Building Renewal

Energy efficiency upgrades that save 35% or more in energy costs could make all the difference in showcasing your commercial building’s value. With so many factors in the market, energy-efficient benefits may be the differentiator between you and your competitors.

Building Renewal

Building Renewal Series #6: Marketing a High-Performance Building

Sensitivity to energy and the environment, along with consumer demand, has pushed the commercial real estate market to focus on energy-efficient, high-performance buildings.

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Building Renewal

Building Renewal Series #5: Recognizing and Mitigating Common Pitfalls

Whether your goal is to position your building for long-term, energy-efficient, high-value operations, or to meet a demanding energy performance standard, we all know that no project comes off without a hitch. All projects risk not meeting important milestones, cost overruns, and extended timelines, or something worse if planning doesn’t include a strategy for the “what ifs.”

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Building Renewal

Building Renewal Series #1: What is Building Renewal?

Building renewal is a process of planning and implementing integrated solutions that maximize energy performance and building value over time. It is a comprehensive lifecycle approach that identifies areas for energy efficiency improvements, financial planning and investment strategies, building and system upgrades and retrofits, and the ongoing operations and maintenance of a commercial property. It helps deliver maximum value and market position by saving energy and reducing operational costs, complying with standards, and future-proofing your building to avoid regulatory risks. Additionally, it enables a healthy and productive indoor environment that can help mitigate risk in an uncertain market.

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Building Renewal

Building Renewal Series #1: What is Building Renewal?

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Building Renewal Series #2: Funding Your Building Renewal

Building renewal is a concept that may be unfamiliar to some of your sources of funding. It can be challenging to tailor a building retrofit proposal to each financial source and assemble enough capital to make the project feasible. The goal for building renewal financing is the same as any real estate financing: to reduce the average weighted cost of debt capital and still meet investment objectives, which will enhance the return on equity. Here are a few things to consider as you move into the financing stage.

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Building Renewal Series #3: Why You Need a Strategic Operations & Maintenance Program

Building performance often declines without a plan to continuously evaluate and maintain energy performance after improvements are made.

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Building Renewal Series #4: The Importance of Measurement and Verification

Building renewal is centered on an investment strategy that delivers ongoing value to its stakeholders: owners, tenants, investors, and society. Meeting these objectives can be measured in many ways: net operating income, avoided future risk, tenant attraction/retention, achieving environmental and social governance (ESG) reporting targets, and ultimately delivering a healthy, productive, environment for building users.

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Building Renewal

Building Renewal Series #5: Recognizing and Mitigating Common Pitfalls

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Building Renewal

Building Renewal Series #6: Marketing a High-Performance Building

Sensitivity to energy and the environment, along with consumer demand, has pushed the commercial real estate market to focus on energy-efficient, high-performance buildings.

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How an LLLC Retrofit Stacks Up Against a Networked Lighting Controls Redesign

Researchers at The University of Oregon wanted to know: Would a 1:1 retrofit with no moving of lights provide a quality lighting product with energy savings equal to a full lighting redesign? Learn about the findings in this 2-minute video.

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Strategic Energy Management

How to Plan Energy-Efficient Upgrades and Retrofits

Sequencing Energy Efficiency Solutions: Mike Hatten of Solarc Energy Group, explains how planning for and executing energy-efficient upgrades and retrofits can result in a 35-60% reduction in energy use. The why of energy efficiency is easy, we’ll show you how.

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Video: How Windows Affect Energy Consumption and Tenant Comfort

Peer into the ‘Eyes’ of the Building: When it comes to energy efficiency, your building envelope will have the greatest impact due to it having the longest live components and a greater impact on heating and cooling loads. Watch as Mike Hatten, P.E. and Owner of Solarc Energy Group explains how your biggest problem and also your solution, is windows. The why of energy efficiency is easy, we’ll show you how.

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Building Renewal

The Importance of Complying with Building Performance Standards

State and local governments across the U.S. are also moving toward creating their own Building Performance Standards (BPS), setting themselves up for long-term success through building retrofits.

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Building Renewal

Listen: CRE's Retrofit Challenge

Check out this Sustainability Street podcast to learn why building retrofits are important to the viability of your commercial real estate property, the key strategies for making retrofits, and how they tie in with the Inflation Reduction Act.

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To Reduce Disease and Fight Climate Change, Design Buildings that Breathe

Healthy air quality in buildings improves cognitive function and combats the spread of disease, but its implications for carbon reduction are perhaps the most important benefit.

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Julia Day Pioneers Cutting-Edge Research for Healthy Buildings

Dr. Julia Day’s vision for her work is guided by a straightforward equation: healthy people plus healthy buildings equal a healthy planet.

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Building Renewal

Building Renewal Series #6: Marketing a High-Performance Building

Building Renewal Series #5: Recognizing and Mitigating Common Pitfalls

Building Renewal Series #1: What is Building Renewal?

Building Renewal Series #1: What is Building Renewal?

Building Renewal Series #2: Funding Your Building Renewal

Building Renewal Series #3: Why You Need a Strategic Operations & Maintenance Program

Building Renewal Series #4: The Importance of Measurement and Verification

Building Renewal Series #5: Recognizing and Mitigating Common Pitfalls

Building Renewal Series #6: Marketing a High-Performance Building

How an LLLC Retrofit Stacks Up Against a Networked Lighting Controls Redesign

How to Plan Energy-Efficient Upgrades and Retrofits

Video: How Windows Affect Energy Consumption and Tenant Comfort

The Importance of Complying with Building Performance Standards

Listen: CRE's Retrofit Challenge

To Reduce Disease and Fight Climate Change, Design Buildings that Breathe

Julia Day Pioneers Cutting-Edge Research for Healthy Buildings

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