District Heating

  • If your campus or community is growing, encourage decision-makers to consider district heating.

  • If your campus or community uses district heating, encourage decision-makers to shift the energy source toward renewables.

  • District heating can reduce air pollution in urban areas.

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    Green and Cool Roofs

  • Start a roof-painting or roof-planting initiative in your community.

  • If you own or manage warehouses or other large-footprint buildings, look into painting or planting your roof as a way to contribute to your ESG efforts.

  • Green and cool roofs alleviate the urban heat island effect and reduce the risk of heat related illnesses.

  • By creating pleasant green spaces, they also can promote mental well-being, reduce stress, create a connection with nature, leading to a healthier and happier living environment.

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    High-Performance Glass

  • If you're an inventor or engineer, invest some time in identifying ways to make this technology more economically viable.

  • Planning new construction or remodeling an existing building? Include minimizing energy use in your criteria for choosing windows.

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    Dynamic Glass

  • If your company will be investing in new facilities, make the sustainability—and business—case for including dynamic glass in the plans

  • Find, follow, and shine light on a company that's advancing dynamic glass technology.

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    Insulation

  • Audit your home’s energy efficiency and add insulation as indicated.

  • Find out who makes decisions about maintaining the building(s) associated with your work. Encourage them to look into opportunities to improve energy efficiency.

  • Insulation reduces energy bills.

  • LED Lighting

  • Replace conventional bulbs in your home or workplace with LEDs.

  • Do the same for a friend or family member and share this page with them so they can learn about why you’re doing so.

  • LED lighting reduces air pollution by lowering demand for fossil-fuel-derived electricity.

  • Improved air quality is associated with the health benefits of improved respiratory and cardiovascular health. Improving the quality of the air humans breathe has been shown to reduce illnesses such as heart disease, asthma, pneumonia, diabetes, stroke, and lung cancer.

  • Improving air quality can prevent thousands of premature infant deaths caused by exposure to poor air quality

  • Air pollution disproportionately affects marginalized communities. Improving air quality by implementing LED lighting could improve equity across populations.

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    Building Automation Systems

  • If you're building new or remodeling old commercial space, look into installing a building automation system—you might be pleasantly surprised at how quickly it will pay off!

  • If you live in multi-family housing, encourage your property manager to install an automated system to reduce energy consumption.

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