Summer 2008

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Food Rescue–A Win-Win
Reprinted from Connection, Spring 2008 edition, with permission from the FreestoreFoodbank
Did you ever wonder what happens to all that meat at the grocery store marked “reduced for quick sale” if it doesn’t get sold? And what about those savory rotisserie chickens at the end of the day? It used to be that, if this meat didn’t sell, it had to be hauled to the landfill. Happily, those days are gone.
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Go Green Challenge: Networking Series Continues
Hear about Cincinnati’s newest LEED Core & Shell Project at Keystone Parke
The popular Go Green Challenge educational and networking series will continue on August 6, 2008. Hear about this exciting LEED Project from the developer Neyer Properties and the broker CB Richard Ellis. After lunch and presentations, you will be welcome to tour the building and grounds, as well as Neyer’s new LEED tenant space, with members of the Neyer and CBRE team.
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Hamilton County Measures its Footprint with Greenhouse Gas Inventory Project
Contributed by Katherine Wilson, Public Affairs Intern, HCDOES
The data was collected as part of Hamilton County’s “Cool Counties” initiative to improve climate stabilization to fight global warming. Adopted and signed by the Hamilton County Commissioners in September 2007, the initiative aims to unite local, state, and federal governments and other leaders to reduce county GHG emissions to 80 percent below current levels by 2050.
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“Clean”–A Logical Extension of Lean Manufacturing Principles
In manufacturing, it seems inevitable that by-products, or waste, will be produced. In fact, using resources that do not lead directly to creating the product a customer wants when they want it, is waste. Lean manufacturing systematically identifies and removes waste from all aspects of an organization's operations.
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Recycling Efforts Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Recycling provides many environmental benefits, such as reducing energy consumption, conserving natural resources, reducing pollution, and providing raw materials for industries. Did you know that recycling also reduces greenhouse gas emissions?
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