{"id":1004713449,"date":"2024-05-30T08:12:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T16:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004713449"},"modified":"2025-03-13T12:22:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:22:47","slug":"sustainability-street-the-power-of-microgrids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/sustainability-street-the-power-of-microgrids\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability Street: The Power of Microgrids"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *; fullscreen *; clipboard-write\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"175\" style=\"width:100%;overflow:hidden;border-radius:10px;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/sustainability-street-the-power-of-microgrids\/id1552202952?i=1000657304861&amp;theme=light\" ><\/iframe>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/05\/Microgrid_Cond_JLL-003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"620\" data-attachment-id=\"1004713521\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/sustainability-street-the-power-of-microgrids\/microgrid_cond_jll-003\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/05\/Microgrid_Cond_JLL-003.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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=\"Microgrid_Cond_JLL-003\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Microgrid diagram. Courtesy of JLL&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/05\/Microgrid_Cond_JLL-003.jpg?w=800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/05\/Microgrid_Cond_JLL-003.jpg\" alt=\"Microgrid diagram. Courtesy of JLL\" class=\"wp-image-1004713521\" style=\"width:402px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/05\/Microgrid_Cond_JLL-003.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/05\/Microgrid_Cond_JLL-003.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2024\/05\/Microgrid_Cond_JLL-003.jpg?resize=768,595 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Microgrid diagram. <em>Image courtesy of JLL<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>In today&#8217;s energy-driven economy, microgrids play an increasingly critical role. These local self-contained electrical systems supplement the power supply from the main grid while providing resiliency and the opportunity to incorporate alternative sources of energy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome back to Sustainability Street, our podcast on the intersection of commercial real estate and the world we live in. For this episode on microgrids, my guest is Doug Mackenzie, vice president, Energy Resilience, for JLL&#8217;s Clean Energy and Infrastructure Advisory team. Mackenzie and I discuss how microgrids help drive profitability and enable sustainability objectives for commercial real estate owners and users. 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(1:58)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Microgrids and data centers (4:34)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The microgrid value proposition (12:37)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharing risks and costs (14:26)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adaptability and flexibility (17:15)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Microgrids and AI (19:46)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Follow, rate and review CPE\u2019s podcasts on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/192KwbDpOsZbF3dBXfaDkS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ro\/podcast\/commercial-property-executive\/id1552202952\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JLL&#8217;s Doug Mackenzie brings his knowledge and expertise about a game-changing innovation for CRE to the podcast. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":756,"featured_media":1004713521,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23891,21795,21786],"tags":[32796,52571],"class_list":["post-1004713449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-podcasts","category-sustainability","tag-jll","tag-sustainability-street"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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