Thursday, July 10, 2008

Smart Buildings Can Payback Up Front

This article from Realcomm highlights the success of the Colonial Brookwood Center.

It’s one thing to hear that intelligent building (IB) technology will reduce operating expenses, save energy, and command a higher rent premium. It’s entirely different when you can look at a case study of a property that has done exactly that. Today’s Innovation Spotlight features Colonial Brookwood Center, which has earned a whopping 36% rent premium over market rates due to their intelligent building technologies!


Here is a link to the rest of the article.


This video highlights the largest green public building, the California Academy of Science, scheduled to go online this year, the Adobe HQ makes the case for affordable sustainability with 121% ROI and San Francisco's affordable housing project .



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