By: Timothy A. Warren, PE, LEED AP A common misconception is that building energy use can be optimized by replacing aging, inefficient HVAC and electrical equipment with modern, more efficient models. While replacing equipment can provide energy savings, true energy optimization can only be achieved through an integrated approach that will first promote a reduction […]
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By Timothy A. Warren, PE, LEED AP, Vice President Over the past several years many people have misused the term “commissioning” when referring to design and construction projects. More often than not, they use the term in reference to a green building project, frequently viewing commissioning only as a step within the LEED Certification process. […]
by Scott D. Butcher, FSMPS, CPSM (The following is adopted from Scott Butcher’s presentation of the same title, recently delivered as keynote of Historic York, Inc.’s annual meeting and at several Rotary Clubs.) Recently, while conducting research for a presentation, I came across a simple yet profound statement: “The greenest building in the world is […]
The Greenway Tech Centre has added another award to its growing trophy case. The project received the Overall Excellence award from the Green Building Association of Central Pennsylvania. The project is also recipient of a 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania Silver Award for urban redevelopment as well as a York County Community Foundation Eyster Award for […]
“They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.” – Big Yellow Taxi The early 1970’s, when this song premiered, were a time of environmental awakening for our nation. Green was good; asphalt was bad. Indiscriminate building activities were frowned upon by environmentalists who worried that the country was becoming over-developed. Protesters chained themselves to […]
The renovation of the former York County Court House and conversion into the York County Administrative Center has received an “Energy & Atmosphere” award from the Green Building Association of Central Pennsylvania. This is not the first award for the project, which also received an Eyster Energy Efficiency Award from the York County Community Foundation […]
by Scott D. Butcher, FSMPS, CPSM “Green Building.” Lately it seems as though these two words have been getting a lot of attention. One newspaper article touts the success of a recent “certified” Green Building; the next touts the million-dollar budget overrun of a planned Green Building. So what, exactly, is a green building, and […]