Tag Archives: GreenScene

This week’s Green Scene column in Crain’s Chicago Business: Rethinking the use of paper

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Judith Nemes

Companies looking to green their operations often place reducing paper consumption and buying from sustainable sources near the top of their priority lists. Recycling the paper that companies use is important, but many try to take their greening efforts further … Continue reading →

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This week’s Green Scene column in Crain’s Chicago Business: Turning green-minded Chicagoans into potential policy-makers

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Judith Nemes

A citizen-driven website focusing on policy solutions for Chicago’s green economy and local sustainability issues just got a face-lift. The website, Green Economy Chicago, was launched in May 2009 by then-1st Ward Alderman Manuel Flores and Mike Bueltmann, a technology specialist … Continue reading →

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This week’s Green Scene column in Crain’s Chicago Business: A New Year’s wish for greater corporate sustainability

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Judith Nemes

In the year ahead, Chicago companies paying lip service to sustainability ought to make a resolution to get on with the hard work of implementing its principles into their daily operations. That’s the New Year’s wish from George Nassos, director … Continue reading →

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This week’s Green Scene column in Crain’s Chicago Business: A website to assess your home’s energy efficiency

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Judith Nemes

With Chicago temperatures dipping into the frigid zone, two local entrepreneurs are betting their new green startup will cater to the legions of homeowners who aren’t doing all they can to be energy efficient. Energy Results co-founders Jason Blumberg and … Continue reading →

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This week’s Green Scene column in Crain’s Chicago Business: Sending a message via recycled art

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Judith Nemes

A sculpture crafted from recycled paper adorns one of Urban Innovations’ River North lobbies. You wouldn’t normally expect a property management firm to install lobby art crafted from recycled paper and trash finds. But that’s what’s going on in a handful … Continue reading →

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This week’s Green Scene column in Crain’s Chicago Business: Mayoral candidates talk green

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Judith Nemes

In a packed West Loop auditorium earlier this week at the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Chicago-Kent College of Law, five Chicago mayoral candidates presented their environmental platforms to a gathering of more than 200 eco-minded Chicagoans. With one notable exception, … Continue reading →

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This week’s Green Scene column in Crain’s Chicago Business: Power2Switch lets users comparison-shop for electricity

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Judith Nemes

A local energy-broker startup is making it easier for small businesses to compare electricity rates in Illinois and switch to the cheapest — or the greenest — supplier if a better deal comes along. Power2Switch LLCis like the travel website … Continue reading →

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This week’s Green Scene column in Crain’s Chicago Business: Evanston shop aims to sell homeowners on water conservation

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Judith Nemes

Water conservation is poised to be the next big concern for eco-minded people, and Mitchell Furlett aims to be well-positioned to sell products designed to do something about it. His new store, opening in Evanston this week, sells water-conservation retrofit … Continue reading →

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This week’s Green Scene column in Crain’s Chicago Business: A look back at the Greenbuild conference at McCormick Place

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Judith Nemes

An estimated 25,000 people engaged in eco-friendly building and design descended upon McCormick Place this week to swap ideas and business cards at the annual Greenbuild conference sponsored by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Since its first gathering in 2002, the … Continue reading →

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This week’s Green Scene column in Crain’s Chicago Business: Indie Energy digs deep for renewable heating and cooling

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Judith Nemes

Indie Energy co-founders Daniel Cheifetz, left, and Erik Larson at the Walgreens store in Oak Park that’s now heated via their company’s technology. Shoppers stepping into a Walgreens that opened this week in Oak Park would probably never guess the store … Continue reading →

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