From today's paper, edited to protect the guilty.
The [Nanukian workplace] headquarters in [Nanuk’s neighbhourhood] has landed the country's first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design gold certification for an existing building (LEED-EB) from the U.S. Green Building Council.
The president and chairman of the board of the [Nanuk’s landlord] that manages and co-owns the [glorious] edifice, told dignitaries yesterday the award recognizes his firm's "commitment to taking a leadership position" as a property manager in regard to environmentally friendly buildings.
The [sacred] building was completed in 1996 according to strict requirements of the American council.
Challenges included different modifications in terms of lighting, plumbing, ventilation, responsible water use, recycling, maintenance processes and methods as well as operations.
"It makes economic, social and environmental sense," he said after unveiling the certification plaque in the building lobby. "It's also financially viable."
Right. I’m tempted to write to The Gazette and say, when you have to flush the toilet 4 times just to make the toilet paper go away, it’s not "responsible water use". We complain endlessly about the water pressure since they made all these changes. Urgh.
I saw the award ceremony and reception going on in the lobby when I left the building yesterday at lunch. Was I invited? No. Was hunky Al Gore there? No. So who cares?
3 comments:
My workplace has started a Green Office program - which means in each tea room there are about 3 bins to put your rubbish in, so it takes longer to work out which bin than it takes to eat lunch.
They've just put new whizzbang water saver thingys in the urinals, for which 50% of the staff don't give a hoot.
However, its not all green - I went to a meeting outside the office the other day and the 3 of us representing our office turned up - in 3 different cars!!!
...my friend had an "ecological water-saving" toilet put into his place...Less than six months later, he has removed it, as he feels he is wasting far more water by having to flush it four times to remove waste.
Who's kidding who with this water saving stuff???
You want to start saving water, start charging people who use over a certain fair pre-designated amount...let's face it, people don't need to let their lawn sprinkler sprinkle eight hours a day.
JAW Fan
Tinkling over sprinkling! That's my motto.
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