Welcome,
everyone. No matter what a company’s goals are, when we look at integrating
sustainability into an organization, we first go after the low-hanging fruit.
In many cases, this means reducing impacts through efficiency improvements
through low- and no-cost measures. Regardless of what industry you are in, your
company relies on buildings. Whether you rent commercial office space or you
own and operate warehouses or large portfolios, increasing the value of your
existing buildings can help achieve corporate-wide sustainability goals and can
be a source of revenue.
Operating
costs for buildings can represent a significant portion of corporate expenses,
and existing buildings can represent one of the biggest opportunities for
reducing environmental impacts. There are many easy ways to increase building
efficiency that any facility manager can handle. Also, with Green Building
rating systems, standards, and codes, there are many great resources to
reference and utilize when attempting to improve your portfolio.
One rating
system that is getting a lot of attention is new LEED Version 4. After three
years of development, six public comment periods, and plenty of heated debate,
LEED v4 was launched last year at the November Greenbuild Conference. As a
result of the many changes in the new version, I will be leading a webinar
tomorrow to help clarify some of the updates in LEED v4 for Existing Buildings:
Operations and Maintenance, as well as, provide insight into how this rating
system can be used to increase the value of existing buildings. If you are interested
in attending this webinar, simply register here. If you aren’t available
to attend the webinar but want a recording sent to you, fill out this form, and you will receive the slides and the video.
– Tad
Radzinski, PE, LEED AP, SFP
Links:
- LEED v4 – Increasing the Value of Existing Buildings
- Sign up to receive the webinar recording
- Check out previous LEED v4 webinars my team has conducted
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