Our work is guided by four principles...

Systems Orientation: A key to maximizing the potential benefits of resource efficiency improvements is to employ systems thinking.  Just as better value in energy efficiency is often found by considering multiple technologies instead of just one, value further increases by expanding the view to address efficiency across multiple resource flows, and then going beyond an organization’s borders to consider the larger ecological, social, and economic systems within which an organization operates.  A systems orientation provides the opportunity to achieve elegant and synergistic solutions that address multiple challenges at the same time, many of which are not initially apparent.

Integrated Performance: Designing, implementing, and maintaining high performance programs inevitably involves navigating an organization’s management, political, and social structures.  It requires that people from different departments and disciplines (and often outside stakeholders) come together to develop shared understanding and commit to new practices and policies.  Thoughtful design and delivery of the educational groundwork is also critical to enable participants to effectively operate within and to maintain the new direction.  Resource Performance Partners’ capabilities reflect the synergy of technical with organizational and collaborative expertise needed to design and implement comprehensive resource efficiency solutions that are fully integrated within the fabric of an organization’s operations and strategic objectives.

Locality: A keen awareness of physical locality, of the type acquired over time and through direct experience, is essential for developing an effective and finely integrated resource efficiency project. Projects that fit naturally with the human and natural ecology of a community and region will be more successful and enduring than those conjured out of conceptual or financial models alone, with little regard for the local context and conditions.   Resource Performance Partners works closely with the individuals and institutions that know their own locality well to help ensure that projects are relevant and valued by local stakeholders.

Continual Learning: Resource Performance Partners is committed to Restorative Development—a term reflecting the leading edge of Sustainable Development practice.  This field  is still nascent, but has already been advanced greatly by individuals in many different disciplines.  The list of contributors is long.  We strive to stay at the forefront of intellectual and professional development in this field, taking to take to heart the wisdom of those contributors and employing their navigational aids in our own efforts to foster a sustainable society.