The Department of Energy (DOE) announced recently that buildings that meet 2010 energy efficiency standards use 18.5% less energy than structures using a previous standard. DOE simulated 16 different building types of various sizes in 15 climate locations to analyze energy codes published by the American National Standards Institute/American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America. The analysis showed that buildings meeting ASHRAE Standard 90.1, Energy Standard for Buildings, Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, save commercial building owners energy and money, as well as help meet sustainability goals and reduce carbon pollution…. Read more
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This Week on Speaking of Green: Wayne Robertson, Energy ACE.
This week “Speaking of Green” will feature Wayne Robertson of Energy ACE. Wayne will be discussing energy Efficiency and small businesses. The blogcast airs today, Monday, December 13 at 2 p.m. EST. To tune in this week, or catch up on past episodes, please visit http://blogtalkradio.com/southeastgreen. “Speaking of Green” is a weekly blogcast on issues ranging from corporate sustainability to creating green jobs to the future of renewable energy in the south. Please contact sustainability@sgrlaw.com for more information and details on how your business or organization can be featured as a guest.
Energy Ace: Five Lessons learned From 100+ LEED Projects
Atlanta-based Energy Ace is a single-source, full-service firm providing green building technical and administrative services. The firm’s president, Wayne Robertson, PE, LEED AP, recently reached out to SGR to discuss his experience and advice after working with more than 100 LEED-certified projects. The following is an article authored by Mr. Robertson discussing tips and techniques he and his team learn with each new project. ————————————————– “Experience is the best teacher,” someone (probably Adam) once said. For LEED projects, that maxim holds especially true because ours is a new field without a long history of accepted wisdom, rules of thumb, tricks of the… Read more