Friday, 12 March 2010

Design

Financial Analysis & Benefits

Energy efficient buildings can provide substantial economic return to building owners, developers, and tenants. Besides lower energy bills, additional benefits from improved occupant comfort, worker productivity, tenant retention, and property valuation can improve the financial performance of a project well beyond the basic energy cost savings.

Current Articles

Software & Tools: eVALUator

published Friday, February 23, 2007

eVALUator is an easy-to-use Windows™-based program that calculates the lifecycle benefits of investments that improve building design. It analyzes the financial benefits from buildings that reduce energy cost, raise employee productivity, and enhance tenant satisfaction.

It also provides building owners, developers, tenants, architects, engineers, and facility managers with the financial information necessary to make sound decisions about building improvements.
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e-News #53: Life-Cycle Cost Analysis: Making Smart Decisions About Capital Improvements

published Wednesday, February 01, 2006

A classic challenge for building owners is whether and how much capital to invest in energy-saving equipment or systems in order to reap long-term savings.

e-News #8: Energy Performance Makes Good Business Sense for Building Owners

published Friday, June 09, 2000

Business and institutions in the U.S. can save $130 billion by 2010 if they take advantage of currently available, low-cost, energy-efficiency opportunities. Most businesses use energy inefficiently, which results in higher energy bills than necessary. By becoming more energy efficient, these organizations can save energy and thus reduce their energy costs while preventing pollution.

e-News #7: Designing Communities with

published Friday, May 26, 2000

Building energy efficiency and sustainability into one building at a time is a great idea, but cities across the country are recognizing the collective benefits of populating their communities with sustainable buildings. Cities such as Austin, Denver, Tucson, Seattle, and New York City have raised the bar, community-wide, above basic minimums on sustainability issues.

e-News #5: Take the LEED in Your Industry with Sustainable Design

published Saturday, April 29, 2000

Architects and building designers can now stamp their projects with a green building "seal of approval" available through the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design building rating system (known as LEEDTM). This voluntary, consensus-based rating system for commercial buildings was developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).