The Northwestern
The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh continues to be recognized as one of the nation’s leading green campuses.
Following a comprehensive and sophisticated carbon-footprint study conducted by Johnson Controls, the University recently established one of the nation’s most aggressive Climate Action Plans to achieve carbon neutrality by 2025.
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What is your college or university doing to green campus facilities?
Construction Week Online
Buddy Watters admits that just when the Johnson Controls expected to enter a quiet summer period to catch its breath, the opposite has occurred.
The US company, which offers systems that coordinate air conditioning, lighting and other areas of internal facilities, has been “fully engaged in jobs” and the seeming endless opportunities in Saudi Arabia afforded by the recent investment in construction and infrastructure.
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What is your organization doing to make its facilities more energy efficient?
GreeningDetroit.com
The second seminar in the OakGreen County Sustainable Communities series took place Tuesday, July 6, 2010, and was presented by Johnson Controls.
The seminar brought a number of individuals from the community together to learn about green financing resources and pending legislation in Michigan.
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How is your organization financing energy efficiency improvements?
Industry Week
At a recent CleanTech analysts meeting, CEO Steve Roell said “megatrends” such as rising energy prices, greenhouse-gas reduction and sustainability fit well with the company’s expertise in energy management. There is “money to be saved and money to be made,” said Roell, in the adoption of greener energy practices.
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How are energy costs and climate change impacting your business?
Fast Company
Want to keep the Gen Y’ers in your office happy? Make sure that you embrace sustainability in a very public way.
A new report from Johnson Controls tells us that 18- to 25 year-olds want evidence that their employers are going beyond the minimum levels of environmental compliance by embracing all things green on an everyday basis.
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What is your organization doing to embrace green?
By Derek Supple, Global Energy and Sustainability, Johnson Controls
In today’s economic climate, the casual observer might not expect much investment in energy efficiency upgrades, renewable energy technology, or green building this year.
Yet results from a new study suggest that 60% of building decision makers plan to invest in energy efficiency, 31% are considering solar energy projects, and 33% are targeting green building certification for new construction projects. In fact, 32% of executives say that they actually invested more in energy efficiency because of the recession over the last 12 months. » More: Rebound in energy efficiency spending predicted by new Johnson Controls Energy Efficiency Indicator
An Accenture case study explores how Johnson Controls has incorporated sustainability into its core values, and how the company has been executing its sustainability strategy through a combination of centralized oversight and decentralized autonomy.
The authors explain how the company’s actions in this area map up against the five dimensions of high performance: growth, profitability, positioning for the future, longevity and consistency.
Johnson Controls will showcase notable Wisconsin energy projects and best practices at the 2010 Green Energy Summit, March 24-26, at the Midwest Airlines Center in Milwaukee.
“Supporting the advancement of renewable and green energy technology is essential to the economic and environmental future of Wisconsin,” said Don Albinger, vice president, renewable energy solutions, Johnson Controls. “The Green Energy Summit is a great way to bring Wisconsin business leaders together to share solutions and ideas that will create a more sustainable future. Johnson Controls is proud to be a founding partner of the summit.” » More: Johnson Controls to highlight renewable energy solutions and green job growth in Wisconsin at 2010 Green Energy Summit
