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EMERALD BLOG

Why Your Occupancy Permit Is Getting Held Up: The Commissioning Requirement Contractors Are Missing

Building Commissioning is becoming one of those closeout requirements that can quietly hold up a project from gaining its occupancy permit. The building may look finished. The owner may be ready to move in. The trades may be packed up. Then the...

The Real Cost of Skipping Energy Modeling: What Architects Learn Too Late

Energy modeling is often treated like a technical step. Something the engineering team handles. Something simple to do for energy code compliance. Something to revisit once the design is further along.

Emerald Gives 2026: Supporting What Matters Most

The last year has been rough on the non-profit industry. As funding cuts spread, the need to make every resource go further grew.

The Case for National Energy Solutions in Multi-Site Portfolios

For companies operating across large, distributed portfolios, energy is not just another line item. It spans procurement, finance, facilities, and reporting, and the way those functions connect has real consequences for cost, forecasting, and...

Supplier Success: Help Your Value Chain Win with EcoVadis and CDP

What happens when sustainability reporting depends on your suppliers’ ability to respond—not just your own?

EcoVadis and CDP now shape how customers assess credibility, how procurement teams compare suppliers, and how companies gather the data...

Why District Sustainability Planning Matters

Many organizations pursue sustainability one project at a time: an energy audit, a controls upgrade, a lighting retrofit, or a renovation that finally gets funded. Those efforts can deliver real wins. But when they happen independently, it is harder...

Carbon Reporting: Where Companies Are Still getting it Wrong

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have become the shared language for sustainability, environmental impact measurement, and procurement decisions. In 2026, the push for transparency and comparability is not slowing down. Even in its omnibus-reduced...

Geothermal Is Not a Trend, It Is Infrastructure (When Designed Right)

Geothermal has a habit of resurfacing every few years as the next big green breakthrough. The conversation usually narrows quickly to two questions: “Is it efficient?” and “Is it worth the investment?” That framing misses what geothermal actually is.

Is Your GHG Emissions Footprint Ready to Be Reported, and Defended?

Reporting pressure has changed what “good enough” means. Emissions data is no longer something companies prepare only for internal tracking or sustainability reports. It is increasingly a requirement of doing business. Large buyers are pushing...