Schools and Universities to Continue Investment in New and Retrofit Green Building

Schools and Universities to Continue Investment in New and Retrofit Green Building

Social benefits of green building cited by respondents include:

·         Improved test scores, reported by 70 percent of K-12 respondents;

·         Increased enrollment, reported by 39 percent of higher education respondents;

·         Increased reputation, reported by 65 percent of higher education;

·         Positive impact on student health and well-being, reported by all K-12 respondents and 90 percent of higher education respondents

Sometimes you're sitting in your office thinking about being cold, sometimes your thinking about work

Sometimes your kids are sitting in class thinking about being cold, sometimes . . .

ACHR News : Shedding Light on VRF Misconceptions

This is a pretty good article on VRF systems. It's not really about the operation or efficiency it's about the importance of details that need to be followed. We have installed and completed start-up for a few manufactures and have service agreements for at least one system of all the manufactures mentioned.We have completed both design build VRF systems and plan and spec VRF systems.  

http://www.achrnews.com/articles/121418-shedding-light-on-vrf-misconceptions

Will BIM go bang? | Construction News | The Construction Index

Will BIM go bang? | Construction News | The Construction Index

This article speaks to continued rise of BIM and offers some insight into how things are set to progress. It doesn't talk about BAS contractors like us bringing BIM to life, but that's the goal. 

USGBC Blog: Existing Buildings = The 99%

USGBC Blog: Existing Buildings = The 99%:

It's hard to overstate the potential (and necessity) of greening our existing building stock. Buildings account for 73% of electricity consumption in the U.S. and 38% of CO2 emissions. Can you imagine the dent we can make with added efficiency in this sector - environmentally and economically?

Efficiency Standards to Save $1.1 Trillion | 2012-06-25 | ACHRNEWS

Efficiency Standards to Save $1.1 Trillion | 2012-06-25 | ACHRNEWS

HVACR industry needs to focus on the future to provide the best advice to or customers.

SkySpark / Analytics

If you want to learn about what will be common place in the building automation industry in a few years check out this web site. It's an easy read with links to explanations of the terms we will use in the future. It will help establish the verbiage we need to learn in order to talk about what we are doing. I had the opportunity to meet and hear the company principles speak and the Tridum Summit. We are not currently using the product, but we intend to go with this company when the need arises.

 http://skyfoundry.com/skyspark/

Deloitte Study

Deloitte Energy Survey May2012.pdf

This is a very interesting study that really is what's going to take place.