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Ways to Save: ENERGY STAR Tenant Space The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began development of the ENERGY STAR Tenant Space program in 2018 and it was officially launched in 2020. It was created as a new way to assess and recognize environmentally [...]
Sustainable Management: an Interview with Brenden Welch Brenden Welch is Bridge Commercial Real Estate’s Director of Property Management for the greater Atlanta area. He has over twenty-five years in the commercial real estate industry and sits at the cutting edge of buildi [...]
Sourcing Energy Efficient Products ENERGY STAR® is an essential resource for commercial real estate (CRE) professionals who are focused on driving environmental sustainability and energy efficiency. ENERGY STAR® provides several tools that are useful in [...]
Behind the Curtain: Increased Tenant Transparency While energy performance has been the focus for most building owners, property managers, and building engineers for many years, there is now more of a push to see this reported. In recent years, Environmental, Social, an [...]
Excellence in Environmental Sustainability: 619 Ponce 619 Ponce, managed by Jamestown, L.P., received the 2023 Excellence in Environmental Sustainability Award from CRE Insight Journal. The award recognizes a building or building complex that has undertaken significant envi [...]
BOMA Georgia Named ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Building Owners and Managers Association of Georgia (BOMA Georgia) has been named 2024 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Each year, the ENERGY STAR progr [...]
Ways to Save: Sustainability Resources Sustainability and efficiency are a major driver in commercial real estate. Tenants look towards greener buildings and ask owners how they are impacting the environment. Owners look towards managers and operators on how [...]
Ways to Save: Building a Sustainability Roadmap Building a successful and effective sustainability program requires careful planning and consideration. Developing a sustainability roadmap will help you better define your goals, assess your property, and continue to su [...]
Sustainability in Facility Management: Challenges and Solutions Facility management is crucial in ensuring the effective and efficient operation of buildings and properties throughout the county. Environmental responsibility is seeing greater emphasis than ever before, and facilities [...]
Sustainability in Industrial Real Estate: LED, IoT, and Smart Buildings Technologies like Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting, occupancy sensors, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and smart thermostats are not just facilitating more efficient operations—they are redefining them. These tech [...]
Ways to Save: Tracking and Green Certifications Energy consumption is a cornerstone of the operating cost for commercial real estate assets. Monitoring and managing these consumption patterns can result in significant savings, which have the potential to impact a comp [...]
Building a Vision of Sustainable Excellence Integrating sustainability into commercial real estate (CRE) has become imperative for property managers, owners, and operators. With tenants emphasizing net-zero policies and needing to lower operational costs, sustaina [...]
ENERGY STAR Month Has Begun ENERGY STAR Month is here.CRE Insight Journal is proud to promote and encourage the ENERGY STAR ideals. ENERGY STAR is a program of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and it is one of the most importa [...]
BOMA Georgia Becomes First Nonprofit Association to Achieve ENERGY STAR® Tenant Space™ Certification The Building Owners and Managers Association of Georgia (BOMA Georgia) has become the first nonprofit association in the United States to be awarded ENERGY STAR® Tenant Space™ certification by the U.S. Environmental P [...]
U.S. Department of Energy’s EIA 2018 CBECS Report The US Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration (EIA) has completed the release of the 2018 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) with the publication of the methodology of the 2018 surve [...]
ENERGY STAR announces NextGen Certification “ENERGY STAR NextGen certification will represent America’s most energy-efficient low-carbon commercial buildings,” stated Lauren Hodges, EPA Communications Director in a January webinar announcing the ENERGY STAR [...]
Top Ten CRE Insight Journal Videos of 2022 PRIORITIZING CODE COMPLIANCE FOR YOUR PROPERTIES
Michael Knox, SMA, SMT, LEED GA, BOMI-HP has always thought that compliance with codes is one of the most important aspects of property management and building operations [...]
Two Decades of ENERGY STAR: A New Retrospective from the EPA This year, ENERGY STAR turned thirty, and it has been an incredible journey. To commemorate this occasion, ENERGY STAR began the second Certification Nation campaign to showcase companies who have certified numerous prop [...]