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Canadian Green Building Council - Leading Canadian green building industry association. Provides information on current events, training materials, LEED certification and professional accreditation, LEED Certified green building projects and case studies from across Canada. Visit - http://www.cagbc.org/.

Better Bricks - Independent group focusing on assisting businesses improve their bottom line through efficient energy management and high performance buidling facilities, operations and maintenance. Visit - http://www.betterbricks.com/.

Green Globes Rating System - Building environmental & management auditing tool to help incorporate green design principles into new building or renovation projects, and to provide market recognition of a building’s green attributes through third-party verification. Visit - http://www.greenglobes.com/.

Greener Buildings - US Green Building Council project gives a wealth of resouces and case studies on building, facility management, materials, healthy indoor environments, and waste & water management. Visit - http://www.greenerbuildings.com/index.cfm.

Whole Building Design Guide - Web portal for high performance building design techniques and technologies. Provides information on: design guidance, project management and operations & maintenance. Visit - http://www.wbdg.org/.

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“Sustainability intelligence at Oxford Properties”

Oxford is committed to being an industry leader in sustainability, integrating the guiding principles from its sustainability program, “Sustainability Intelligence,” into its day-to-day activities and pursuit of a healthier bottom line. Oxford has a target to reduce GHG emissions from properties directly owned and managed, on a per square foot basis, by 20 per cent by the year 2012 from the base year of 2005.

Approach Highlights

► Initiated a process of calculating its corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory.

► Evaluated different opportunities for reducing its GHG emissions.

► Worked with the Pembina Institute and ICF International to benchmark against corporate commitments being made by other large companies.

► Tracked and reported on success using its Sustainable Intelligence Scorecard.

Results

► GHG emissions reduction (2005/2008): 10.9 per cent

► GHG emissions reduction (2007/2008): 3.8 per cent