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The State of Sustainable Business in America – Help us help you
We have posted over 150 Green Business Matters blogs during the last year and a half and thought we should step back for a moment and take a look at the service we are providing. To do this we would … Continue reading
Posted in Business Management, Environment, Marketing
Tagged 2012, Baltimore, Columbia, feedback, Green, green business, green business profiles, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Ned Tillman, sustainability
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Passive optical networks can lower electricity consumption by 57 percent
The veracity of a The New York Times story published last month on the vast demands for electricity associated with modern Internet data centers has been hotly debated on blogs and forums. In the story, Peter Gross, who helped design … Continue reading
Posted in Business Management, Business Profile, Energy, Environment, Technology
Tagged 57%, building owners, cable, Cannon USA, Charlie Weis, Columbia, copper, electricity, Finland, FiOS, Fredericksburg, Gartner Research, Google, LAN, Maryland, Melville, New York, Notre Dame, One Cannon Park, passive optical networks, percent, PON, REITS, The New York Times, Tom Napoli, TRM, Verizon, Virginia, WAN
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The big sacred water that is our earthly home
by Elaine Pardoe I think water calls to all of us; even in drought we live in a watery habitat which is part of the big sacred water that is our earthly home. When I get out of bed in the … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Guest Contributors, Opportunities, People
Tagged Columbia, Elaine Pardoe, environmental activist, fertilizer, gasoline and oil, Lake Elkhorn, management, Maryland, National Audubon Society, pesticides, pet droppings, soil, stormwater, trash
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Fact check: can renewable energy lower costs AND conserve resources?
Almost all of us would like to see our utility rates go down no matter where the energy comes from. Most of us would also like to buy energy from renewable sources so we could stop wasting finite resources, polluting the … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment, Opportunities, Technology
Tagged Clean Currents, coal, Columbia, DC, Eric Vermeiren, Gary Skulnik, gas, Maryland, nuclear, OBIC, oil, Owen Brown Interfaith Center, renewable energy, solar, Washington, wind
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Community college’s ‘Commission on the Future’ features a prominent focus on sustainability
Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland, is launching a strategic planning process where they are asking the community what they should be focusing on at the school. “It is all about sustainability and what we need to do to meet … Continue reading
Posted in Business Management, Opportunities, People
Tagged Columbia, Commission on the Future, HCC, Howard Community College, Lynn Coleman, Maryland, Steve Sachs, Sustainability Task Force
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LEED-platinum Robinson Nature Center is a Wintergreen winner
by Karin DeLaitsch I recently toured the new, 25,000 sq. ft., LEED-platinum-certified home of The Robinson Nature Center in Columbia, Maryland, and was impressed by its
Posted in Energy, Environment, Guest Contributors, Technology
Tagged certified, Columbia, Excellence in Green Building, green roof, innovative water conservation methods, key stakeholders, LEED platinum, Maryland, porous pavement parking lot, Robinson Foundation, Robinson Nature Center, solar panels, underground geothermal heating/cooling system, USGBC, Wintergreen Award
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‘Green’ mechanic sees diesel hybrids as the automotive industry’s rising stars
Within the first few minutes of their first visit to British American Auto Care, most people realize that this is not a typical auto repair shop and that the proprietor, Brian England, is not a typical mechanic. Although England and … Continue reading
Posted in Business Management, Business Profile, Energy, Environment, Featured, Opportunities, Technology
Tagged auto, Brian England, British American Auto Care, Columbia, diesel, electric car, England, hybrid, management, Maryland, mechanic, repair, solar tubes, storm water, technician, vehicle, vehicles
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Yes, paperless accountants do exist!
“Paperless” and “accounting” are seldom uttered in the same sentence, so when a Green Business Matters reader told me about a Columbia, Maryland, CPA who runs her practice 100 percent paper-free, I was immediately intrigued. “I cringe if I hear … Continue reading
Posted in Business Profile, Energy, Environment, Marketing, Opportunities, People, Technology
Tagged accountant, business, Cheryl Jefferson, Cheryl Jefferson Associates, Columbia, Cooke, cpa, electronic, hocoblogs@@@, MACPA, paperless, portal
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