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Using Green Leases to Improve Building Performance

By Jessalyn Dingwell on March 1, 2010 4 Comments alternative transportation, BOMA, building commissioning, building design, building lifecycle, building modeling, building performance, contract, contract law, corporate social responsibility, daylighting, Department of Energy, energy, energy efficiency, Energy Star Portfolio Manager, energy-efficient design, environment, environmental, environmental law, EPA, General Services Agency, global warming, green, green building, green economy, green lease, green office guide, gross lease, landlord, law, LEED, Leed CI, legal document, legal documents, LORD Green Real Estate Strategies, Model green lease, motion sensors, net lease, recycling, renewable energy, sustainability, sustainable building, tenant, termination, U.S. Green Building Council, VOC, volatile organic compounds

Using Green Leases to Improve Building Performance

A well-crafted green lease provides an opportunity to improve landlord/tenant collaboration on sustainability issues, leading to increased building performance, including energy efficiency. Green commercial leases provide incentives to reduce energy use and water, and increase recycling and the use of sustainable materials. A green lease detailing the sustainable use of a building by landlord and tenant is critical to the performance of a green building.

GSA’s Robert Peck Offers Vision for Federal Green Building

By Jessalyn Dingwell on December 16, 2009 1 Comment 2005 Energy Policy Act, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Arab oil embargo, architecture, BIM, Building Information Modeling, CA, California, carbon emissions, carbon footprint, clean energy, Climate Change, CO, CO2, daylighting, Department of Energy, ecobuild america, energy, energy efficiency, environmental, EPA, Executive Order 13514, federal buildings, federal land, general services administration, global warming, green building, green conferences, green economy, greenhouse gas emissions, greenhouse gases, GSA, lamping, LEED, Obama, public buildings, public policy, recycling, robert a peck, robert peck, San Francisco, smart grid, solar energy, solar;, sustainability, Sustainability officer, sustainable building, Thom Mayne, triple-glazed windows, World War II, zero carbon footprint

GSA’s Robert Peck Offers Vision for Federal Green Building

Robert A. Peck, Commissioner of Public Buildings at the U.S. General Services Association (GSA), presented a keynote presentation at Ecobuild America this week entitled GSA: Green Pioneer – Green Proving Ground. Peck presented his vision for the GSA as a leader in green building technology and discussed how the 5.5 billion dollar appropriation from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) will impact the GSA’s work.