Design

Olympics earn gold utilizing sustainable wood

As Olympic athletes from around the world thrill fans with their historic physical achievements, they are doing so in facilities built to be sustainable and are participating in a city that has a planned agenda to reduce the Games' Carbon footprint. One of the major efforts to achieve these environmental and economic goals was to build fewer facilities that would lay dormant for years after the Games are just a memory, and any structures built be less harmful to the environment.

Opinion

Productivity a matter of approach: Hard way or easy way?

The debate on productivity enhancement is constant throughout companies and organizations as well as entire countries. It's a critical ingredient for competitive advantage and expansion, yet there's variance in what constitutes productivity and how to measure it. At the national level, countries may assess productivity based on gross output. Businesses might gauge success and competitiveness by overall production. While this metric offers some insight, its real value emerges when you consider the output relative to the workforce size of the assessed entity.