Sustainability
BOMA Special Report: Energy Efficiency Measures Deliver Outsized Income Gains
Building owners and managers should look at even modest energy efficiency upgrades as a three-legged stool supporting stronger net operating income, says Patty Anderson of the McKinstry sustainability consulting firm.
BOMA Special Report: Stephenson Stresses Vigilance for Tenant Savings
Office building owners and managers can convince tenants to significantly reduce energy consumption – but they need to be vigilant in ongoing communication and relations efforts, stressed Jenny Stephenson, program manager with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star program, during BOMA International’s Every Building conference in Seattle.
The Winners: CPE’s 2012 Distinguished Achievement Awards
CPE is pleased to announce the winners of the second-annual Distinguished Achievement Awards, recognized for their ability to complete deals and projects in the face of last year’s recovering economy.
U.S. Remains Most Transparent Market as Openness Advances Globally: Jones Lang LaSalle
Nearly 90 percent of the world’s markets have improved transparency since the last survey in 2010. This year Jones Lang LaSalle is also introducing a new index for transparency in sustainability.
New Life for EIFS Retrofits
While many new-wave technologies are emerging that have potential to help commercial property executives reduce building energy consumption in coming years, some older mechanisms are seeing a revival. One such alternative is exterior insulation and finish systems, or EIFS. By Brad Berton.
EIFS in Practice: Implementation Case Studies
Exterior insulation and finish systems, or EIFS, has long been applied to residential properties but is now catching on as an insulation solution in the commercial sector. These case studies illustrate different applications that have produced energy cost reductions.
Sustainable Solutions: Syska Hennessy’s Co-Presidents Evaluate Green Efficiency Measures
Syska Hennessy Group co-presidents Gary Brennen and Cyrus Izzo discuss effective sustainability, or “high-performance,” methods.
Visionaries: Building Evolution: Syska Hennessy’s Co-Presidents Rate Construction Improvements, Recommend Future Needs
Syska Hennessy Group co-presidents Gary Brennen and Cyrus Izzo discuss the most beneficial solutions being implemented in building design and development today, where shortcomings remain and what owners’ and developers’ priorities should be for the greatest efficiencies in the future.
Aid in the Shade: Coming Development Wave to Include Sophisticated Shading Devices
Over more than a decade, commercial property executives in Germany and other European nations have come to rely on an energy-conserving mechanism that has yet to catch on in the United States: exterior sun-shading devices. By Brad Berton.
Dynamic or Static?
Exterior sun-shading devices, long popular in Europe, are just starting to attract a following in the United States. Whether you choose a motorized or fixed option, they carry a number of benefits–if you’re willing to wait for the payoff.