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Are We Missing an Important Element of Sustainability Reporting?

Autodesk Construction Cloud

This year, the European Union finalized its corporate social responsibility reporting directive for listed companies, with rules being phased in over the next year. 2024 promises to be a transformative year for public companies when it comes to reporting on strides made toward greater environmental sustainability.[ Roofing materials.

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Utility Firm Eversource Faces OSHA $333,000 Fine for Fatal Arc Blast

ENR Construction

Fabio Pires, 31, an electrical engineer and union operating mechanic died last year after sustaining severe burns, but the Massachusetts firm disputes agency conclusions in proposing total of five serious and willful violations against it.

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Sustainable Design of Recreation facilities

SAB Magazine

Recreation facilities have long been important gathering places that contribute significantly to the physical and social health of the communities they serve. Recreation buildings must continue to support and enhance this civic mandate, while at the same time addressing ever increasing expectations of environmental performance.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Earth USA 2011

Natural Building

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly has lived in an earthbag/papercrete home that he built and consults about sustainable building design.

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SPECIAL REPORT: PSE&G Adds $883 Million to New Jersey’s Solar Power Push

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

New Jersey’s largest electric utility recently unveiled a major expansion of its solar program that will build solar farms on brownfields, landfills and large roofs as well as finance projects by home and business owners. Christie, surrounded by union laborers. megawatts of electricity. From the September/October 2012 issue.

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April 2014 newsletter

FDR Safety

Do you have an integrated system to ensure that the training, controls and programs in place today will sustain themselves and allow senior management to monitor occupational safety and health performance as they do any other facet of the business? Remoteness from frequent presence of employed personnel shall constitute guarding by location.

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Last Chance

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The PRC currently is building more than 200 new coal-fired power plants that will generate 190-gigawatts of electricity; China has plans for an additional 200 carbon-spewing utilities. Will electricity generated by fusion reactors power the world by 2050? Thank you for voting. You have already voted on this poll!

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