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As the call for green technology swells, tech firms devote time & talent to sustainability

21 October, 2009 — It’s increasingly obvious that we must moderate our impact on the environment or risk our own survival. Green engineering and green technology seek to maintain a balance between technological advances and the environment. As we attempt the difficult transition to a carbon-neutral economy, engineering will help take us there.

As director of sustainable solutions at engineering, construction and operations firm CH2M HILL, Andrea Ramage heads a seven-person team. The team works with the company’s business units to teach staff about sustainability and support the pursuit of client business. The team also delivers some client work directly and handles speaking engagements.

“Our philosophy,” Ramage says, “is to infuse sustainability in everything we do, from business development and proposals work to the planning, design, construction and operations of all types of civil works, from transit systems to green buildings.”

Recently her group was involved in the expansion of a wastewater treatment plant. “We worked with the design team, led the initial workshop where goals were set, and assigned a sustainability coordinator to make sure the goals are incorporated in the design process,” Ramage says.

Read Andrea Ramage's full profile and learn more about CH2M HILL's commitment to sustainability at Diversity Careers.