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Due to investor and regulatory pressures, every dollar reduced on energy consumption is also a dollar not spent on things like renewable energy or regulatory fines.
Energy savings has become a polarizing topic in commercial real estate. Some believe that direct energy savings to landlord-controlled utilities is the only way technology can deliver value. Others have been burned on real time energy monitoring pilot projects.
Videos
In this webinar, we cover how technology is being applied to solve for the unique problems faced by triple net landlords, primarily in the industrial and retail context.
Facility managers are getting squeezed between the rising cost of capital projects and mandates for long-term net zero plans. With the increasing number of variables at play, facility managers need assistance from technology to “co-pilot” their decision making.
This Office Hours conversation will discuss and un-pack how understanding and incorporating science based targets in a three pillar strategy for decarbonization plan increases success potential, optimizes capital spend, and improves asset value.
Podcasts
In this episode, we chat with Kabir Seth about how Presidio Bay is integrating technology throughout their development and operational processes to create efficiencies, better serve tenants and their own staff, and stay ahead of the competition.
In this episode, we chat with Ron Becker about their operational and sustainability initiatives for 2021, health and wellness certifications, preparing for the vaccine rollout, ESG and the role that tenant consumption plays, and tech adoption.
In this episode, Chris chats with Connell McGill about his building PropTech software, Enertiv, and how he helps landlords and owners of buildings generate more return on our investments.
Case Studies
Thanksgiving Station is a 1M sq ft Class A office campus in Lehi, Utah. As the expectations on the engineering team have increased, they have looked to technology to improve their productivity and the building’s efficiency. This was made more difficult by turnover with the on-site teams.
One California Plaza is an iconic office tower in the downtown Los Angeles submarket. However, the pursuit of sustainability sets off a fierce competition to stay at the forefront of innovation.
Only 60 days after the initial conversation, Enertiv had created a digital repository for all metering information, completed installation of the shadow meters, and deployed networking to flow data into the cloud in real time.
White Papers
Industry leaders have blazed a trail to meet the expectations of the modern market. Mistakes have been made and solutions have been found. The following is an overview of those insights.
This guide focuses on specific tactics that leading portfolios are implementing right now to cut OpEx related to maintenance and utilities, without deploying significant capital.
ESG 2.0 is the shift from goal setting and “action plans” to real-world execution. This necessitates taking into account the messy realities of operating commercial real estate.
Newsletter
2023
June Issue - Digital twins are so 2022
May Issue - Decarbonization in 300 years…
April Issue - Combating rising OpEx
March Issue - SEC rules on ESG
February Issue - 100x more capital for ESG
January Issue - ESG moving from ‘what’ to ‘how’
2022
December Issue - ESG 2.0
October Issue - Inflation Reduction Act Breakdown for CRE
September Issue - Budgeting Season…
August Issue - Budgeting for Tech in CRE - Lessons from Portfolio Survey
July Issue — Staying Competitive in a Changing World
June Issue — How to Pass the Indoor Air Quality Test
May Issue — ESG Need Not Be So Intimidating
April Issue — The Insider’s Buyer Guide to Operations Technology for CRE
March Issue — How to Reduce the ESG Reporting Burden
February Issue — Prepare for More Dynamic Operations in Real Estate
In the world of repairs and property damage, value comes in large, one off events. Instead of saving $200 a day, a property might save $80,000 in an afternoon. But humans naturally have a normalcy bias, which leads us to underestimate the likelihood of disasters.