John Millard shares with Jenn Monroe Novant HealthÔÇÖs strategy to reach maximum energy efficiency Three years ago Novant Health set its sights on the stars. Actually, the goal is to reach just oneÔÇöthe Energy Star rating. ÔÇ£We want to be in the top 25 percent in our industry,ÔÇØ says John Millard, director of energy and environmental affairs. ÔÇ£For our hospitals, itÔÇÖs a standard weÔÇÖre putting out there.ÔÇØBut attaining the Energy Star rating is just one piece of a two-pronged initiative.

Clean sheet miningDean Journeaux of New Millennium Capital Corporation tells Ruari McCallion about the companyÔÇÖs ongoing iron ore mine developments in Labrador and eastern Quebec. It looks like a good time to get heavily into the mining business. Demand from China, India and other emerging economies is high, leading to high prices for all commodities, from aluminum to iron ore.

Good medicineInvestments in facilities, training and technology are helping Jewish General Hospital in Montreal to remain in the forefront of medicine in Canada, Philippe Castiel tells Ruari McCallion.ThereÔÇÖs always the danger that the presence of a renowned institution can overshadow neighboring organizations, but that doesnÔÇÖt seem to be a problem for MontrealÔÇÖs Jewish General Hospital (JGH). It cooperates well with nearby McGill University Health Centre in teaching and has been hugely successful in attracting and retaining specialist staff.

Flying forward The Midfield Project will give Indianapolis International Airport modern amenities, room to grow, and a much different first impression for travelers to the city, Keith Regan reports. When the new main terminal at Indianapolis International Airport opens at the end of October 2008, passengers will be experiencing an entirely new airportÔÇöthe result of a $1.1 billion, seven-year project that revamps nearly everything at the facility.

From humble beginnings in the automotive sector, Harleysville Group has risen to become one of the nationÔÇÖs prominent insurers with multi-billion dollar finances┬áThe success story came out of local adversity. Harleysville Insurance came to fruition in 1915, when Alvin Alderfer, concerned by the theft of several Ford sedans, held a meeting of prominent citizens in Harleysville, Pennsylvania.

Claude Lemasson tells Gary Toushek how people-centric policies have helped Goldcorp go from junior miner to the worldÔÇÖs second-largest gold company┬á These days Claude Lemasson spends a lot of time traveling between his Toronto office and the James Bay area of northern Qu├®bec, looking after his current priority, the ├ël├®onore project, a major new gold discovery situated within a relatively unexplored area of James Bay, in Cree Nation of Wemindji territory.

A sparkling new realityDianor Resources Inc. has been focusing exclusively on diamond exploration for several years now to help meet the worldwide demand for diamonds. Keith Regan gets the details from the companyÔÇÖs CEO. For decades the diamond market was dominated and controlled by the DeBeers cartel, which was able to set prices and help determine which types of diamonds were most sought after by consumers.

That small-town feelModern life has all but abolished the sense of community that residents in many large urban areas crave. This Canadian superpower has drawn up some creative plans for a derelict downtown area. Kate Sawyer reports. Devimco, a commercial developer based in the province of Quebec, Canada, has taken on the biggest project in its historyÔÇöthe $1.3 billion restoration of Griffintown, the partially abandoned ÔÇ£old canalÔÇØ district of Montreal.  ÔÇ£We are offering Montrealers a unique urban project.

Tying it all togetherCompany president John Paxton tells Jenn Monroe how Demag Cranes and Components makes everything fit. Demag Cranes and Components takes pride in having developed a unique range of products in which ÔÇ£everything fits together.ÔÇØ This idea also informs how the company does business and where it looks to make improvements.

Prognosis is very favorableBob Bonar of Dell ChildrenÔÇÖs Medical Center explains to Alan T Swaby how it is taking a wider view of healing, and breaking new ground in the process. The staff of Dell ChildrenÔÇÖs Medical Center of Central Texas in Austin is on tenterhooks at the moment, nervously awaiting the outcome of an ongoing evaluation. However, itÔÇÖs not their clinical expertise thatÔÇÖs being assessed.