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Final Project

Final Project. Rodney Malone. Motivation Must Come From Top. Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino Active 1993-2013 (Cities Longest Serving Mayor) Championed “Greenovate Boston” initiative Climate Action Plan. Boston Green Awards/ Greenovate Boston Awards. Residential Award Business Award

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Final Project

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  1. Final Project Rodney Malone

  2. Motivation Must Come From Top • Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino • Active 1993-2013 (Cities Longest Serving Mayor) • Championed “Greenovate Boston” initiative • Climate Action Plan

  3. Boston Green Awards/Greenovate Boston Awards • Residential Award • Business Award • Sustainable Food Leadership Award • In 2013, the Name Changed to “Greenovate Boston Awards”

  4. Boston Green Economy • Green Jobs Boston • Sustainable Economy Conference (SEC) • Sustainable Business Network (SBN) • Sustainable Business Leader Program (SBLP)

  5. Boston Green Economy • Water • Air • Waste Reduction • Noise

  6. Boston Green Grants • Boston Action Leadership Committee (w/Al Gore) • Renew Boston ($6.5 M in Federal Funding) • Smarter Cities Challenge • Empowerment Zone Grant

  7. eBay • CEO- John J. Donahoe • Fortune 500 ranks as the #228 Company • Ranks 3rd In Revenues for Industry

  8. eBay • 13 Year Old Company • Worldwide employs about 18,000 workers • Opened new Headquarters in Salt Lake City • Reinforce “Community” and its Importance • Until 2013, ebay has not been able to get workforce in 1 Central Location

  9. eBay Headquarters • 36 Acres • 241,000 sq. ft Facility • Designed to be LEED Gold • 400 seat auditorium and Full Service Cafeteria

  10. eBAY • Built first Data Center in South Jordan, Utah • Wanted to build facility up LEED Gold Standards • Utah receives 90+ of energy from coal

  11. eBay Problem • Law In Utah didn’t allow non- energy consumers to buy power from energy developers • Renewable energy to consumers • Senate Bill 12

  12. DART’s New Buses • DART will unleash new line of buses in 2013 • (459) new buses will run on compressed Natural Gas • Cut Fuel Cost by close to 65% by the Year 2015 • New Buses will Limit Harmful Emissions

  13. DART • In 2012 , Dart Realeased 124 smaller buses • DART Agency built 4 CNG fueling stations • Currently has $210 M contract w/ N. America Bus Industries

  14. Chris, who works for the City of Dallas. Apparently, he is no enemy to trouble, he stated “I wish the City of Dallas acts upon their great ideas. The problem is these ideas sit and nothing gets done. We have come so far but we have so far to go.” I see what DART has done and it’s fulfilling to see the City actually see an “idea not sit on the desk.”

  15. References • References • Climate Action. (n.d.). Retrieved February 3, 2013, from http://www.cityofboston.gov/climate/. • Mayor Menino’s 6th Annual Green Awards. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.cityofboston.gov/environmentalandenergy/greenawards/. • Official Website of the City of Boston. (2013). Retrieved February 3, 2013, from http://www.cityofboston.gov/environmentalandenergy/greenawards/businesses.asp • Smarter Cities Challenge. (2012). Retrieved February 3, 2013, from http://smartercitieschallenge.org/city_Boston_UnitedStates.html • Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts. (2013). Retrieved February 3, 2013, from http://sbnmass.org/ • The Earth Institute Columbia University. (2013). Retrieved February, 5, 2013, from http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/articles/view/3024#posts • The Sustainable Economy Conference. (2013). Retrieved February 3, 2013, from http://sustainableeconomyconference.com/index.php • What is Greenovate Boston? (2013). Retrieved February 3, 2013, • http://www.greenovateboston.org/

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