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Finance and business operations are equally as important as technical know-how when it comes to the advancement of renewable energy, data center efficiency, and the business of commercial space. We write regularly on these topics and provide powerful free learning opportunities.

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Free Course: Taking Stock: Assessing the Conditioning of your Marketing Foundation
Mastering Commercial Solar Finance
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Bringing Enterprise Computing into the 21st Century: A Management and Sustainability Challenge

This article was originally published on 03.17.14 by Jonathan Koomey Corporate Eco Forum’s EcoInnovator Blog
Information technology (IT) has been the catalyst for revolutionary change across modern companies, reducing costs, enabling rapid institutional transformation, and generating new products and services. The great irony is that the IT industry has itself not been much affected by the […]

April 15th, 2016|Categories: Business|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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Three Pillars of Modern Data Center Operations

HeatSpring Expert Jon Koomey on the Tracking, Procedures and Physical Principles of Modern Data Center Operations.
This article originally appeared on DataCenterKnowledge.com on 2/2/2016
Modern enterprise data centers are some of the most technically sophisticated business activities on earth. Ironically enough, they are also often bastions of inefficiency, with equipment utilization much below ten percent and 30 percent […]

April 8th, 2016|Categories: Business|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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A Free Strategic Leadership Course for the Sustainable Building Community

Join Kathleen O’Brien and amplify your leadership effectiveness today
In a series of 20 presentations and interviews recorded in 2014, Kathleen O’Brien shares the strategic leadership model that is at the core of EMERGE programs, along with case studies, and practical guidance to assist you on your personal leadership journey.

The EMERGE Leadership Project is a 501c3 […]

February 25th, 2016|Categories: Business, Sustainable Building|Tags: , , , , , , , |
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Bring Your Sol to Work: Finding Career Opportunities in the Solar Industry

In a recent conversation with a young woman, I had an epiphany about why working in solar is good for the soul.  She had just returned from volunteering in Greece to help Syrian refugees receive care and assistance upon entry into the country. While listening to her, I began to think that perhaps my job […]

February 19th, 2016|Categories: Business, Solar, Women in Solar Energy|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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Why is it so Difficult to Work in Space Business?

On the Commercial Space Executive Leadership discussion board, expert instructor Charles Miller answers: why is it so difficult to work in the space business?

Student 1:
Dear Charles,

I am not sure if we have a chance to discuss the difficulty of space business or not. If not, I would like to discuss why the space business is more […]

December 14th, 2015|Categories: Commercial Space|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |
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