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Read the full story in Environmental Protection.

The Air & Waste Management Association has issued a call for abstracts for “Practical Sustainability,” a conference to be held May 7-8, 2009, in St. Louis, Mo. The conference will focus on sustainability measurement in organizations. “Practical Sustainability” will provide a forum for the exchange of information on how organizations are measuring and demonstrating sustainability in ways that make business sense financially and culturally.

Read the full story in Environmental Protection.

The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) has released a report describing research and development activities that could decrease use of natural resources and improve indoor environments while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful pollutants from the building sector.

The report, Federal R&D Agenda for Net-Zero Energy, High-Performance Green Buildings, was produced by the NSTC’s Buildings Technology Research and Development Subcommittee under the auspices of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in the Executive Office of the President.

Read the full report from Deloitte Development.

While many people are making changes at home to reduce their environmental impact, they’re not carrying this behavior over to the workplace.

Bridging this behavioral gap requires businesses to understand their green performance, provide a platform with guidance for how employees can engage in greening at work, credibly communicate greening internally and externally, and reward green behaviors in a creative and authentic way. While there’s no one specific approach that works for every organization, all greening success stories contain the following elements:

• Provide transparency into sustainable performance
• Create a platform that provides support
• Communicate the message in a “green” way
• Create rewards and incentives that align program intents with actions