The Smarter DC Challenge strives to make environmentally friendly choices as easy as possible. Use these toolkits to improve your sustainability practices and your workplace: This Health and Pollution Prevention Toolkit has been produced to assist District of Columbia organizations and building owners and managers make the most of the opportunity to focus on physical, emotional, and […]
Read this article Posted by Micaela Stump in Challenges, Sustainability EducationThis Health and Pollution Prevention Toolkit has been produced to assist District of Columbia organizations and building owners and managers make the most of the opportunity to focus on physical, emotional, and nutritional wellbeing by going beyond simply safeguarding, and actually enhancing, the health of employees, tenants, patrons, and facilities staff. This toolkit provides strategies […]
Read this article Posted by Micaela Stump in Property User SupportThis Sustainable Purchasing Toolkit provides recommendations for more environmentally friendly purchasing for products commonly purchased by a variety of buildings and organizations. This Toolkit will help your organization take steps toward more comprehensively addressing sustainability across all components of your purchasing; providing actionable and pragmatic strategies to build your sustainable purchasing program. This Toolkit covers […]
Read this article Posted by Micaela Stump in Challenges, Property User SupportInspecting Enrolled Properties The Challenge Admin platform allows administrators to know who their participants are and what they are doing (or not doing). The Prospects feature of the Challenge Admin platform enables a challenge administrator to quickly examine the properties enrolled in their challenge to find out which properties are over a certain size, located […]
Read this article Posted by Micaela Stump in Challenges, Sustainability EducationIt is common for challenge administrators to run both property and space challenges for one program. Because both property and space participants enroll through the same challenge website, the “Additional Users” spreadsheet from the Challenge Admin Dashboard only considers the challenge currently being viewed when calculating the number of users needed to complete enrollment. This means there […]
Read this article Posted by Micaela Stump in ChallengesGreenPSF’s Challenge Admin platform contains the Challenge Admin Dashboard (CAD), which helps challenge administrators track users, download reports, and increase participant engagement across their challenges, as well as the Prospects tool, which examines properties enrolled in you challenge. Here is a quick start guide on the CAD to take advantage of the abundant data at your fingertips. […]
Read this article Posted by Micaela Stump in ChallengesRocky Mountain Institute (RMI) released a new report, An Integrative Business Model for Net Zero Energy Districts, revealing an innovative new approach to achieving net zero energy at a district scale that is life-cycle cost neutral compared to business as usual with lower first costs to developers. While many elements are broadly replicable, this business […]
Read this article Posted by Micaela Stump in Challenges, Sustainability EducationClick the link below to download the presentation! Creating and Implementing your Energy Reduction Plan
Read this article Posted by Micaela Stump in Challenges, Sustainability EducationMake sustainability fun! Encourage your team to participate in the Smarter DC Challenge with these great resources: Design Games – Design games are fun activities that are primarily used to provide input to a design problem. Gamestorming – Gamestorming is a set of co-creation tools used by innovators around the world. GreenBiz – GreenBiz advances the opportunities at […]
Read this article Posted by Micaela Stump in Challenges, Sustainability Education