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Leed Professional Credential Sets You Up For A Transforming Career In The Real Estate Sector
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LEED is the most commonly recognized and widely used green building certification system in the world. This is because LEED is well renowned and internationally recognized green building rating system. If a building is LEED certified, the project gets recognition at national and international level. LEED Green Associate and LEED AP professionals are in demand to cater to the needs of leed projects.(read
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Category : Education
You Can Adopt Green Building Strategies Without Breaking Your Budget
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Building tenants can bring in real change by utilizing the existing spaces more efficiently. Energy efficient operations can be achieved by simple actions such as scheduling your ACs so that they are off during the weekend, maintaining the temperature at 25 degree Celsius, replacing bulbs with LEEDs etc.
Sustainable buildings have several benefits for a tenant than just green branding/image. People now understand that to look for better commercial spaces they need to look at properties that have been developed on guidelines that are sustainable as well as something that has been reviewed by a third party without any vested interest. One such certification is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design or LEED. LEED is also providing certification for professionals called LEED GA or LEED AP. GE3S conducts regular LEED Green Associate Exam training in UAE and India.
It has been often seen that employees who work in buildings certified as per LEED standard fall less sick than others, absenteeism is reduced and productivity is increased. Several survey results have indicated this in the past few years. Therefore the business owners prefer to have offices in green, efficient and sustainable buildings than other as it increases productivity, employee happiness and the employee stays for such company for a longer period.
Buildings that have been designed with support from LEED GA and LEED AP tend to achieve a better LEED rating. This is so because LEED green associate are better equipped with knowledge of green strategies in buildings. LEED Green associate training is being conducted in two major cities of India as well as in UAE. Some of the studies have indicated that property owners will shell out in excess of 900 million US dollars to retrofit their existing buildings so that they meet the LEED standards. A lot of these projects are assessed by LEED AP and LEED Green Associate.
Globally at least 200,000 buildings or more are now LEED certified. It may now look like a huge figure compared with the number of buildings that there would be across the globe. However, this is the single largest building certification scheme. No other green building guideline is close to the number of certified buildings as LEED has. Building users can definitely help there building go green, below are some ways on how they can achieve it: Use cycle over cars or short distance travel in good weather. You may also consider carpooling or using public transportation. Segregation of waste in the office. Keep the recyclable wastes separately, for example, have bins specifically for paper, plastic and metal. Replace faucets with low flow fixtures or add reducers to the faucets.
LEED AP and LEED Green Associate or LEED GA professionals can bring in and implement several such strategies to, make your building green. you are preparing for LEED Green Associate Exam. Please get in touch with GE3S immediately.(read
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Category : Environment
Carbon Footprint: The Stepping Stone Towards A Carbon Neutral World
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Climate change is recognized as a major challenge today. The Green House Gas Emission have negative impact on the climate and the environment. Carbon dioxide is the main Green House Gas Emitted by human's activity. Clearly, the industrial sector has a huge role to play in this increase of GHG emissions since industrialization. That is the reason that we see that industries are under pressure from the government as well as the public to green their activity and reduce emissions.(read
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Category : Environment
Leed Survey That Establishes The Fact That People Like Working Leed Certified Buildings
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There was a new survey undertaken by the USGBC and results were published in last quarter of 2018. It was found that people who are working in buildings that are certified as LEED tend to be happy in better health and have higher productivity as compared to the people who are working in conventional buildings that are not certified under LEED or other green building guidelines. USGBC provides professional credentials including LEED Green Associate and LEED AP.
It has also been seen that large number of employees wish to work with organizations who have values and are sustainable. The survey reflected that approximately 855 of people want tpo work with companies that have sustainable mission and are ethically operating.(read
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Category : Career
Gri's Sectoral Standard On Oil & Gas Sector
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The GRI is on way to develop the first GRI Sector Standard. GRI had sectoral guidance for the previous version of GRI guidelines, this is the first time that GRI seeking to develop sectoral guidance specific for GRI standards. This is a welcome step and would certainly help several companies come out of dilemma about what to report and what not to. Being a sustainability reporting consultant we strongly support this initiative and hope to see the final guidance document in near future.(read
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Category : Business
Developments In Sustainable Finance
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As a sustainability reporting consultant, we keep track of latest developments in the sustainability field. In this blog we walk you through green bonds and mortgages that are now being developed by banks across the global. Financial institutions and banks across the world haves made a global commitment to support green and sustainable projects. Billions if USD have been committed towards financing sustainable projects by 2030. Such finance would be utilised towards funding projects related to cleaner energy, low carbon technologies, and other projects that mitigate GHG emissions. These projects when funded would move the world towards delivery of the Paris Agreement and also to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals 2030. Being a sustainability reporting consultant we have helped several organisation report on sustainable finance as well as UN SDGs.(read
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Category : Business
Ge3s – Leed Consultant As Well As An Educator
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As LEED consultant, GE3S provides services to identify and integrate feasible sustainable design solutions into projects to optimize overall energy and environmental performance. We, at GE3S, offer breadth and depth of expertise and experience, the ability to work collaboratively with all stakeholders and project team members, and energy and daylighting analysis capabilities. We promote an integrated sustainable design process beginning with a sustainable design charrette. By bringing all stakeholders and team members into the planning and design process early, we are able to make sure the effective integration of sustainable design principles and strategies into all aspects of the project. We also have a training wing called GE3S Academy wherein we provide training on LEED Green Associate exam preparation. Our LEED Green Associate Training program is a weekend course spanning through 2-3 weekends.(read
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Category : Education
What Does Sustainability Reporting Entail And How It Helps Businesses Grow?
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In the 21st century, it is not enough to just say that our organization is sustainable and we are doing a lot for the environment and society. It does not work anymore, Increasingly all businesses and corporates are being asked to establish and demonstrate the sustainability strategy of their company as well as performances through credible and tangible evidence including performance data. There could be different ways to demonstrate companies sustainability commitment and the practices, however, the most common way is to demonstrate the same through publishing the sustainability report. Companies are seeking services of sustainability reporting consultant to prepare their sustainability reports, GE3S has been assisting several of its clients in preparing sustainability reports for years now.(read
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Category : Business
What Is A Sustainability Report And Why Is It Important For Companies To Report?
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Sustainability report is published by companies mostly on an annual basis and includes disclosures related to the company's performance on the environmental, social and economic performance. Most of the companies to prepare an annual financial report however many of them do not measure, monitor or publish information on their environmental and social impact.(read
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Category : Business
Get Your Building Leed Certified!
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LEED is the most widely known and widely used green building certification system in the world. If a building is LEED certified through a LEED consultant, the building or the project gets instant recognition at national and international level. Apart from recognition through LEED certification, there are some additional advantages.(read
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Category : Business