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Great New Online Magazine

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:12:25 +0000

Take a look at the following magazine about hip stuff, cool gadgets and life management. with beans

Energy Star Pledge

admin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:03:55 +0000

Our company, GreenEfficient, is working with the Energy Star program to encourage people to take the Energy Star Pledge. It only takes 60 seconds and will allow you to compute the amount of carbon you can save – either individually or as an organization.

The calculator looks at light bulb use, HVAC system maintenance and even holiday lighting. Please join us today by taking the Energy Star Pledge: http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=globalwarming.showPledgeHome

LEED Platnium

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:26:46 +0000

Congrats to the new largest educational recipient of the LEED Platinum designation. The St. Olaf Regents Hall of Natural and Mathematical Sciences has been granted the highest level available from the respected Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building »”>Green Building Rating System. The nearly 200,000 sq ft facility cost nearly $63 Million.

For more info, you can read St. Olaf’s press release here.

Summit Series – November 2009

Rick Walker — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:09:18 +0000

site of the Summit Series

It is Sunday and I am departing from Miami International Airport. I got the opportunity to attend the Summit Series – an event for influential and charity-driven entrepreneurs. For someone not from New York or Silicon Valley, it was a treat to meet some of the leaders of technology innovation and business.

It my meetings I was able to have quality time with some of the other leading young business leaders. This was an invitation only event that was very exclusive in nature – the guest list was very impressive.

Over the next few days, I hope to write a little about my discussions with some of the leaders in commercial real estate as well as IT. I was able to have discussions with notable commercial real estate professionals such as Don Peebles (CEO of Peebles Group) and Greg O’Brien (CEO of Jones Lang LaSalle) .

Smaller LEED Projects

Rick Walker — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:35:35 +0000

As I roam around and speak to different LEED architects across the country, I am seeing an interesting occurrence. I am seeing really small, almost micro-LEED, projects pop up. I spoke with someone in Washington state earlier this week who is working on a 3,000 sq ft brewery. That’s amazing that a company would care so much about their carbon footprint that they would pay the application fee for such a small project.

This could have a profound impact on mid-sized commercial facilities, specifically 20,000 to 40,000 facilities. How will the valuation of these micro-LEED projects change when the cost for compliance greatly escalated the constructed price per square foot?