Environment and Sustainability

Pest control is crucial when the insect breeding population emerges. Fortunately, minimizing the breeding population does not need to involve toxic pesticides.

Experts expect EV sales to continue to boom this year, with more than 15 new EV models hitting the U.S. market, supplemented by generous purchase incentives and improving charging infrastructure.

Sustainability initiatives can help your business reduce costs, improve efficiency, increase profits, and meet client demands for high-performing products and services from sustainability-focused companies.

The Making Safer Choices project aims to drive the adoption of EPA-certified Safer Choice products across Pennsylvania and New York.

Zero waste programs encourage thoughtful waste management, with the ultimate goal of keeping resources in circulation for as long as possible.

The USGBC encourages facility managers to view water efficiency measures as investments, not costs. These investments will not only reduce water consumption, but also lower overall facility and business costs.

Each year, the United States sees an estimated 600 million tons of waste from construction and demolition activities.

Among their many responsibilities, facility managers and building service contractors (BSCs) often select the consumables and disposables used throughout a facility.

The U.S. Green Building Council updates its Leadership in Energy for Environmental Design for Existing Buildings rating system every five years, with Version 5 currently in development.

Speakers dig deep into the proposed project between ISSA, Penn State University, and CUNY Medicine that will provide technical assistance to business sectors to develop a university-trade association-stakeholder partnership that increases the knowledge, demand, and use of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's more than 1,900 Safer Choice labeled products.

While large organizations can hire dedicated sustainability professionals and teams of consultants, small- and medium-sized enterprises often must chart their own path.

Facility floors require a lot of attention; their maintenance can lead to excess water and chemical use.