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Google Hangout: Next-Generation Energy Management In Practice

Watch a google hangout on the importance of pursuing energy efficiency before renewable energy generation or offsets, investing in “smart” building management, adopting strategies for health and productivity, supporting workplace mobility and density, enabling a holistic and value-based investment approach, and allocating investments across portfolios.

Are Energy-Efficient Workplaces Healthier? Just Google It.

When people talk about the business case for the energy-efficient buildings achieved through comprehensive measures like deep energy retrofits, what usually comes to mind first is lower energy bills. However, an increasing number of organizations are recognizing the value beyond energy cost savings that energy-efficient buildings provide. In December 2013,…

Going Above and Beyond with the General Services Administration

With nearly 10,000 federally owned and leased buildings and half a trillion dollars of federal assets under its management, the GSA is the largest building owner in the country. With such a large portfolio of buildings, the opportunity is ripe for efficiency.

Lessons from the 102nd Floor

In 2014 there is a flourishing industry around deep energy retrofits, and energy service companies are in competition—each trying to outdo the other in demonstrating their ability to go deeper and save more energy more cost effectively.