{"id":1004141270,"date":"2016-04-06T09:13:16","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T17:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004141270"},"modified":"2020-05-08T00:27:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T08:27:20","slug":"peco-achieves-leed-ebom-gold-for-philadelphia-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/peco-achieves-leed-ebom-gold-for-philadelphia-headquarters\/","title":{"rendered":"PECO Achieves LEED EBOM Gold for Philadelphia Headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Adriana Pop, Associate Editor <\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004141274\" style=\"width: 301px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/04\/PECO-Building-in-Philadelphia1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004141274\" data-attachment-id=\"1004141274\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/peco-achieves-leed-ebom-gold-for-philadelphia-headquarters\/peco-building-in-philadelphia-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/04\/PECO-Building-in-Philadelphia1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,825\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;13&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 50D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1246834304&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PECO Building in Philadelphia\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;PECO Building in Philadelphia&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;PECO Building in Philadelphia&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/04\/PECO-Building-in-Philadelphia1.jpg?w=800\" class=\"wp-image-1004141274 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/04\/PECO-Building-in-Philadelphia1.jpg\" alt=\"PECO Building in Philadelphia\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/04\/PECO-Building-in-Philadelphia1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/04\/PECO-Building-in-Philadelphia1.jpg?resize=291,300 291w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/04\/PECO-Building-in-Philadelphia1.jpg?resize=768,792 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004141274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PECO Building in Philadelphia<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Philadelphia<\/strong>\u2013Electric and natural gas utility provider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peco.com\/Pages\/Home.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">PECO<\/a> has earned LEED Existing Building Operations + Maintenance (EBOM) Gold certification from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgbc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Green Building Council<\/a> for the company\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/philadelphia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia<\/a> headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>The company received the certification for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/office\/\" target=\"_blank\">office high-rise<\/a> located at 2301 Market St. in Center City, after performing a series of building upgrades and operational enhancements, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Extensive energy-efficient lighting improvements from 2009 to 2014, which led to a reduction of 2,700 light fixtures and 30,000 fluorescent lamps;<\/li>\n<li>Heating and cooling upgrades and the installation of a new building automation system to control the HVAC system;<\/li>\n<li>A 45,000-square-foot green roof, which was installed in 2008 to mitigate storm water runoff and reduce energy usage for heating and cooling; and<\/li>\n<li>The building\u2019s iconic Crown Lights system was updated with energy-efficient LED technology in 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These upgrades have helped reduce building energy usage by 7.25 million kilowatt-hours each year.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of several years, the company has invested $15.3 million to improve the sustainability of its buildings and operations across southeastern Pennsylvania. PECO\u2019s LEED initiative now comprises nearly 1.5 million square feet of building space, representing 80 percent of the total square footage of all the company\u2019s buildings. PECO\u2019s certified buildings now represent more than 30 percent of all LEED EBOM certified buildings throughout Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis certification is a testament to our steadfast dedication to sustainability and environmental leadership,\u201d stated Craig Adams, president &amp; CEO. \u201cI commend the vision of Denis O\u2019Brien, CEO of Exelon Utilities, who launched these initiatives in 2008, and the hard work of our employees who contributed to this achievement. This work has an ongoing positive environmental impact on our customers and communities we serve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s Philadelphia headquarters joins 11 other LEED-certified PECO buildings across the region, including two LEED-New Construction Certified sites and nine EBOM Certified sites. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Warminster Service Building in Bucks County;<\/li>\n<li>Berwyn Campus (three buildings) and West Chester Service Building in Chester County;<\/li>\n<li>Baldwin Service Building in Delaware County;<\/li>\n<li>Plymouth and Phoenixville Service Buildings, and Plymouth Line School Building in Montgomery County; and<\/li>\n<li>G &amp; Luzerne and Christian Street Service Buildings in Philadelphia County.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The company\u2019s sustainability initiatives also include operating an environmentally friendly fleet and launching PECO Smart Ideas to help customers save energy and money. These efforts contribute to the long-term sustainability efforts of PECO\u2019s parent company, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exeloncorp.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Exelon<\/a>, to benefit customers and communities.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PECO\u2019s achievement is the culmination of a $15.3 million environmental initiative to improve the sustainability of its buildings and operations across southeastern Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":260,"featured_media":1004141274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21783,21742,10,21747,1494,21786],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004141270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investment","category-latest","category-northeast","category-office","category-philadelphia","category-sustainability"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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