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For information on designing and monitoring your sustainable spaces, explore the pages below.
A process that documents the efficiency of a facility and its systems, commissioning can help identify the most effective opportunities for both energy and cost savings.
Integrative design involves multiple areas of a project team working together from the beginning towards a major goal. It can allow a building to achieve maximum efficiency, lower costs, and increase overall performance.
Although energy audits alone do not decrease energy usage, their resulting insights can identify the most economical and energy-saving opportunities for a building.
Green leases are rental agreements in which tenants commit to or gain incentives by participating in water/energy conservation or other sustainable actions. This type of lease allows tenants and landlords to work together to save money and reach building efficiency goals.
Composting and standard recycling can make a big dent in the volume of waste discarded, but specialty waste disposal and recycling can handle the rest: electronic, medical, and hazardous waste products.
Removing or sealing off of underground contaminants can revitalize and transform a once-condemned space into a vibrant community asset.
