Abundance Blog
News and ideas from Paladino's team of industry leaders.
The healthiest credit union in the world
Vancouver WA – April 16, 2018 - HAPO Community Credit Union opened the doors on its new Vancouver, Washington full-service financial center on March 28, 2018. At 9,830 square feet, the HAPO branch will be the first credit union branch…
Earth Day is April 22 – get involved at these local Earth Day events
If you’re like us, you will be participating in some type of Earth Day activity this weekend! There are many ways to get involved with ending plastic pollution, and if you are looking for events, we’ve rounded up some great…
Earth Day is April 22, let’s end plastic waste together
Single-use plastics—food packaging, shopping bags, drinking straws, beverage containers, etc.—constitute 88,000 tons of plastic thrown away in the United States every day, and outnumbers sea life 6 to 1. Single-use plastics drastically increase the plastic pollution that is polluting our…
The critical link between building commissioning and human performance: a Commissioning Project Engineer talks about becoming a WELL AP
As a commissioning project engineer at Paladino, I improve building performance by carefully analyzing data. Numbers are black and white - and unambiguous. Analytics are core to Paladino’s approach, and number crunching is in my DNA. If you want to…
First Impressions: Introducing Renee Gastineau, Paladino’s New Client Development Manager
We are excited to announce that Renee Gastineau has joined Paladino and Company as client development manager in the Pacific Northwest region. She’s a dynamic addition to our team, and we want to give our clients, colleagues, and peers the opportunity to…
ENERGY STAR scoring is about to change
ENERGY STAR compares a building’s energy performance to that of similar buildings nationwide, and buildings have become more energy efficient in recent years. This is good news! It also means that if you benchmark properties in ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager,…
LEED v4.1 — a game changer or business as usual?
By Kim Pexton
Feeling like you’re just settling in to LEED v4? It’s hard to believe that It’s been four years since the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) released LEED v4, and now, LEED v4.1, announced last November at Greenbuild, will be released…
Becoming Nature: the building design evolution meets the living building revolution
By Nash Emrich
There has been an observable series of changes throughout the history of the built environment. The changes moved slowly at first and now are exploding with innovative concepts. And all this change has been in the context of the powerful…
First Impressions: Introducing Shriya Kulkarni, Sustainability Analyst
We are very pleased to announce the latest addition to our team, Shriya Kulkarni, Sustainability Analyst. Shriya brings technical strength and experience, with a focus on integrated design, energy modeling, and sustainability concept analysis. With experience teaching environmental design to…
New White Paper! Rethink your real estate – Climate resilience for new and existing buildings
As climate science gains widespread understanding and acceptance, real estate developers and owners are increasingly basing investment decisions on climate change futures. Climate change isn’t limited to coastal regions prone to flooding; this white paper covers a spectrum of potential…