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Hospitals’ Water Costs Rise as Use Recedes, Study Shows

February 16, 2018February 16, 2018 by Jennifer Nastu

Hospital water and sewer use is gradually declining, but that doesn't mean hospitals are saving as much money as they are water: prices are rising, now averaging 42 cents per square foot versus 24 cents as recently as 2007, indicates a new report.

Leading Commercial Real Estate Owners Exhibit Progress toward Water, Carbon Reductions

November 16, 2017April 29, 2022 by Jennifer Nastu

Some of the world's leading commercial real estate owners and managers are making significant progress in reducing water usage, carbon emissions and energy consumption, as they work to mitigate the risks that come with

Majority of Water Costs is the Energy to Move It from Here to There – So Why Do It?

May 26, 2017 by Jennifer Nastu

With 70% to 80% of water use being non-potable, it makes no sense to spend money on energy to clean up water and to pump water out and back from centralized municipalities, proponents of rainwater harvesting say. Anywhere from 40% to 60% of the cost of water is from the ... Read more »

Commercial Property Energy Use Down in San Francisco

October 6, 2015September 1, 2022 by Carl Weinschenk

The Urban Land Institute Greenprint Center for Building Performance reports that commercial properties in San Francisco are using less energy. The reduction is attributed to conformance with San Francisco’s Existing Commercial Buildings Energy Performance Ordinance. The report – which was a collaboration by Greenprint and the San Francisco Department of ... Read more »

UCLA Creates The L.A. Energy Atlas

October 1, 2015September 1, 2022 by Carl Weinschenk

UCLA has unveiled The L.A. Energy Atlas. It is a free database that, according to the university, combines energy utility data with public records to detect patterns in the use of energy by people and buildings in Los Angeles County. The database, which was created by the California Center for ... Read more »

California Nonresidential Building Owners Must Disclose Energy Usage

July 23, 2013April 12, 2022 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

On Sept. 1, owners of non-residential buildings 50,000 square feet or greater will be required to disclose energy usage when they sell their properties. California Assembly Bill 1103 has now been codified into regulations, which will require disclosure of the building’s most recent 12 months of energy usage prior to ... Read more »

Mandatory Benchmarking Not Worth the Cost, Study Says

April 1, 2013March 31, 2022 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Boston’s Mayor Thomas Menino wants large commercial buildings in the city to benchmark their energy usage, but a report studying the effects of benchmarking finds that the costs outweigh the benefits. The report, commissioned by the Greater Boston Real Estate Board and authored by Robert Stavins, an environmental economist at ... Read more »

San Francisco Publishes Energy Consumption Data for 305 City Buildings

November 16, 2012April 11, 2022 by Tamar Wilner

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) has released a report that details the energy performance of 305 of San Francisco’s municipal facilities during calendar year 2011, including more than 37 million square feet of building area. More at Energy Manager Today.

Intel, KT Test Energy-Efficient Data Center Technology

August 24, 2012August 30, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Intel has partnered with South Korean telecom company KT Corporation to develop energy-efficient technology to reduce power consumption at data centers, according to news reports. The new system, if applied to every KT-owned center, would save 8.6 billion won ($7.6 million) annually, Korea Times reported. Implementing the new system in ... Read more »

Osram Sylvania Cuts GHGs 20% Over Five Years

August 21, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Lighting company Osram Sylvania has reduced its corporate absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent over the past five years, the company said. This is double the commitment it made in 2007 — to reduce corporate-wide GHG emissions by 10 percent compared to 2006 levels — when it joined the ... Read more »

Legrand Cuts Energy Use by 20 Percent, Beating DOE Goal by 8 Years

May 17, 2012May 17, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Legrand has reduced its energy use by more than 20 percent, in its first year participating in the Department of Energy’s Building Buildings initiative. The electrical and data networking manufacturer joined the DOE’s Better Buildings, Better Plant Challenge in January 2011. Legrand’s first goal, North America president and CEO John ... Read more »

Kraft Cuts 45 Million Lbs of Packaging, 12.5m Travel Miles

April 12, 2012April 13, 2012 by Leon Walker

Since 2010 Kraft Foods has cut 45 million pounds of weight from the packaging of its products, according to an update on the company’s progress towards its sustainability goals. Last year company also increased its amount of “sustainable” agricultural commodities – those with third-party certification or verification – by 36 ... Read more »

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