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LEED now has a follower in the market for green building certification

LEED or SERF

Blog | Admin | July 26, 2011 at 10:30 am

A recent Architectural Record article discusses an interesting new standard for green buildings – SERF. SERF, or Society of Environmentally Responsible Facilities, is trying to give building owners an alternative to the LEED system of rating green buildings. The goal is to allow building owners to certify their buildings as green and energy efficient in [...]

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Nothing but (Triple) Net: Why Green Buildings Earn More Green

for lease

Blog | Admin | June 24, 2011 at 9:52 am

“Compared to their conventional counterparts, green buildings are more profitable, less risky, preferred by investors, pull higher rents, and have higher occupancy….” Thus begins an interesting article by Erica Gies in Forbes on findings by the Capital Markets Partnership that demonstrate green buildings really do present a better business case for their owners than their [...]

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Demand Response in the LEED

LEED certification

Blog | Admin | May 26, 2011 at 9:31 am

In a recent article, Jeff St. John of GigaOM outlines why LEED standards are moving quickly to allow building owners to get credit in the LEED system for participation in demand response grid relief programs. LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a system of rating properties in the United States that gives building [...]