article in Facility Executive, “Smart Buildings: It’s Still About The People Inside.” He writes, “No matter what the benefits and challenges are, the fut …
By Mark Bessoudo on
15 Sep 2016 •
openbook 5 minute read
At the 2015 Paris climate conference (COP 21), the Canadian government worked with international partners to negotiate an effective and ambitious global agreement on climate change to hold the increase in the global average temperature to less than 2°C above pre-indust …
By Nils Kok on
07 Sep 2016 •
openbook 7 minute read
While a typical summer is characterized by a lack of real news, leading the press to cover anything that’s even remotely newsworthy—or not – (we have a word for it in Dutch, “cucumber time”), the past two months have yielded enough stories to keep the average …
By GBIG Staff on
29 Aug 2016 •
openbook 5 minute read
This post is authored by Douglas Jutte, MD, MPH and Colby Dailey, MPP, Directors of Build Healthy Places Network.
Equity is a hot topic these days as our nation struggles with what is fair and just, and for whom. In philanthropy, equity is high on the agenda among ma …
By Joyce Lee on
22 Aug 2016 •
openbook 7 minute read
The influx of women in the workplace starting in the 1960s was partly attributable to the development of infant formula. Formula gives mothers of newborns added freedom to return to work after childbirth. However, in the last few decades, research findings overwhelmin …
Nobody likes paying more than they should. And my dad is a CPA, so this is definitely true for me, too.
But this barrier is not unique to renewable electricity. The same expectation is true for most non-luxury goods and services.
Yet I still hear the objections everyw …
By Hannah Brown on
09 Aug 2016 •
openbook 4 minute read
"Imagine this design assignment: Design something that makes oxygen, sequesters carbon, fixes nitrogen, distills water, makes complex sugars and foods, changes colors with the seasons, and self-replicates.” —William McDonough, Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We M …
By Serene Almomen on
01 Aug 2016 •
openbook 5 minute read
In the 2016 Johnson Controls Energy Efficiency indicator survey, 72 percent of respondents have plans to increase investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. “Going Green” and “Environmentally Friendly” are no longer newsworthy, trending hea …
By Daniel Lau on
20 Jul 2016 •
openbook 4 minute read
As a public health guy working towards health equity, my career has been a continuous journey of peeling back layers to identify the root causes of disparate health outcomes. I started at the cellular and biological level in undergrad, moved to the individual behavioral …
By Jeni Miller on
15 Jul 2016 •
openbook 13 minute read
After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the founders of what became Broad Community Connections (BCC) started attending community meetings, and exploring with their fellow community members how to rebuild a city in shambles. These conversations highlighted some …
