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February 1, 2023

Category: Business

Better Business = Beyond Green Business

Business means more than maximizing profits for shareholders. It’s time for triple bottom line accounting.

Vote for Healthy Building Science!

Monday, 28 October 2013 by healthybuilding
VOTE for Healthy Building Science
We have until November 15th to get 250 votes! Please vote for Healthy Building Science to become eligible for a $250,000 grant!  Voting requires logging in via facebook. You can only vote via facebook. Follow this link: https://www.missionmainstreetgrants.com/business/detail/96146 If we win we would expand our toolkits and service area – which equates to helping thousands of more
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Corporate Responsibility – MLK and B the Change

Wednesday, 18 September 2013 by healthybuilding
MLK B The Change
Corporate Responsibility – MLK and B The Change Landing in flood-stricken Boulder and uniting with fellow B Corps from around the world is inspiring. There’s just no other way to put it. Corporate Responsibility is going to the next level, and the “B The Change” phenomenon – already so powerful – is in its infancy
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B Corp Certification for Business

Monday, 20 May 2013 by healthybuilding
B Corp Certification
B Corp Certification for Business In April HBS became a Certified B Corporation and joined an elite club of businesses throughout the world. B Corp business assessments and third-party B Corp Certification are administered through B Lab, a non-profit. There are myriad of third-party rating systems for sustainable businesses… but only two in our region seem
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Healthy San Francisco Earth Day!

Monday, 22 April 2013 by healthybuilding
Healthy Building San Francisco
Healthy San Francisco Earth Day! We had a lovely, healthy San Francisco (420) day – April 20th!  Our Healthy Building San Francisco Earth Day booth was in the center of Civic Center Plaza with a great view of happy, healthy people AND San Francisco City Hall! See a few Thermal Portraits below… Healthy San Francisco
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Green Business Certification

Thursday, 18 April 2013 by healthybuilding
san francisco green business
Green Business Certification This blog covers a few green business certification programs making a real difference in the world. Products are Organic Certified, FSC-certified, Green-Seal Certified, Cradle-to-Cradle Certified, etc.  Then there is LEED Certification and GreenPoint Rating for buildings. But what about a sustainable business certification? I’ll discuss Bay Area and San Francisco green business programs.
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Healthy Building Science New San Rafael Office!

Monday, 08 April 2013 by healthybuilding
Healthy Building Science Ribbon Cutting
Healthy Building Science New San Rafael Office! Early this year we expanded into a larger office in San Rafael, CA. The expansion comes on the heals of a wonderful 2012 and new staff acquisition for lead and asbestos surveys. In attendance at the new office celebration and ribbon cutting were San Rafael Mayor Gary Phillips
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Antioch College Internship

Tuesday, 05 March 2013 by healthybuilding
Antioch College Internship
Healthy Building Science has officially employed two Antioch College students. I did my first “co-op” in 1996 in a peace camp deep in the heart of Chiapas during the Zapatista uprising. Funny how the circle comes all the way around. Dustin Mapel is an Antioch student currently interning with Healthy Building Science. Antioch has long
Healthy Building ConsultingIndustrial Hygiene
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German Building Biologist in the US – Leaves Lasting Impression

Tuesday, 05 February 2013 by healthybuilding
Building Biologist in the US
Helmut Ziehe is the Building Biologist who brought Building Biology to the United States. Helmut learned Bau-Biologie in Germany from the “mothership.” In Germany he was trained as an environmentally-conscious architect at the Technical University of Berlin, followed by a Master’s Degree from the London School of Architecture. Helmut mastered 5 languages during his life
Building ScienceHealthy Building Consulting
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Healthy Building News from GreenBuild 2012

Monday, 19 November 2012 by healthybuilding
GreenBuild Air Quality Sampling
Healthy Building News from GreenBuild 2012 More than 30,000 attendees from across the world swarmed into San Francisco for this year’s international GreenBuild conference. The conference is hosted every year by the US Green Building Council, and it’s by far the largest green building conference in the US. GreenBuild is, by default, mostly LEED-centric, but
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Green Building Logos can be scary…

Wednesday, 28 March 2012 by healthybuilding
green building logos
Some Green Building Logos Are Scary… Green Building logos are full of leaves and trees.  Use Google Images (“green building logo”) and that’s just about all you’ll see. It’s overdone. We struggled with these logo concepts when coming up with our new logo. How do you quickly illustrate nature-loving and “green” without a leaf or plant?
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