Archive for September, 2008:

New Geothermal Incentive in Manitoba

¶ Published Tuesday, September 23rd at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment, Legal IssuesNo Comments »

Interesting incentive for building owners to install geothermal systems at their facilities.
The province announced a new geothermal program to reduce greenhouse gases. Commercial building owners are eligible to receive up to 10 per cent of the value of their installed systems. Building owners who install district geothermal service systems are eligible to up to $150,000. [...]

Where do people get their legislation from?

¶ Published Monday, September 22nd at %I:%M %p ∞ In Legal IssuesNo Comments »

An interesting survey done by our friends at Canlii shows that they are the most consulted legislative source in Canada. Next up after free sources is commercial ones. Though the survey was geared towards lawyers, it shows that libraries are less and less consulted as people move online.

Crazy Passionate

¶ Published Monday, September 22nd at %I:%M %p ∞ In EnvironmentNo Comments »

Gary Vaynerchuk from http://www.winelibrary.com is a very passionate man indeed. I wanted to share this presentation with you as I think it is very true and rather inspiring. If you like wine, be sure to visit his site.

Beyond Environmental Compliance

¶ Published Wednesday, September 17th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment, Legal IssuesNo Comments »

Canadian Environmental Regulations are getting stricter and broader by the day. We are here to help, but some companies are taking very proactive action (see this article from the Harvard Business Review). The first step to moving beyond compliance, is to understand the laws and regulations affecting your business – and even more importantly, staying on [...]