Abundance Blog
News and ideas from Paladino's team of industry leaders.
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…
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…
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…
WDG Architecture: an AIA 2030 journey
By Kim Pexton
According to NASA, “If fossil-fuel burning continues at a business-as-usual rate, such that humanity exhausts the reserves over the next few centuries, CO2 will continue to rise to levels on order of 1500 ppm. The atmosphere would then not return to pre-industrial…
Here comes the big green game - sustainability heads to the Super Bowl
At Paladino, we’ve proven that sustainability can be leveraged to create value in many ways – from top line revenue and operational savings to healthy, happy workers and environmental stewardship. That means that sustainability leaders can come in many shapes…
Green building trends for 2018 and beyond
Happy New Year and Hello 2018! There was a flurry of new development activity at the end of 2017, and the pace is holding steady as this year begins. We’ve observed several driving trends in the incoming projects and client…
Revolutionizing the standard green lease
By Kim Pexton
What is a green lease and why are they useful? The DOE Better Buildings Initiative has made a bold statement calling 2018 the “Year of the Lease”. As more building owners, managers, and tenants incorporate environmental stewardship and sustainability into…
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…
FRIT Awarded Best Sustainability Program by NAIOP DC|MD
"At Federal Realty, our sustainability mission is governed by the belief that great real estate is founded upon the intrinsic relationship between responsible development and accountability to the communities and people we serve. By balancing environmental, societal, and economic priorities…