Posted on March 27th, 2008 by Peter Chee
On March 13th, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) issued a report stating “buildings represent the greatest opportunity for considerable reductions in CO2 emissions”.
“Every year, buildings in North America cause more than 2,200 megatons of CO2 to be released into the atmosphere, about 35 percent of the continent’s total CO2 emissions. In the United States [...]
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Posted on March 23rd, 2008 by Peter Chee
Puget Sound Energy (PSE) has awarded a $13,000 conservation grant to Thinkspace for energy efficient lighting retrofits. Thinkspace’s plan calls for a reduction in energy consumption by approximately 21,106 KWH. Annual energy cost savings are estimated to be a little over two-thousand dollars per year. Our discussions with PSE have been on-going for three months. It [...]
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Posted on March 9th, 2008 by Peter Chee
In addition to using HEPA air purifiers to maintain air quality during the demolition of the existing space, we also took a close look at the existing HVAC system. Inside the space we have existing VAV (variable air volume) boxes. VAV boxes are used to zone areas in large commercial buildings and also contribute significantly to the [...]
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Posted on March 6th, 2008 by Peter Chee
Electricity is one of the largest expenses in a commercial office building. Whether you’re the building owner or a tenant that is occupying a large space, it is good business to look for ways to reduce your energy consumption. For a building owner it means lower utility costs, a more energy efficient, and desirable building. For [...]
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Posted on March 5th, 2008 by Peter Chee
One of the LEED Certification goals is to divert construction, demolition, and packaging debris from landfill disposal. Our personal demolition goal is to recycle 95% of all materials. We started off our project with the Site Foreman telling all of our subcontractors that we don’t use the word “dump”. All of the existing materials in [...]
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Posted on February 25th, 2008 by Peter Chee
Once I decided that the business was going to make an impact by going LEED Certified, I spoke with my friend Stuart Mckee, former State of Washington CIO, who told me that I should look into how government could assist me in my endeavor. This triggered a whole bunch of ideas which included looking into [...]
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Posted on January 27th, 2008 by Peter Chee
Our story begins with our business needing to build out space to run our company. Our 25,000SF build-out is large and I wanted to make sure we did something special with the space. I wanted to make sure that our space was not just another run-of-mill tenant improvement project. After I started to do more [...]
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