Abundance Blog
News and ideas from Paladino's team of industry leaders.
Paladino Celebrates LEED ND Gold with FRIT at Pike & Rose
USGBC NCR’s Montgomery County Committee collaborated with Federal Realty Investment Trust to invite the community to the LEED plaque ceremony for the Pike & Rose development in Bethesda, MD on Thursday, May 16th. Federal Realty selected to host the event…
Living Future unConference 2019 Wrap-Up
We were fortunate to have the Living Future unConference in our company backyard this year. More than 1,000 experts in green building gathered in Seattle to learn about sustainable design and communities from each other and from organizations that have…
New e-book: Wellness in the Built Environment
Through our work in sustainability, resilience, and wellness consulting, we see the various players and values that go into every design decision. It’s clear that wellness is top of mind for nearly everyone: commercial real estate owners, designers, developers, and…
Real estate trends for 2019 and beyond
The ways that architects, developers, and operators design projects, attract tenants, manage costs, and measure success are each flexing as cities change and generations make big shifts in living habits. We’ve observed several trends in the commercial real estate industry,…
Vertical gardens: Wellness oases in the urban jungle
By Kim Pexton
Experts in the emerging field of biophilic design are finding that that people need regular contact with nature to be happy and whole. For those who live and work in cities, the concrete, glass towers, smog, and noise can drastically…
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…
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…
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…
Going green isn't just for the big guys. Sustainability advice for small businesses
By Tom Paladino
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 99.7% of U.S. businesses have fewer than 500 employees. And firms with fewer than 20 workers make up a whopping 89.4% of businesses! According to the SBA’s Office of Advocacy, “Small businesses continue 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,…