Abundance Blog
News and ideas from Paladino's team of industry leaders.
Net Zero Energy is here. Are you ready to certify?
Developers are seeing increasing pressure from regulators to pursue net zero energy and carbon in their new construction. There are also incentives for operators of existing buildings to pursue a net zero energy goal. A third-party certification serves as a…
Energy audits can fool-proof your CapEx budget
Energy audits are the best kept secret of smart facilities and operations managers. The central goal for CapEx budgeting is to figure out the best way to spend your company’s financial resources to optimize a building’s performance – financial and otherwise.…
Electric cars: driving change where it counts most
I recently attended the tenth annual EV Roadmap, a leading electric vehicle (EV) conference in the United States, held in Portland, Oregon. This year’s conference brought together more than 550 industry stakeholders to explore emerging trends and connect with other…
Reduce maintenance costs and increase equipment efficiency with a CMMS or EAM
One of the cornerstones of green building is energy management, and our commissioning team particularly focuses on the energy consumption and operations of building equipment. But energy savings is just one metric that building maintenance professionals care about. In addition…
Are building operators ready for Seattle’s new building energy efficiency ordinance?
By Dina Belon
On the heels of being named a top city by USGBC for LEED certification, and fifth in the nation for policies and programs advancing energy efficiency, The City of Seattle upped the ante with the signing of a new building…
Will More Renewable Energy Sources Cause Economic Difficulties?
January was a wild ride. A massive storm called Jonas headed straight for the Northeast and was estimated to cost cities as much as $1.8 million per inch of snow - and cost the economy an estimated $1 BILLION overall. By the…
Seattle’s cutting edge energy code and utility structure
In 2014 Seattle pushed the envelope and set the stage for innovative energy programs to encourage a smaller energy footprint for our region. With the 2012 Seattle Energy Code (SEC) that came into effect December 2013, building owners in Seattle…