BetterBricks - Bottom Line Thinking on Energy - All Comments

re: Best O&M Practices for Major Equipment

Nick — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:34:14 GMT

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re: Building Owner Advice: Best Practice O&M Program

Peter Cholakis — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:29:56 GMT

Excellent information. I am always suprised that O & M is not treated as a core strategic issue by many sectors... including healthcare.

Bottom line... operational costs represent 90% of total building costs and facility costs are typically second only to personnel costs.

Lastly, linking the build environment to the organizations mission is critical ... and don't get me started on how many firms don't do this!

re: Your Guide to Uncovering Energy Savings

John Cockerill — Sat, 02 May 2009 16:49:01 GMT

Most systems are designed for design degree day temperatures. 15 degrees F.

There are controls that can balance the system at the boiler level and at the zone level.

Most folks are not knowledgable in this area.

Folks also redisgn workspace without adjusting BTU distribution and control to that space. This can be suttle and very uncomfortable.

re: School District Strikes it Rich with Commissioning

MikeJL — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:03:52 GMT

Your post was very interesting to me, as I am currently studying the LEED for CI material, and your project addressed many of the credits. In the one school you used as an example you found $28,000 in savings over two years, with most of the savings in the first year. How much did it cost to get those savings? Including the cost of consultants, equipment, ongoing evaluation, etc.

It has been somewhat challenging to get hard cost/benefit comparisons for many of the LEED credits, particularly the EQ items. With that said I haven't done a lot of research on the subject, and would hope to get some real life feedback.

Thanks,

Mike

re: Can We Achieve 30 percent or Better? Yes we Can (and Have)

NEEA's BetterBricks Initiative — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:43:34 GMT

Agreed - this study has certainly instigated a great conversation around green building capabilities. Here's an interesting follow up from the president of NAIOP, Thomas Bisacquino, that ran on Globe Street. www.globest.com/.../177464-1.html

re: Can We Achieve 30 percent or Better? Yes we Can (and Have)

Greg Zimmerman — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:58:28 GMT

Thanks very much for the post. There seems to be a LOT of pushback in the industry against that NAIOP study and this post is clear summary of the industry's opinion in general. Nicely done!