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HARVARD OFFICE FOR SUSTAINABILITY
The Harvard Office for Sustainability embarked upon the process of developing a university-wide impact report in partnership with Harvard’s twelve Schools and administrative departments in order to:
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HARVARD OFFICE FOR SUSTAINABILITY
The Harvard Office for Sustainability embarked upon the process of developing a university-wide impact report in partnership with Harvard’s twelve Schools and administrative departments in order to:
The Pavement Management Guide, 2nd Edition, was developed to address the issues and challenges associated with managing pavements effectively, including assessing funding needs for pavement preservation and rehabilitation, and setting attainable pavement-related performance goals. It is designed to be used by pavement management professionals, and those seeking general knowledge of pavement management concepts. (2012. 200 […]
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Do hyper-achieving, fast-growing companies have any limits to growth? That was a question ICIC staff hoped to answer as they scrutinized surveys returned by 2012 Inner City 100 winners this past winter. After all, the average winner had seen its revenue increase at a 40% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2006 and 2010 – the Great Recession notwithstanding. Were winners susceptible to economic gravity?
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An unconventional oil and natural gas revolution is transforming America’s energy economy, with far-reaching impacts on the US economy. It has already created over 1.7 million jobs and, by the end of the decade, will have contributed a total of nearly 3 million jobs. Against a backdrop of a historically slow economic recovery and persistently high unemployment following the Great Recession, the surge in spending associated with unconventional oil and natural gas activity is proving to be an important engine for jobs creation.
State Road and Tollway Authority: I-85 Express Lane Project Documentary from ECG Productions on Vimeo.
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This report seeks to provide a framework for establishing a regional readiness plan for the deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) in the metropolitan Washington region. While total EV ownership in the region is relatively low (compared with other cities such as Portland, Oregon, or Los Angeles), consumer interest in EVs is growing and more EV models are being introduced in the regional market.
From Nationwide Insurance: We’re in our cars a lot—sometimes for hours at a time—and there are few things more frustrating than getting stuck, bumper to bumper, in a traffic jam. We try not to think about the time and money that are wasted sitting in traffic, but if you do the math they really add […]
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