Sustainability
Update: CBRE Global Investors Plans Upgrade of Newly Purchased 400 S. Hope
Trophy office assets in downtown Los Angeles are not easy to come by, but CBRE Global Investors has just gotten its hands on a big one, the 701,500-square-foot tower at 400 S. Hope St. And it has big plans to improve the asset’s double-digit vacancy rate.
LEED-ing the Way
By Jennifer Easton Commercial office has always been a dominant space type among LEED-certified projects. While commercial buildings used to be concentrated in the new construction sector, the USGBC has seen a growing ubiquity of green building retrofits and renovation projects. At the end of last year, we announced that LEED-certified existing buildings began surpassing new construction projects. This shift indicates that the stigma that green buildings must be built new is disappearing—and with good reason. With landmark projects like the Empire State Building completing successful retrofits (the project saved $2.4 million in energy costs the year following its LEED…
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.