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The new identity of Trow Global Inc.

Making Sustainability Work Doing MORE with LESS Alida Saleh, M.A., B.A., LEED AP Head, Environment & Sustainability

Conference: Energy Matters, Energy in Sustainability

Planning for Sustainability Reasons to ACT Where & How to start?

What makes it Successful?

AGENDA

Reasons to ACT • Doing lunch preferred over being lunch • There is a great deal of money to be made • There are major growth opportunities in the area • Manage risks • Growing client interest in sustainability

Case Study… ##

Client Needs  To generate real business value = cost savings  Mitigate RISK  Facilitate strategic business responses to the challenge of sustainability and create competitive advantage  Demonstrate environmental & corporate leadership

 Enhance ability to attract & retain the most qualified employees

BUT…

“I don’t have a lot of $$ to invest” SO…How can you do….

MORE with LESS???

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• Get a commitment from senior management • Immediately implement low-cost efficiency measures.

• These are easy to do, give you an immediate sense of accomplishment, and help you realize big dividends.

• Conduct an energy audit • to identify where and how energy is being utilized, what it costs, and where you can make improvements.

• Create an energy management plan • Analyze costs and benefits of short-term and long-term actions, then prioritize and schedule them for implementation.

• Find ways to measure progress, and update your ROI requirements and equipment specifications.

What Else?

Developing a Strategic Energy Plan ü Establish goals ü Pilot Project ü Establish timelines and be bound by them ü Simple Payback shows Competent Payback ü Life Cycle Costing ü Create collaboration

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What makes it Successful?

Engaging

Exp Solu)on UNDERSTAND

PARTNER

INNOVATE

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Experience

DELIVER

Expertise

We understand, partner, innovate and deliver: • A challenging and rewarding work environment for our employees • Value to a client’s business, and • A posi<ve contribu<on to the communi<es in which we live • We bring the experience and exper<se needed to deliver successful project outcomes

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We are what we MEASURE…

It’s time to MEASURE what we want to be!

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ENR’s Top 150 Global Design Firms 76th globally in 2010 6th among Canadian firms in both 2010 and 2009

ENR’s Top 500 U.S. Design Firms 59th in 2011 (35th in top 100 pure designers, and 8th in Telecomm) 6th among Canadian firms in 2011

Zweig White’s 200 Hot Firms List 2nd fastest growing firm in North America in 2010 6th fastest for 2009, 10th in 2008 • 18

At exp, it begins and ends with you

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Alida Saleh, MA, LEED AP Tel: (905) 796 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3200 ext. 3014 Cell: (416) 277-1013 E-mail: alida.saleh@exp.com 20