Energy Efficiency Study
| NAIOP Study Shows Achievable Energy Efficiency Levels Within a 10-year Payback
NAIOP's recently released study on levels of achievable energy efficiency in standard office buildings takes an important step forward in presenting realistic economic data and practical information into what developers can do to increase efficiencies while maintaining a 10-year payback.
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Study Shows Levels of Achievable Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Results show efficiencies unable to reach 30 percent mandates, February 24, 2009
HERNDON, Va., February 24, 2009 – NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, today released a report that demonstrates the levels of energy efficiency that standard office buildings can reach while remaining economically feasible. More
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Press Coverage
- Green Real Estate Law Journal, March 10, 2009; Green Building Industry Apoplectic Over NAIOP Commercial Energy Efficiency Study
- Globest.com, March 16, 2009; Up Close with NAIOP's Bisacquino
- globest.com, March 6, 2009; Energy Reduction Goals Unlikely With Current Technology
- mortgagebankers.org, March 5, 2009; It's Not Easy Being a (Profitable) Green Building
- Facilities Management, February 27, 2009; NAIOP study examines achievable energy efficiency for buildings
- Consulting-Specifying Engineer, February 27, 2009; Are energy efficiency improvements unreachable?
- Building Design and Construction Network, February 24, 2009; Study shows 30% above ASHRAE energy efficiency difficult to reach in buildings, 50% unreachable
- Engineering News Record (ENR), February 25, 2009; New Energy-Efficiency Standards Questioned by Real Estate Group
- ClimateWire; New York Times Online, February 27, 2009; Can 'green' buildings pass payback tests?
- CPN Online, March 2, 2009; Study: Some Energy Reduction Goals Out of Reach
- Grist: Environmental News and Commentary, March 2, 2009; A hog in a tuxedo is still a hog: NAIOP releases disinformation study downplaying building efficiency potential
- Real Estate Investment SmartBrief, March 2, 2009;
Study: Some energy-efficiency goals unattainable
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