Abundance Blog
News and ideas from Paladino's team of industry leaders.
LEED - Best Fit Lessons From the Field
By Brad Pease
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) attracted more than 25,000 attendees to its Greenbuild conference last month. Interest in sustainable building has never been higher because the benefits of green buildings are real. Yet, the LEED certification program has recently…
Employee Engagement is the Secret Sauce in Creating Sustainable Change
Change is hard. When a new corporate initiative is announced, it’s greeted as if you had just scheduled everyone for a trip to the dentist. The moaning is understandable. In his seminal book Leading Change, management guru John Kotter states…
Welcome to the Paladino Blog: An Update on a 20-Year Journey
By Tom Paladino
If you’ve noticed some changes at Paladino and Company, it’s because we’re growing again and updating our corporate image. Our merger with S.D. Keppler (now Paladino DC) is the latest step in a 20-year journey that started in the basement…
Sustainability is built into the DNA of PNC and its real estate portfolio
An interview with Gary Saulson, Executive Vice President and Director of Corporate Real Estate, PNC Financial Services Group. Paladino is PNC’s sustainability consultant. Q: PNC is a leader in the sustainability movement. When did PNC decide to launch its green building…
To Achieve Sustainability, It’s About the People, Not the Buildings
Since I was a kid I’ve wanted to be an engineer, to take things apart and put them together again. I was always driven to solve big technical challenges. How do you understand the mechanics of operating a building, lowering…