Tag: higher education
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Digging up the truth about CO2 and you: Cutting carbon and costs
At The Refinishing Touch our customers not only want to reduce their carbon footprints, they want to know precisely how…
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Furniture asset management best practices: Working onsite
In a recent post we discussed one of the cornerstones of furniture asset management; inventory management. At The Refinishing Touch…
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The Refinishing Touch blog poll result: Room for improvement on college campuses?
The higher education industry has been making waves in sustainability for years. We know this from our 37 years of…
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Best practices in furniture asset management: Inventory management
In previous posts we have shared our views on furniture asset management as environmental and fiscally responsible behavior. We discussed…
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Need new tires? Just buy a new car…
In our previous post we talked about how absurd it would be to buy a new car simply because your…
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Furniture asset management in higher education: Learning the benefits
Last week our president and founder Mario Insenga was interviewed by University Business magazine’s Chuck Green for an upcoming piece about…
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Education’s Decade of Sustainable Development: How Green Was It?
A recent article by Goolam Mohamedbhai in Inside Higher Ed is a reminder that the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), led by the United Nations…
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Happy New Year from The Refinishing Touch!
We hope you enjoyed a safe holiday with family and friends. 2014 was another great year for the team here at The Refinishing Touch.…
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A Year in Sustainability News: How Green Was 2014?
Last week, The Harvard Business Review published ‘The 10 Most Important Sustainable Business Stories from 2014’, an article discussing the prominent trends in…
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Colleges Earn Honors for Sustainability Efforts
It’s the time of year when colleges and universities wind down the semester and hand out grades and assessments. It’s also when…