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Preventing Sick Green Buildings

September 15, 2010 – 7:30 am

With the green building movement on growth hormones, we have the potential for a lot of sick buildings unless owners and maintenance personnel quickly adjust building maintenance practices.

By Elizabeth Madrigal | Posted in Business | Also tagged 15 cub feet movement per occupany of outside air, 1973 Oil Embargo, air intakes, air ventilation, Building envelopes, engineers, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, HEPA filters, HVAC systems, McGraw Hill, one-third of all building is green, Saturday night baths, sick building syndrome, sickly green buildings, smoking bans, ventilation, ventilation systems, weatherizing buildings | Comments (2)

Green as the New Mantra: What Tenants May Want

February 20, 2010 – 5:38 am

Vacancy rates are up and as managers struggle to lease vacant units, the competition for prospective tenants is ferocious. Here we offer suggestions for green property maintenance, repairs and general practices that will attract and retain the uber-green tenant, a rapidly expanding class.

By Elizabeth Madrigal | Posted in Business | Also tagged apartments, bike racks, clotheslines, Composting, condominiums, EnergyStar, FSC, green cleaning, green landscaping, Green Maintenance, green managment, green marketing, HVAC systems maintenance, hydrozone irrigation, indigenous plants, light pollution, multifamily, natural lighting, occupancy rate, pervious hardscapes, profitability, renovate, residnet, shared cars, skyglow, sustainability, water conservation | Comments (0)

ASHRAE’s Standard 189.1 Will Toughen Building Codes

February 18, 2010 – 3:05 am

Green building professionals will not be surprised that American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) newly-released building guidelines have much less flexibility than previous ones. As ASHRAE standards are the basis on which many building departments base local codes, any changes can be expected to become implemented across the United States.

By Elizabeth Madrigal | Posted in Energy | Also tagged American National Standards Institute, American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers, apartments, ASHRAE Standard 189.1, Automatic Control Sensors, energy efficiency, EnergyStar, Green Building Standards, green property management, hallway lighting, LEED, National Multi Housing Council, NMHC, ornamental fountains, remodel, renovate, sustainability, USGBC, water efficient, water features | Comments (0)

What is ASHRAE?

January 9, 2010 – 7:33 pm

ASHRAE is the acryonym for the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers. It currently has about 51,000 members around the world.

By Elizabeth Madrigal | Posted in Energy | Also tagged air conditioning, building, cooling, engineers, heating, HVAC, professional education, sustainability, venting | Comments (0)