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The Designers Accord: The Next Step in the Sustainability Conversation The Designers Accord - a kind of brain trust for the latest thinking on green design - is rapidly gaining steam, encouraging designers of all disciplines to collaborate on sustainability. By Emily Rabin Cowan Read more... Also This Week... Toyota's New Fuel Cell Hybrid Gets 500 Miles per Tank Toyota has made big leap forward in hybrid engine technology, designing a car that can drive more than 500 miles on a single tank of gas. Read more... SoftLayer Slims Server Packaging by 80% SoftLayer, a datacenter services firm, has slimmed the packaging for its servers by 80% - a boon for shippers looking to pack more product into fewer trucks. Read more... Citigroup Designs First LEED Prototype for Commercial Interiors Citigroup has earned LEED pre-certification for a green interior design that can be applied across many bank branches - the first commercial interior design to get the nod from the U.S. Green Building Council's Portfolio Program for multiple retail locations. Read more... Wine Group Switches from Bottles to Bags The Wine Group, the company that brought you Franzia "wine in a box," is shifting two of its popular brands from glass bottles to bag-in-box packaging - a move that's expected to save 11 million pounds in packaging materials and reduce the brands' carbon footprint by 60%. Read more... Cemex to Use Own Cement for New LEED-Certified HQ Cemex has cemented plans for a new U.S. headquarters in Houston, Texas, that will achieve LEED certification thanks in part to the green-building benefits of using the company's own brand of recycled-content concrete. Read more... Dunkin' Donuts Breaks Ground on First LEED Store Dunkin' Donuts has begun construction on its first LEED-certified location - a new restaurant in St. Petersburg, Fla., that is expected to use 40% less energy for air conditioning. Read more... More Greener Design News & Tools... We want to hear from you! Post your comments or questions below any SLM news story and we'll feature the best of them here. (Note: You must be a registered SLM user to post. Not yet signed up? Click here!) Forward to a Friend! What Did You Miss at Sustainable Brands '08? Even if you joined us in Monterey, Calif., chances are you didn't make it to every workshop and session. Fortunately, we deployed a tireless team of bloggers to catch you up on what you missed. Click here for the latest research, practical lessons, and key takeaways from Sustainable Brands 08! Solution Providers Johnson & Johnson's Big Design Challenge J&J Chief Design Officer Chris Hacker is a man with a mission: to bring sustainable design to corporate America. (BusinessWeek) Read more... Aligned for Sustainable Design: An A-B-C-D Approach to Making Better Products The A-B-C-D framework illustrates how companies can Assess, Bridge, Create, and Diffuse sustainable-design capabilities into a more integrative design process within their organizations. Includes in-depth case studies from Nike, Herman Miller, Clorox, and others. (IDEO and Business for Responsibility) Download now (PDF)... Find Peers and Partners If you haven’t already joined the fastest growing online sustainable business community, create a profile now and start connecting.

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