Abundance Blog
News and ideas from Paladino's team of industry leaders.
Retailers See More Sustainable Brick and Mortar Stores in Our Future
At the recent Retail Industry Leadership Association (RILA) Sustainability Conference, attendees organized into brainstorming sessions came to a consensus on these future trends: Retail will continue to evolve over omni channel platforms Supply chains will need be more transparent through…
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…
Property Efficiency Scorecard Scores Big at ICSC RECon 2014
At the recent ICSC RECon 2014 Conference, there was growing interest among attendees in learning how shopping centers can become more sustainable. I led three sessions devoted to best practices in measuring performance, benchmarking strategies that promote sustainability, and the…
Building Client A-Teams Through Leadership Development
Paladino puts a strong emphasis on professional development, because every day our clients expect the A-Team to work with them to solve their sustainability challenges. Each practice leader has attended a Global Institute for Leadership Development (GILD) program over the last…
Paladino Launches the ICSC Property Efficiency Scorecard
This week at ICSC RetailGreen, ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centers) is launching its Property Efficiency Scorecard. Paladino developed the scorecard in collaboration with ICSC members from around the world. The ICSC Property Efficiency Scorecard is the only benchmarking system uniquely tailored and…
Building a Framework for Sustainable Shopping Centers
Paladino began collaborating with the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) late last year to develop an online tool to help shopping center owners and their property managers assess and improve the performance of their existing properties. Now in its…
RetailGreen 2013 Conference Call for Speakers and Ideas: Get Involved!
The 2013 RetailGreen conference will be held again in conjunction with the ICSC CenterBuild conference in Scottsdale, AZ. Both conferences are sponsored by ICSC, the global trade association of the shopping center industry. These annual conferences draw together diverse groups…
Law Requires Disclosing Energy and Water Consumption to Reduce Usage
The District Of Columbia, which has more LEED certified buildings than any other city, recently finalized legislation that requires owners of large buildings to benchmark and report energy and water consumption. This information is made public. DC Mayor Vincent…
To Achieve Sustainability, It’s About the People, Not the Buildings
Since I was a kid I’ve wanted to be an engineer, to take things apart and put them together again. I was always driven to solve big technical challenges. How do you understand the mechanics of operating a building, lowering…