LEED
We can provide full support for your LEED project. We provide consulting services to building owners, developers, builders or renovators, planning to seek LEED certifications. From the design stage, through construction process and all the way to commissioning and post-occupancy evaluations, we can help your project to reach LEED certification in the most cost effective way. It is vitally important to start communication early enough to potentially avoid costly mistakes, to fully engage all stake holders, and recruit all the support needed. Contact us to find out how we can help.
ENERGY STAR
Through our industry partners, we can assist with your plans for Energy Star rated building.
Energy Star certification will help any builder to differentiate their buildings from standard built homes with lower expected energy consumption. As prices for energy rise, so does the value of any energy efficiency measure!
GENERAL NOTES
From the financial perspective, a building owner, whether it is a house, or an office building, cannot afford NOT to build green, or at least energy efficient building. Commercial buildings with lower expected operational costs will command premium pricing. They will prove their advantages over and over again as energy prices soar.
US Green Building Council estimates that among their LEED certified buildings, the additional cost averaged at 1-2% more. Many buildings have been built within the original budget constraints. Operational costs of green buildings are easily 10-30% lower, some reaching more than 50% savings on utility costs.
Future building owners should demand at least consideration of energy efficient and renewable energy measures. Your future building will come with certain level of operational costs. Through proper design and early consideration of various measures, you could potentially have a much more desirable and marketable building, with substantially lower operational costs. If your current contractor lacks the expertise, you can contact companies like Centaurus, which can serve as a consultant for the project. This cooperation will definitely benefit all the parties involved.
