Abundance Blog
News and ideas from Paladino's team of industry leaders.
Social Responsibility is Your Not-So-Secret Weapon in the Talent War
We’ve been talking about the talent war for a while, and CEOs are starting to show battle scars. The supply of talent is shifting geographically and many workers are reevaluating their career plans just as demand for talent is increasing.…
Impact Investing and a Conversation with Stacey Krynsky of Beneficial State Bank
Impact investing refers to “investments made into companies, organizations, and funds with the intention to generate a measurable, beneficial social or environmental impact alongside a financial return.” (thanks Wikipedia) Impact investing can take on many forms. Thanks to our work…
50 Simple Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
The basics: Your carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions that come from the production, use, and disposal of products or services. Your carbon footprint includes carbon dioxide – the gas most commonly emitted by humans –…
Super Tall Green Buildings
Super tall skyscrapers are popping up in cities around the world, and it's never been more important to understand how to design a super tall green building. Here in the Seattle area, Amazon is preparing to build its tallest office…
5 Lovely Examples of Good Environmental News
With Valentines Day around the corner, we are ready to share a heart-warming blog post about lovely environmental news. Get ready to feel joy because we're sharing five examples of environmental news to make you feel good today. Abundance in…
Go green for the holidays
It’s the first week of November, and I’m already thinking about the end of the year. There are only 8 weeks left in 2019, which means that our marketing department is about to go full swing in end-of-year client appreciation,…
How to solve the problem with LEED – Core Values and the PLUS Framework
The real estate industry needs a common vocabulary for sustainability, and LEED has provided that common language for more than twenty years. If you are an architect, developer, or real estate owner/operator who is frustrated with LEED and its promises,…
New York City's Green New Deal
The US left the Paris Climate Agreement on June 1, 2017. Since then US mayors have made urgent commitments through Climate Mayors, We are Still In, and other avenues to illustrate America’s commitment to the environment at the city level,…
Building for Resilience – All about RELi
January temperatures topped out at 35 degrees Celsius in Australia and bottomed out at -51 degrees Celsius in North Dakota. Watch on YouTube These radical temperatures capture headlines, and they are capturing the attention of real estate developers who have…
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,…