by Admin | Sep 25, 2020 | Community
On average, 30% of the energy used in commercial buildings is wasted. Benchmarking a commercial building is a great first step towards reducing energy usage and costs. ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager will calculate your buildings energy use intensity (EUI) by dividing...
by Admin | Aug 27, 2020 | Community
If you have never dealt with a CALGreen Tier project but have pursued a green building certification, you may find similarities which, upon completion, may lead you to ask: “Where’s my plaque?!” Since 2007/2008 when the California Green Building Standards (later...
by Admin | Apr 18, 2019 | Community
Green Globes is a building certification program administered by the Green Building Initiative, a company with resources and goals very similar to that of LEED or GreenPoint Rated. This program is designed to lower your annual energy and operating costs, better...
by Admin | Apr 11, 2018 | Community, new
VCA Green’s Vice President, Moe Fakih, delivered a seminar on Title 24 residential building envelope and zero net energy update at the DWELL on Design conference last week. Some of the topics included the positive impacts a building’s envelope delivers with regards to...