Tag: energy usage

  • Home Energy Retrofits Green Real Estate

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          Green Apples to Apples:  A Case-by-Case or Model-Based Approach Toward Green Real Estate?   By: Luke Bujarski In 2008 the Chicago Climate Action Plan set out an ambitious goal of retrofitting 400,000 residential units by 2020.  As the green real estate movement picks up steam, national and local initiatives like Obama’s proposed…

  • Mandatory Energy Benchmarking for Green Real Estate Investment

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      By: Luke Bujarski New York City Local Law 86 is setting yet another aggressive standard for the green real estate investment market.  On May 1st, privately owned buildings larger than 50,000 square feet will be required to submit annual benchmark reports on building energy and water usage.  Since the law will eventually require public…