The need to maintain a sustainable lifestyle is on the minds of most citizens. Government faces the challenge of both improving the performance of environmentally-based programs and implementing green practices. Improving environmental excellence in government agencies is necessary, but for agencies to ‘go green’ while continuing to increase efficiency and minimize costs is a challenging task. The Performance Institute’s Environment Center brings together thought leaders in developing performance-based outcomes, innovations in environmental reporting and management process redesign to help you achieve excellence in your environmental programs. Additionally, we’ve developed a network of experts in ‘going green’ that we tap to help organizations green their facilities and processes and communicate those efforts to the public. The Institute’s national conferences promote results-oriented approaches for protecting and improving our nation’s environment and management of natural resources, in order to provide citizens with an efficient, sustainable and green-friendly government.
New Environmental Rules Under Consideration
On Dec 11, 2009 the House Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will be addressing and considering late regulatory rule changes. The EPA has three new rules on power plant pollution controls, The National Highway Safety Administration wants to… More »
Obama-Biden Goes Green
Obama has announced energy efficiency goals including a 40 percent increase in energy efficiency in all new federal buildings and a 25 percent increase in existing federal buildings within the next five years. Also a goal is to ensure all… More »
EPA Puts Performance Measurement to Work for Real-World Change
The US Environmental Protection Agency introduced a new performance management tool called the Quarterly Management Report (QMR). The QMR is helping the agency deliver real results by applying business principles to solve the nation’s environmental challenges. Read more on how… More »