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CBRE Breaks Energy Star Record for Registered Buildings

July 2, 2018September 25, 2020 by Alyssa Danigelis

CBRE registered and benchmarked a record-breaking number of buildings in the Energy Star program last year, according to the company’s new corporate responsibility report. The world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm says that throughout 2017, they added 6,197 buildings representing more than 370.7 million square feet to the program.

How CBRE Develops Competitive Advantage: Q&A with Global Director of CR David Pogue

February 19, 2018October 8, 2019 by Alyssa Danigelis

David Pogue, global director of corporate responsibility for CBRE, discusses how the global real estate services company is integrating corporate responsibility into its business practices.

Energy Efficient Developments More Likely to Gain Community Support: Q&A with CBRE Group’s David Pogue

February 19, 2018 by Alyssa Danigelis

David Pogue, global director of corporate responsibility for CBRE, talks about how commercial real estate is at the nexus of many issues - energy, waste, water, emissions - and how his company incorporates those issues into its business practices.

Top 2017 Trend: IoT for Better Efficiency

December 15, 2017August 2, 2019 by Alyssa Danigelis

The Internet of Things (IoT) has been one of the biggest buzzwords in energy management for 2017. Over the past year, we’ve seen new IoT energy monitoring capabilities along with new strategies to manage these systems. When connected devices to facilitate energy management services and processes began emerge two years ... Read more »

CBRE Plans Test of IoT Lighting for Building Analytics

November 16, 2017August 2, 2019 by Alyssa Danigelis

Los Angeles-based commercial real estate services and investment firm CBRE will start testing Internet of Things lighting powered by Gooee in its Amsterdam office early next year, LEDs Magazine reported this week. CBRE, which brought in over $13 billion in revenue last year, views IoT lighting as a new way ... Read more »

Why Build Green? Lowered Operational Costs, Increased Staff Productivity and Higher Asset Values

February 2, 2017February 2, 2017 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

As corporations increasingly looking at how the built environment impacts human health and the environment, a new document outlines how building projects can achieve both the WELL Building Standard and BREEAM.

Which Cities Have the Most Green Office Buildings?

October 12, 2016December 5, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

San Francisco has the most green office buildings in the US, with 73.7 percent of its space holding either an EPA Energy Star label, US Green Building Council LEED certification, or both.

CBRE Water Management Program Cuts Facilities’ Water Costs 38%

December 7, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

CBRE’s pilot water management program has saved its clients more than 1 billion gallons of water over the past 18 months, reducing their annual water costs an average of 38 percent. This has resulted in more than $5 million in total savings for CBRE’s Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) clients, the ... Read more »

13 Companies Each Earn ENERGY STAR for 150 Buildings

July 20, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

The US Environmental Protection Agency recognized 13 companies that each earned ENERGY STAR certification for at least 150 facilities last year. Collectively, these 13 ENERGY STAR Top Certifiers saved $562 million on their utility bills. The ENERGY STAR Top Certifiers with number of buildings certified in 2014 are: Cenergistic, 490 ... Read more »

Minneapolis Leads Green Building Markets

June 29, 2015June 29, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Owners of small buildings have an opportunity to differentiate themselves by implementing green-building practices, due to a significant gap between large and small office buildings in achieving sustainability certification, according to a study by CBRE Group and Maastricht University. The 2015 Green Building Adoption Index, a joint project of CBRE ... Read more »

‘Little Trash’ Bins Improve Workplace Recycling

April 28, 2015April 27, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Providing employees with a desk-side recycling bin and a smaller trash bin attached to it can increase recycling and reduce waste in the workplace, according to a survey commissioned by Keep America Beautiful with support from PepsiCo Recycling and CBRE. The recommendation, called the “Little Trash” scenario, achieved a 20 ... Read more »

More Buildings Reaching Carbon Reduction Targets

October 28, 2014October 28, 2014 by Ken Jennison

There has been a 200 percent increase over 2012 in the number of building design projects that meet the American Institute of Architects’ 60 percent carbon reduction target, according to a report released by AIA earlier this month. The AIA’s 2030 Commitment Program, introduced in 2009, is a voluntary initiative ... Read more »

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