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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…
Managing Big Data For GRESB Reporting
By Thulasi Narayan and Lexy Relph
Last month we talked about the exciting changes to this year’s GRESB survey. Between April and July, companies around the globe will be collecting data to submit to GRESB, an industry-driven organization that assesses the sustainability performance of real estate…
Exciting Changes to the 2014 GRESB Survey
On April 1st, the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) opened its annual three-month reporting period. This year’s survey has an abundance of changes, both content related and structural. Some of these will be easier for you to adapt to…
New ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager is Faster and More Intuitive to Use
By Ryan Carter
The ENERGY STAR program, established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 20 years ago, is a voluntary program that promotes energy-efficient products and buildings in order to reduce energy consumption, improve energy security, and reduce pollution. Many individuals, companies and…
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…