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Projects Waste Audits: The Ottawa Citizen Undertook waste audits and prepared waste reduction workplans that resulted in diversion of over 95%. The facility won a Waste Minimization Award from the Recycling Council of Ontario for best large business in the province. Undertaken over 600 waste audits in Ontario and Quebec in the past 20 years for a variety of Industrial, Commercial and Institutional clients, including Minto Commercial, Morguard Investments, Manulife Financial, The City of Ottawa, the Dept. of National Defence, The Ottawa Hospital, Canadian Medical Association, Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Canada Post and many, many others. Waste Management Programming Designed and implemented waste reduction programs for all National Defence facilities in the National Capital Region, including bases, messes, armouries, headquarter buildings and all leased facilities. Services included: waste audits and workplans, recycling and composting programs for a wide range of materials, Construction, Renovation and Demolition waste management and audits, Green Demolition, Green Move Protocol, Green Meeting Protocol, Sustainable Development Strategy database development and reporting, training and education, etc. Similar projects for hundreds of other clients. Environmental Management Systems: Ottawa Public Libraries To prepare a White Paper document to address what can be done to make it feasible to green existing Ottawa Public Library (OPL) facilities, and offer prescriptive advice to help meet the challenge of greening the portfolio Environmental Events Planning: Department of National Defence Plans and executes three environmental events annually for National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa for Earth Day, Environment Week and Energy Awareness. The purpose of these events is to raise awareness among DND/CF building occupants at the National Headquarters on the opportunities to behave sustainably at work, at home and on the road. Has also organized and executed envrionmental awareness for other clients including Health Canada and Canada Post. Training and Education: City of Ottawa Angie designs and executes informative presentations about how employees at the City of Ottawa are handling their trash. From the Waste Characterization Studies conducted, she designs sessions to help City employees understand what waste is generated, from where in the facility and how much is being diverted. The City has set a target of 60% diversion by 2015 - but wants City facilities to be leaders, achieving this target in advance of this date. Some facilities, such as City Hall are already out front with over 50% diversion already achieved. Angie recently gave an entertaining and informative presentation to Ottawa's chapter of the International Facilities Management Association (IFMA) where she highlighted the history and legislation around garbage in Ontario and some success stories. BOMA Go Green and Go Green Plus Assists Property Management companies with meeting the criteria for the Building Owners and Managers Association Go Green Program. Clients include Minto Commercial and Morguard Investments. |
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