If you want to be competitive, more and more building owners are seeing that it is necessary to improve energy and environmental performance. The trends show how this is being done.
Real Estate
Jones Lang LaSalle’s Peter Belisle on Real Estate Portfolios
While Belisle sees energy conservation going really strong, he also notes that money is tight. As he says: “On the investor side … if they have cash, they’re hoarding it right now. And corporate owner/occupiers are holding on to their cash as well.” He talks about what corporations are doing, and how they are justifying their energy investments.
EPA Energy Star Building Contest
Lots of fun to watch, last year’s winner cut energy costs by 36%.
What makes this so exciting is that someone else is testing out ideas that other businesses can use to get a handle on rising energy costs. These are the buildings with the resources to implement, test and record results. The solutions range from [...]
Why Can’t Cap-Ex and Op-Ex Get Along?
The theme of corporate silos emerged as leading architects and contractors discussed corporate plans for energy efficient buildings that use resources well: that is, green buildings. The venue was a recent meeting of the Einstein Alley Entrepreneurs Collaborative (EAEC), based in Princeton, NJ. Steven Georges, a founder of EAEC, reported on [...]
