Abundance Blog
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An Introduction to Energy Audits
By Brad Greeff
It’s no surprise that the occupancy of commercial office buildings looks dramatically different as a result of COVID-19. The unexpected upside is that lower occupancy creates an ideal opportunity to conduct an energy audit for your building. What is an…
Fitwel Viral Response Module: A Closer Look at the Enhanced Indoor Air Quality Policy Requirements
In this post, we are taking a closer look at a Fitwel Viral Response prerequisite (called a mandatory requirement in Fitwel) addressing air quality. According to the CDC, COVID-19 is thought to spread mainly through close person-to-person contact. However, there…
Five Tips When Designing for Daylight
Designing for daylight is a complex process of balancing the use of available natural light with artificial light through the use of daylighting systems such as architecture, responsive lighting solutions, and daylight/shading devices. According to the International WELL Building Institute,…
October Update: COVID-19 Certification Options
Our team is working with several building owners and operators to set a COVID-related strategy using covid rating systems and covid certification. We are helping them to find ways to execute industry-leading safety measures while also connecting this COVID-related work…
Important Takeaways from ASHRAE Standard 209
We recently covered ways to rethink your approach to modeling building performance in the Abundance Blog post, You May Want to Rethink Your Energy Model. In that post, we talked about using energy modeling as a design tool, and ASHRAE…
Concrete, Cement, and Carbon
By JD Harper
Concrete is widely recognized as a major source of carbon emissions and pollution. In this post, we are going to talk about the real carbon culprit in concrete, which is cement. In fact, the cement industry puts more than 2…
You May Want to Rethink Your Energy Model
It must be said that not all energy models are created equal. This post explores the ways you can use your LEED energy model for more than just compliance. By instead focusing on performance, cost-effective energy conservation measures, and energy…
50 Simple Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
The basics: Your carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions that come from the production, use, and disposal of products or services. Your carbon footprint includes carbon dioxide – the gas most commonly emitted by humans –…
Net Zero Carbon Today - the Hammer and the Dance
By Tom Paladino
Is there such a thing as a coincidence? Here at Paladino, we started deeply exploring new ways to address carbon emissions and Net Zero Carbon in June just as the world hit peak shutdown and stories about reduced carbon emissions…
Five Ways Your Small Business Can Support Black-Owned Businesses
Like so many others, the murder of George Floyd and countless others has motivated Paladino and Company to look at our role in social equality and justice. It was important to our team to make a true change to how…