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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Junxion Helps CaGBC Launch New LEED Certification for Homes
After working with the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) for the past 18 months, Junxion helped this organization launch its first green building rating system aimed at single family homes and multi-unit residential developments of three storeys or less.
LEED Canada for Homes is Canada’s only national third party green building certification, and is now [...]
June 24, 2009Junxion News Tagged architecture, CaGBC, Environmental Sustainability Consulting, LEED homes
Junxion Helps BC Housing Staff Live Greener
On the heels of delivering the successful Community Connections project, Junxion continues its relationship with BC Housing with the livegreen Employee Council.
The Junxion interactive and online marketing team is working with BC Housing to conceive, design and develop an employee website, intended to encourage and support BC Housing employees to become more sustainable at work, [...]
Bullfrog Power Makes a Big Splash in B.C.
At a packed event at a downtown Vancouver restaurant with more than 100 people in attendance, Bullfrog Power officially launched its operations in BC.
Bullfrog Power is an electricity provider offering low-impact, EcoLogo certified green electricity to residents and businesses across the province. By its official launch date, Bullfrog had signed on more than a dozen [...]
The Profit Comes from Social Value With These Enterprises
Almost every headline we read, almost every story we hear or watch today is talking about the latest business casualty or struggling company trying to keep afloat in these rough economic waters. The financial value of many companies both in BC and globally has plummeted with the stock market.
In our desire to hear some good [...]
Steve Conrad Appointed Regional Director for Year of Science 2009
Steve Conrad has been appointed Vancouver’s regional hub director for the Year of Science 2009, organized by the Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS).
COPUS is a US-based organization that represents more than 500 organizations, and is dedicated to recognizing scientists, championing why science matters and celebrating how science works.
The Year of Science 2009 [...]
Peter ter Weeme Appointed to Sustainable Brands’ Advisory Board
After speaking at Sustainable Brands Conference 2008 (SB ‘08), Peter ter Weeme has been appointed to the board of Sustainable Brands 2009, an event that brings together mega-brands, innovative businesses and thought leaders from around the globe to share sustainability strategies and information.
Sustainable Brands examines the rapid rise of sustainability as a driver for revenue [...]
Mel Phadtare Joins Experts at Zero-waste Conference
An expert on waste reduction schemes, Mel Phadtare, Junxion’s Director of Integrated Sustainability, spoke at the Recycling Council of BC’s 35th Annual Zero Waste Conference this May in Whistler.
Focusing on greenwashing, Mel delivered an engaging presentation to business and institutional leaders in the waste management and reduction sector. After giving an overview of the [...]
June 23, 2009Junxion News Tagged Environmental Sustainability Consulting, Greenwashing, Mel Phadtare, RCBC Zero Waste Conference
What’s on Your Mind in 2009?
Hope and uncertainty. This might just be our society’s current, uneasy zeitgeist.
As the economy reels and one headline after another preaches gloom, we are simultaneously buoyed by a sense of hope after witnessing the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States last month.
In the sustainability realm, 2008 was a year of historic highs, [...]
Steve Conrad Presents at Global Water Conference
Demonstrating his impressive knowledge of municipal water systems and energy management, Steve Conrad, Junxion’s Director of Sustainability Systems, presented at the Second Forum on Energy & Water Sustainability at the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara, on April 10.
As a member of the forum’s expert panel, [...]
Report from the Fraser Basin Council Conference