Trane New York / New Jersey
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
Vineland schools save money while also conserving energy
Published Apr 5, 2008 in The Daily Journal
Excerpt: Vineland Public Schools may be best known for its crimson colors, but the district was recently noticed for going green. The district received the Trane Energy Efficiency Leader in Education Award Tuesday for its approach toward sustainable energy and operational efficiency. The effort saves about $2 per square foot of each building, said Wayne Weaver, district executive director of physical facilities.[Full Article]
21st Century Design for a 21st Century School
Published Jan 15, 2008 in Key Post
Excerpt: Given that the global academic and life challenges of the 21st century will likely be the most difficult yet for any generation of US students, it’s imperative that we apply the best of 21st century thinking and designs to the creation and renovation of school facilities. What’s the urgency? On the whole, conventional schools are often inadequate to the task of high performance learning – a requirement for success in the 21st Century. The U.S. Green Building Council reports that designing toward minimum code compliance results in lower initial capital costs but delivers less-thanideal work environments. And the U.S. General Accounting Office has found that more than 25% of the nation’s students – some 14 million children – go to school in facilities deemed to be below standard or dangerous.[Full Article]
The Air That They Breathe
Published Dec 4, 2007 in GlobeSt.com
Excerpt: As the greening of commercial real estate gathers momentum, owners and developers are paying more attention to their properties effects on the people inside the buildings as well as on the outside world. A major force behind this push toward improved indoor air quality comes from corporate tenants. Many of the large tenants, in particular professional service firms, are starting to focus on this area, says Jackson Lehr, an associate with the sustainability strategy consulting firm GreenOrder. A good example of that is Bank of America and the strong focus they ve got on IAQ in the new tower going up at 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue. Their green effort goes beyond energy and also looks at the indoor environmental quality. And they ll be monitoring the IAQ in that building, which not a lot of people are doing yet.[Full Article]
HVAC systems saving energy and reducing costs
Published Oct 17, 2007 in Real Estate Weekly
Excerpt: With more and more attention being paid to green technologies and green building, a heightened awareness has developed among building owners of the various benefits of building green. Going green addresses several of building owners major concerns related to maintaining their buildings; namely energy conservation, indoor air quality, building asset value and impact on the environment. Due to the well-documented benefits of building green, building owners are increasingly turning to energy-efficient heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems.[Full Article]
The Bottom-Line Benefits of Green Building for Profitability and the Environment
Published Oct 8, 2007 in Construction Crossing
Excerpt: Green building is not just a hot trend. The numerous business and environmental benefits of highly efficient buildings ensure that green buildings are the face of the future. Building owners are becoming increasingly aware of the incentives for going green with new and existing buildings. Energy is the single largest operating expense of a typical commercial building, and energy bills for commercial buildings total about $1 00 billion per year. Building owners have a major opportunity to save on energy costs by creating high-performance buildings that use less energy and cost less to operate and maintain.[Full Article]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9