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Energy-efficiency measures paying off for commercial building owners, says BOMA study

BD+C

According to a study of data from the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International’s Experience Exchange Report (EER) by Kingsley Associates, the commercial real estate industry’s ongoing focus on energy efficiency has resulted in a downward trend in total operating expenses. Body Image: read more.

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Building performance assessment - iiSBE Canada project to close the loop between theory and practice

SAB Magazine

iiSBE Canada, the Canadian arm of the International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment [iiSBE], an independent, non-profit group committed to advancing the sustainable building agenda within Canada, has taken up the challenge of developing the knowledge base about the performance of leading high-performance Canadian green buildings.

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The Effectiveness of BOMA BESt and LEED Canada EB:O&M in Greening Commercial Buildings

SAB Magazine

This has brought the importance of addressing the sustainability of existing buildings to the attention of many in the construction industry. It is becoming increasingly recognized that the majority of the building stock that will be in use in 20 or 30 years time is already built.

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GSA Reviews more than 100 Green Building Systems and Selects 5

Green Building Law Update

The screening next identified 6 systems that likely met the government’s requirements for its own building (one system, Earth Advantage, declined to participate): BOMA BEST Sustainable Buildings, version 3.0. The 2016 Guiding Principles for Sustainable Federal Buildings. GSA researched the U.S. BREEAM In-Use USA, version 2016.

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DOE Releases Green Lease Website, and More Musings on the Split Incentive "Problem"

Green Building Law Blog

The Department of Energy and several interesting partners (both BOMA and NRDC, for example) have launched a website consolidating green lease resources. If energy and/or sustainability was an important enough issue, the parties will negotiate a solution. It is available here.

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What Is Building | Types of Building

CivilJungle

What Is Sustainable Architecture? Sustainable architecture is architecture that seeks to minimize the negative environmental impact of buildings through improved efficiency and moderation in the use of materials, energy, development space and the ecosystem at large. Building Classification.