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Six Lessons Learned from our First Fitwel Viral Response Module Certification
There’s what you know you know, what you know you don’t know, and what you don’t know you don’t know. Our team was as prepared and confident going into our first Fitwel Viral Response Module certification as a team can…
WELL Health Safety Rating: A Closer Look at the Indoor Air Quality Requirements
In this post, we are taking a closer look at the WELL Health Safety Rating air quality guidelines. We are entering a serious phase of the COVID-19 response with cities coast-to-coast enacting emergency orders to limit spread. The good news…
Fitwel Viral Response Module: A Closer Look at the Enhanced Indoor Air Quality Policy Requirements
In this post, we are taking a closer look at a Fitwel Viral Response prerequisite (called a mandatory requirement in Fitwel) addressing air quality. According to the CDC, COVID-19 is thought to spread mainly through close person-to-person contact. However, there…
Substantiating Building Performance: Energy & Water Benchmarking with Arc & ENERGY STAR
While predictive modeling for energy and water is an important part of the real estate development process, it’s equally important to substantiate building performance once the building is operational. In this post, I will introduce sustainability benchmarking with Arc and…
Green Cleaning and The Coronavirus
If your cleaning teams use bleach to disinfect buildings from Coronavirus, will you put your LEED certification at risk? Great question! First: a note about your cleanser - Hydrogen Peroxide kills corona and is more environmentally friendly than bleach. Consider…
4 LEED certification requirements that are unique to multifamily projects
According to the Marcus and Millichap 2018 US Multifamily Investment Forecast, the strong employment market, rising wages, and elevated buyer confidence levels could unlock accelerated household formation, particularly by young adults. And as developers work to fill the rising demand…
LEED v4.1 O+M: LEED gets more inclusive and performance focused with Arc
LEED v4.1 is intended to extend LEED certification to more types of projects and to increase the emphasis on building performance. That’s why LEED v4.1, the latest version of LEED, makes greater use of the Arc platform, and focuses heavily…
Four LEED EBOM opportunities that most people miss
What creates momentum and how do we line up our next steps? For some, it might be the pursuit of LEED EBOM. The US Green Building Council’s LEED rating system has a specific reference guide and rating for Existing Buildings.…
Public transportation of the future: four new sustainable technologies
On my way in to work this morning, I walked through a tree lined street, admired my wintry surroundings, breathed fresh air, and chatted with one of my neighbors at the bus stop. I listened to music and sent a…