Abundance Blog
News and ideas from Paladino's team of industry leaders.
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,…
Let’s discuss the ENERGY STAR Multifamily High-Rise Program
By Brian Walker
The Multifamily Residential Market Economy In a construction market that has been slowly recovering since the end of The Great Recession, multifamily housing has been the brightest star. The demand for rental housing has been on a steady climb since…
How about CSR Reporting: The power-buyer trend most REITs aren’t ready for
Are you ready to report on your real-time manufacturing facility air quality and working conditions? If the idea of that sort of transparency and data gives you a chill, then I encourage you to keep reading. The next trend to…
Multifamily ventilation - help buildings breathe
By Darren Bruce
There’s a debate within the multifamily building community as to the best way to ventilate residential buildings. There are three competing design options that can be implemented in residential design: natural ventilation, mechanical ventilation, and a hybrid approach. What’s the…
First Impressions: Introducing Mary Hamann, Energy and Analytics Engineer
By Mary Hamann
Most people know Paladino as a global leader in sustainability and green building. But we also boast a strong and highly capable commissioning team staffed by some of the brightest building systems experts in the business. The latest addition to…
The missing piece to all those wellness studies
By Julia Raish
People spend approximately 90 percent of our time indoors, and buildings have a unique ability to positively or negatively influence human health. Maintaining a healthy environment and increasing human performance is central to increasing quality of life. And more importantly,…
About Seattle’s Building Tune-Up Accelerator Program
Hey Seattle building owners! Do you own, operate, or manage a mid-size nonresidential building between 50,000-100,000 sf? Do you like energy savings? Do you like financial incentives? You’re in luck! The City of Seattle has partnered with Seattle City Light…
Energy Conservation Measures : a story from the field
By Darren Bruce
While performing a retro-commissioning process for an 870,000 ft2 outpatient hospital in the southeastern United States, dozens of Energy Conservation Measures were identified and presented to the facility managers. The facility manager had a modest budget to address these ECMs,…
Five strategies to improve energy performance in existing buildings
By Darren Bruce
Anyone who owns or operates an existing building should be scheduling energy audits and/or retro-commissioning. Here’s why: Improving building energy performance reduces costs, lowers strain on shared community resources, and demonstrates a commitment to environmental stewardship. Local jurisdictions nationwide are…
You just got your GRESB score. Now what?
The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) has become a respected standard for real estate owners, asset managers, and developers to report and measure their sustainability performance. If your company participates in GRESB reporting, this is a big week! Results…