The current environmental crisis poses new challenges to the building and construction industry, in areas where engineering can provide innovative alternatives such as energy-neutral housing and energy efficiency, construction materials and practices, recycling and reuse of materials.

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Another initiative underway will allow broader dissemination of developed materials and learned best practices through social media and an enhanced web presence.

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"Applied Materials has pay-for-performance practices that align a significant majority of executive compensation with robust performance objectives, " says Mary Humiston, senior vice president, global human resources.

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Mold in homes hasn't been tracked historically, but certain building practices like making homes more airtight, installing air-conditioning units and using materials like drywall and oriented strand board, an engineered wood product have made homes more conducive to mold growth than they were in the past, says Jeffrey May, principal scientist at May Indoor Air Investigations based in Tyngsborough, Mass.

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For example, there are 189 ISO standards for information security, our National Institute of Standards and Technology ( NIST) has produced a full set of world-class materials on information security, and the Information Systems Audit and Control Association ( ISACA) has developed its best practices, the Control Objectives for Information Technology ( CobiT).

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