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sustainability for supermarkets
evolveEA's presence at the 2011 Food Marketing Institute Energy and Store Development conference.
OCT 7 | Marc Mondor
communicating with infographics
A visual lesson on waste management.
NOV 2 | Daniel Klein
the building is complete, now what?
Realizing the value of green operations and corporate culture.
OCT 3 | David Deal
advancing systems and solutions by design
Event Venue Benchmarking
This study was commissioned by the Heinz Endowments in tandem with the David L. Lawrence Convention Center (DLCC) in Pittsburgh, and led by evolveEA as part of our Building in Operation Case Study for the DLCC. The purpose of the benchmarking study was understanding how increased demand for sustainability has affected the industry. The study’s focus is on the actions individual facilities are taking to address these demands while increasing their overall performance. We have gathered this information with the intention of sharing best practices and understanding the... 
Posted by admin on January 18, 2012
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White House Council Environmental Quality Chair Visits Pittsburgh
Last weekend representatives from evolveEA met with Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Ms. Sutley is principal environmental policy advisor to the President and was in Pittsburgh to learn about the successes and challenges facing the state of green building in our region. We described Pittsburgh’s role as an early green building leader and challenges discussed ranged from combined sewer overflow to incentives for renewable energy. We learned that the Obama Administration has repeatedly tried to get all G-8 and G-20 nations to eliminate... 
Posted by admin on November 23, 2011
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Sustainability for Supermarkets
Returning from the Food Marketing Institute’s Energy and Store Development Conference in Atlanta, I pondered the unique role that supermarkets play in our daily lives. Trends unveiled at the conference include a blurring of the lines between restaurant and store, as well a move away from hydrocarbons towards natural refrigerants, such as CO2, that cause no ozone depletion. This would be a welcome transition, as Keilly Whitman, Manager of the EPA’s Greenchill program, noted that a typical store’s refrigerant leakage alone has more environmental impact than the store’s... 
Posted by Marc Mondor on October 07, 2011
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Extended Stay
evolveEA’s solution, titled extended stay, is a proposal for an extendable domestic environment that can be transported and shaped on-site with the family’s fuel cell vehicle. Firm principal Christine Mondor says that the design takes cues from the automotive production process as the home’s systems become opportunities for product development made affordable through mass customization. Products include XpandHarvest, an expandable building enclosure system with translucent solar electric technology for distributed power generation; FreeE Generators that capture incidental... 
Posted by admin on November 05, 2008
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