1 Nov 2007 - Web-based tool developed by DevBridge helps CBRE measure its waste
It wasn't always this way for CB Richard Ellis (CBRE). In the past the California-based company, which manages more than 1.7 billion square feet of buildings around the world, was challenged by complex tangle of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and local jurisdictional rules for ballast, battery and lamp recycling. And the firm was forced to rely on a tangled network of waste management suppliers that made it difficult to standardize and replicate services in various locales.
Mark Aaron Polhemus, director of engineering for CBRE's Washington, D.C. market, remembers those days. "It was a lot more difficult. You were never sure you were up to speed with all EPA standards. And we were looking through the Yellow Pages to find services." Polhemus, who oversees engineering staff and operations for 400 locations, a total of 42 million square feet of assets, now has the grand expanse of his environmental responsibilities at his finger tips. Thanks to an innovative, custom-built, user-friendly Web site, Polhemus can quickly procure services for new and existing assets, access a summary of universal waste recycling results and research recycling advances and new programs that might interest clients. Also, new staff engineers are immediately enrolled into the record-keeping system when they join the firm.
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