{"id":1004153765,"date":"2016-09-28T02:21:20","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T10:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004153765"},"modified":"2020-04-06T06:04:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T14:04:14","slug":"columbus-office-tower-earns-energy-star-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/columbus-office-tower-earns-energy-star-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbus Office Tower Earns Energy Star Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Ioana Moldovan<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004153776\" style=\"width: 227px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/09\/Town-Center.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004153776\" data-attachment-id=\"1004153776\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/columbus-office-tower-earns-energy-star-certification\/town-center\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/09\/Town-Center.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"310,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Town Center\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/09\/Town-Center.jpg?w=310\" class=\"  wp-image-1004153776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/09\/Town-Center.jpg\" alt=\"Town Center,  140 East Town Street, Columbus, Ohio\" width=\"217\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/09\/Town-Center.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/09\/Town-Center.jpg?resize=233,300 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004153776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Town Center, 140 E. Town St., Columbus, Ohio<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Columbus, Ohio<\/strong>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.continental-realty.com\/Available-Properties\/agentType\/View\/PropertyID\/185.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Town Center<\/a>, a 15-story office building at 140 E. Town St. in Columbus has earned the Energy Star certification awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).\u00a0The property\u2019s manager, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.continental-realty.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Continental Realty<\/a>, and its partner,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thecommercialenergygroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Commercial Energy\u00a0Group,<\/a> spearheaded the environmentally-friendly efforts.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of managing energy strategically across the entire organization and by making cost-effective improvements, the 169,300-square-foot building now performs in the top 25 percent of similar facilities nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>The improvement process included an ASHRAE Level 2 Energy Audit, interior and exterior lighting conversion to LED; a comprehensive Retro-commissioning (tune-up) program of the HVAC and Building Automation Systems.<\/p>\n<p>Commercial buildings that earn EPA&#8217;s Energy Star\u00a0certification use an average of 35 percent less energy than typical buildings, while releasing 35 percent less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Improving the energy efficiency of our nation&#8217;s buildings is critical to protecting our environment, &#8221; Jean Lupinacci, chief of the Energy Star\u00a0Commercial &amp; Industrial Branch, said in prepared remarks. &#8220;From the boiler room to the board room, organizations are leading the way by making their buildings more efficient and earning EPA&#8217;s ENERGY STAR certification.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There are currently over 46 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energystar.gov\/buildings\/topcities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Energy Star<\/a>\u00a0properties in Columbus.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of Continental Realty<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continental Realty and The Commercial Energy Group spearheaded the energy efficiency efforts for Town Center in Columbus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1087,"featured_media":1004153776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1585,13,21742,21747,21786],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004153765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-columbus","category-midwest","category-latest","category-office","category-sustainability"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - 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