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Green Facilities Handbook: Simple and Profitable Strategies for Managers 1st Edition
Meeting a need in the marketplace for information on how to operate a sustainable facility and reduce carbon emissions, the Green Facilities Handbook clearly explains why green business is good business and delineates practical strategies to green your operations in energy and management. The book explores issues in the greening of a facility, including janitorial considerations, fuel choices for fleets, and recycling. Additional information is provided on carbon reduction terminology, monitoring and reporting, and carbon trading as well as offset strategies. Special bonus chapters include valuable information on financing and procedures for “green” marketing.
- ISBN-101420084909
- ISBN-13978-1420084900
- Edition1st
- PublisherRiver Publishers
- Publication dateMarch 15, 2009
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions6 x 1 x 9.25 inches
- Print length320 pages
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- Publisher : River Publishers; 1st edition (March 15, 2009)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 320 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1420084909
- ISBN-13 : 978-1420084900
- Item Weight : 1.25 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 1 x 9.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #242,048 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #20 in Green Business (Books)
- #26 in Solar Energy
- #26 in Architecture (Books)
About the author
Eric A. Woodroof, Ph.D., is completely committed to helping businesses and organizations "go green", while improving profits. For more than 20 years, he has helped over 400 organizations and governments improve profits with energy-environmental solutions, generating over $100 million in savings.
Beyond his contributions as a consultant/project developer, he has taught over 100 seminars to help educate thousands of engineers worldwide on the best practices of energy and carbon management. These courses are endorsed by regions as diverse as Hong Kong, South Africa and Chile. One of his goals is to “educate an army” of professionals who will have an even greater positive impact. The positive impact of this training is difficult to measure, but is sure to be an even greater contribution.
Dr. Woodroof served as the 2011 President of the Association of Energy Engineers, which is present in over 80 countries. He is the Chairman of the Board for the Certified Carbon Reduction Manager (CRM) program and he has been a Board Member of the Certified Energy Manager (CEM) Program since 1999. Dr. Woodroof has advised clients such as the U.S. Government, Airports, Utilities, Cities, Universities and Foreign Governments. Private clients include numerous utilities, IBM, Frito-Lay, Pepsi, Ford, GM, Verizon, Hertz, Visteon, PriceSmart, Battelle and Lockheed Martin. His work has appeared in hundreds of articles and he has also delivered keynote speeches for his clients on 6 Continents.
Dr. Woodroof is a strategic advisor, corporate trainer and keynote speaker. He is the founder of ProfitableGreenSolutions.com and his direct line is 888-563-7221
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