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Ms. Steinbrink has over eleven years of experience leading project teams to discover and implement sustainability goals in business and the built environment. She grew Emerald Built Environments over that time to an internationally-sought after partner to owners and their architects and project teams. Ms. Steinbrink excels at facilitating eco-charrettes and strategy sessions that align the owner’s business and financial objectives with their renovation and new construction projects thereby establishing clear goals and strategies for project delivery. Her experience spans heavy industry to retail, housing, commercial, education, medical facilities and roads and bridges.
Sustainability is not a new topic for higher education. Yet, the level to which higher education has embraced sustainability in its operations is still a work-in-progress. The higher-ed, student-led movement called the Green Office Movement...
Following our quarterly planning retreat in October, our team went on a little adventure. We rode Mrs. Trolley from the eastern edge of Cleveland through University Circle, up Euclid to 30th, over to Tri-C and back to the East side via Woodland and...
The Fitwel Viral Response module, launched this past September, by the Center for Active Design, provides annual, third-party certification of policies and practices to mitigate the spread of contagious diseases within buildings. Fitwel is a rating...
When people think of green buildings, they are so often focused on concepts such as energy savings, water savings, waste reduction and indoor air quality. But true sustainability encompasses so much more that just the environmental outcomes green...
These are uncertain times and our regular feelings of security in the workplace are in question. As more offices open back up, there is still much hesitation about how that will look and how safe it will feel. Leaders of the US Green Building...
This sums it up for the most part, but as expected, there are many initiatives that must be implemented to back up this crucial global objective. If you’ve ever wondered what sustainable development really means, or why it is so important to life on...
The current concept of sustainable development was first presented in 1987 by the U.N. in the Brundtland Report (entitled Out Common Future) -- yet it didn't really take off until the 2000's when the terminology was catapulted into the public realm...
According to the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), “Green building is the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible. They are resource-efficient throughout a building’s life-cycle. They are more...
Designing buildings with sustainability in mind is a must in today’s world. Not only do these buildings have higher performance, but they have lower operational costs and are more desirable for tenants.
