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Open-source collaboration has fueled the explosion of web-based software applications for years, but what about its potential for developing next-generation green building materials? Several global businesses, including IBM, Sony, Pitney Bowes and Nokia, recently announced their efforts to share patented environmental practices with the public by pledging their environmental-friendly patents to Eco-Patent Commons, a new website hosted by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development ("WBCSD"). The patents, which must either directly or indirectly protect the environment, will be searchable and freely available to all members of the public. WBCSD hopes that the effort will lead to collaborative innovations in energy efficiency, pollution prevention, increased recycling capacity, and the creation of more sustainable materials.
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The Toyota Way is my favorite book for 2007. It had so many good ideas that I could not keep up and ended up reading it again and even buying the Field Book to go along with it.
Download Elegant Solutions from Change This which provides some highlights of the Toyota Production System. Too many ideas that are applicable to contractors to even count!
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