{"query_echo":{"q":"","filters":{"geography":["Oregon"]},"warnings":[]},"total":{"value":319,"relation":"eq"},"page":15,"page_size":20,"self":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?geography=Oregon&page=15","next":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?geography=Oregon&page=16","stability":"beta","ai_marking":{"digital_source_type":{"uri":"http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicMedia","name":"Created using Generative AI"},"notice":"Summary and key insights are generated using artificial intelligence."},"results":[{"id":"wri-001243","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/wri-001243","title":"Specialty Glass, Inc.: Cost Accounting and Hazardous Wastes","publisher":{"name":"World Resources Institute","organization":"world-resources-institute"},"document_type":"case study","language":"en","date_published":"1998","source_url":"https://pdf.wri.org/bell/case_1-56973-261-2_full_version_english.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"Specialty Glass, Inc., a high-volume producer of colored sheet glass in the US Pacific Northwest, faces significant environmental and regulatory risks due to its use of toxic pigments, particularly cadmium oxide used for ruby-red glass. The company generates approximately 18,000 pounds of hazardous waste annually, including 15,300 pounds of fine ash, costing roughly $31,500 per year for disposal. While the company has implemented 'best available technology' via a furnace baghouse to capture 99.7 percent of toxic particulates, it remains vulnerable to tightening air emission regulations and the scarcity of cadmium oxide suppliers. The document highlights a tension in cost accounting, as waste disposal costs are currently treated as overhead rather than being traced to specific product lines, potentially obscuring the true cost of producing toxic glass colors.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001243#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Specialty Glass, Inc. produces approximately 30 percent of the global supply of colored sheet glass for lamps and stained-glass windows, with annual sales of about $12 million.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001243#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The company generates about 18,000 pounds of hazardous waste annually, consisting of 15,300 pounds of fine ash and 2,700 pounds of other hazardous waste, with disposal costs totaling approximately $31,500 per year at a rate of $1.75 per pound.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001243#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The manufacture of ruby-red glass relies on cadmium oxide, a highly toxic chemical. Due to environmental bans in Europe and restrictive US regulations, the supply of this chemical is diminishing, with some suppliers moving production outside the US.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001243#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"To comply with air quality regulations, Specialty installed a furnace baghouse that captures 99.7 percent of toxic particulates, meeting the 'best available technology' standard, though future regulatory changes may still threaten the company's viability.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001243#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The company currently allocates waste disposal costs as part of general overhead rather than tracing them directly to the specific colored glass products that generate the hazardous waste.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001243#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["environmental regulation"],"geography_discussed":["European Union","Oregon","Arkansas"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["case study"]},{"id":"wri-001238","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/wri-001238","title":"Weyerhaeuser Company: The Next 100 Years","publisher":{"name":"World Resources Institute","organization":"world-resources-institute"},"document_type":"case study","language":"en","date_published":"1997","source_url":"https://pdf.wri.org/bell/case_1-56973-233-7_full_version_english.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document details Weyerhaeuser Company's transition from a 'cut and run' timber operation to a global leader in 'High Yield Forestry' (HYF). 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The ECMs range from simple lighting retrofits (Stage I) to complex system upgrades like variable air volume controls (Stage II) and heat recovery chillers (Stage III), the latter of which also helps the facility meet expected chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) phaseout requirements.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001230#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The US EPA's Green Lights Program, launched in 1991, is a voluntary initiative to reduce air pollution by promoting energy-efficient lighting, specifically encouraging the replacement of bulbs and fixtures to cut electricity bills and emissions of carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and heavy metals.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001230#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The ENERGY STAR Buildings Program builds upon the Green Lights Program by pursuing comprehensive facility upgrades, such as air-handling systems and heating/cooling plants, provided the projects are profitable, defined as having an Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of 20%.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001230#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"St. Charles Medical Center reduced its financial risk through a performance contract with Johnson Controls Incorporated (JCI), which guaranteed that energy cost reductions would occur and promised to pay 100% of any shortfall.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001230#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The hospital considered eleven specific energy conservation measures (ECMs) categorized into three stages: Stage I focuses on Green Lights projects and simple upgrades (e.g., exit sign and incandescent retrofits); Stage II involves Variable Air Volume and controls; and Stage III includes a heat recovery chiller and variable-flow pumping system.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001230#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Stage III retrofits are identified as a means for St. Charles to meet expected chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) phaseout requirements and increase the capacity of its heating/cooling system, which had already reached its limits.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001230#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["energy efficiency","green building","electric energy consumption","air pollution"],"geography_discussed":["United States"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["case study"]},{"id":"iisd-001766","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iisd-001766","title":"MODELS AND METHODS OF MEASURING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE","publisher":{"name":"International Institute for Sustainable Development","organization":"international-institute-for-sustainable-development"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"en","date_published":"1995-01-04","source_url":"https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/measure_models_methods_sd.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report evaluates several North American indicator projects—including those in Alberta, Oregon, Colorado, Seattle, and Jacksonville—to extract best practices for a provincial sustainable development initiative in Manitoba. 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