Abundance Blog
News and ideas from Paladino's team of industry leaders.
Why Owners Should Care about EUI – And When They Shouldn’t
At the recent Bisnow Seattle Sustainability event, energy use intensity, or EUI, was a prominent topic. Tom Paladino called EUI the “BMI for buildings”… and Mark Huppert of the National Historic Trust Preservation Green Lab joked, “Yes, and the city…
GRESB Results Show Uptick in Adoption of Sustainability Benchmarking
By Lexy Relph
It’s encouraging that the recently released 2013 Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark Survey (GRESB) disclosed that companies are responding to demands from investors to become more accountable in incorporating sustainability into their business practices. The North American real estate industry…
Bisnow Sustainability Summit Examines Future Trends in Real Estate
The recent Bisnow Sustainability Summit attracted 250 Seattle-based real estate professionals for an energetic networking session and discussion on the future of sustainability. Tom Paladino, CEO of Paladino and Company, moderated the keynote interview with Kevin Daniels, president of Daniels…
The New Green Code Partnership: Learn from the Apollo Program
By Brad Pease
What do the numbers 4, 189.1, and 2014 and 13 all have in common? The first three numbers reference different foundational standards that have independently attempted to define a green building: The USGBC’s LEEDv4, ASHRAE 189.1, and IgCC 2014. The…