News
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University of Alberta Best Value Effort
July 30 2012
"After being introduced to Dr. Dean and Best Value PIPS, the University of Alberta (U of A) in Edmonton became the first best value user in Canada. The U of A gained impressive savings in their first best value projects and has seen firsthand the flexibility and success of best value application in a range of industries and project types."
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Greening Existing Buildings: Sustainable Solutions May be found in Obvious Places
July 16 2012
"In the corporate sustainability dialogue we often pay attention to companies from the "visible" sectors. By visible, I mean those that have a significant environmental footprint such as the oil, gas and mining sectors. Visible can also relate to companies that make the goods we purchase, such as food and beverage, apparel and so on. Outside the realm of most people's awareness is the footprint of buildings and everything that is involved with keeping the lights on, the floors clean and the air conditioning running. Buildings - for work and home - remain for the most part under the public radar because we all inhabit them."
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February 1 2011
Bee-Clean Building Maintenance Inc. is pleased to announce that it is the first Canadian Company to have been awarded both the ISSA Cleaning Industry Management Standard (CIMS) and the recently introduced CIMS-Green Building (CIMS-GB) criteria with honours from the International Sanitary Supply Association (ISSA).