According to this Enviromental Leader article, four Fairmont hotels in Canada are saving over $800,000 annually though several projects that include solar, hydro, and wind energy, a lighting retrofit and heat recovery that will cost between $15,000 to $500,000 – the payback time is between two to five years. Here’s a quick run-down of several [...]
Green Squared VP Business Development, Phil Stringer and President, Bobby Bragg, attended the CATEE (Clean Air Through Energy Efficiency) 2010 conference last week in Austin, Texas. Here are some notes from the conference: The conference was opened by Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell, C. Donald Babers, Regional Administrator for Region VI, U.S. HUD and Texas Public [...]
Ahh yes, “Green that makes cents.” That is Green Squared’s tagline if you didn’t know. In a new healthcare study reported by FMLink, nearly four out of five (79%) hospitals surveyed cited cost savings as the top reason their facilities are committed to environmentally sustainable operations. Also, very interestingly, at least to me, nearly 70% [...]
At Green Squared, our tagline is “Green that makes cents.” Obviously, that is a play on “Green that makes sense.” Why? Well, we only recommend retrofit projects that payback in a short time frame in operating savings. Those operating savings result in increased Net Operating Income (NOI) for commercial building owners. That increased NOI results [...]
For the folks at Green Squared, we have been working on a couple of retrofit projects where WATER retrofits have provided substantial paybacks under 18 months. Plus, several cities including Houston and Colorado Springs, are in the process of raising water rates as much as 50%, so those paybacks will likely shorten even further. GreenerBuildings.com [...]
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