Living Standard
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Championing a better quality of life for people around the world by creating awareness and adoption of healthier spaces. An initiative of @usgbc.
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http://www.livingstandard.org 06-11-2018 19:28:55
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As air quality becomes an integral part of green building standards like #LEED, it is leading people to fully understand how air quality can directly impact our health, explains Barun Aggarwal, CEO of BreatheEasy. livingstandard.org/latest/raising…
Kenya Stump's leadership at Kentucky EEC embodies a commitment to educating others on the intersection of energy and health, and the impact of energy efficiency on creating a better quality of life. livingstandard.org/latest/kenya-s…
Happy to partner with leaders like Kenya Stump from the Kentucky EEC on our #GenEV projects. Read about some of her accolades here: bit.ly/3BbN80n
Did you know that Vanderbilt University has committed to powering its campus entirely through renewable energy and to carbon neutrality by 2050? ☀️ livingstandard.org/latest/vanderb…
“I practice engineering because the results of my work can improve and protect the health, safety, and welfare of human beings. In short, it’s not my career, it’s my cause,” says Kim Shinn of TLC Engineering Solutions. livingstandard.org/latest/kim-shi…
.Chris Castro' work shows how #LEED inspires leadership. Via City of Orlando’s LEED Gold certification process, one can see a profound collaborative spirit and personal investments that are made in the name of creating a city-wide higher living standard. livingstandard.org/latest/chris-c…
Companies like @Autodesk, and its Autodesk Foundation, exemplify the idea that effective, meaningful corporate social responsibility is still possible and will still play a critical role in forging a healthy path forward. bit.ly/3ypjfbi
The First Community Housing website reads in bold: “We care about the quality and durability of our buildings and the health of our residents.” Geoff Morgan's work with FCH has always been about that—about a person’s mental, physical, and financial health. livingstandard.org/latest/geoff-m…
Washington DC’s @CanalParkDC, which was previously a parking lot, is both The Sustainable SITES Initiative and #LEED certified. It saves 886K gallons of potable water each year by meeting 88% of the park’s water needs through stormwater reuse! bit.ly/3gbmaxc
"The idea that Arizona State University was committed to making our environment a better place was attractive to me," explained a student. "The discipline of sustainability is so broad and up and coming. I feel that’s the cutting edge of innovation.”
At Chatham University, students worked in tandem with staff to pursue PEER certification for their school and bolster the reliability and sustainability of their power system.