BOMA Orlando’s Green Resources
BOMA Orlando’s Green Resource is an area that we hope will benefit our members by finding valuable resources to help reduce your energy consumption and set goals for your buildings. When you scroll down you will see helpful documents for your use.
The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International recognizes that current research estimates that energy consumption in commercial buildings accounts for 18 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. BOMA also recognizes that responsible building operating and management practices can significantly reduce energy consumption, diminish a building’s carbon footprint and thus lower GHG emissions. By working with real estate professionals, through our network of 92 local BOMA associations with all levels of government, and the myriad of public and private groups with similar goals, market transformation will be realized.
Commercial real estate owners and operators understand the triple bottom line of reducing energy consumption and implementing “green” management practices is a social and environmental Responsibility and can result in a positive return on investment (ROI).
BOMA INTERNATIONAL CALLS UPON ITS MEMBERS TO ACCEPT THIS 7-POINT CHALLENGE TO REDUCE THE USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES, NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, AND WASTE PRODUCTION AND WORK IN COORDINATION WITH BUILDING MANAGEMENT, OWNERSHIP AND TENANTS TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING GOALS:
- Continue to work towards a goal to decrease energy consumption by 30 percent across our portfolios by 2012, as measured against an average building.
- At least once a year, benchmark our energy performance and water usage through EPA’s ENERGY STAR benchmarking tool and share results with BOMA;
- Provide education to our managers, engineers, and others involved in building operations, to ensure that equipment is properly installed, commissioned, maintained and utilized;
- Perform an energy audit and/or retro-commissioning of our buildings, and implement low-risk, low-cost and cost effective strategies to improve energy efficiency with high returns;
- Extend equipment life by improving the operations and maintenance of building systems and ensure equipment is operating as designed;
- Through leadership, positively impact our community and our planet by helping to reduce our industry’s role in global warming; and
- Position [Name of Company] and the industry as leaders and solution providers to owners and tenants seeking environmental and operational excellence.
Through leadership, positively impact your community and your planet by helping to reduce your industry’s role in global warming; and Position yourself and the industry as leaders and solution providers to owners and tenants seeking environmental and operational excellence.
BOMA International believes that through implementation of these no- and low-cost operation and management practices, buildings may see a reduction in energy consumption alone of up to 30 percent. In addition to lowering operating costs and enhancing asset value, these measures will improve tenant comfort and satisfaction with better building temperature control and lower absenteeism and increase your tenants’ productivity, resulting in real cost savings for tenants.
BOMA Orlando encourages all our members to sign up for BOMA International’s 7 Pt Challenge, click the above logo to learn how to sign on. Please copy BOMA Orlando; we are tracking our members to see who has signed on to the challenge and want to recognize all who are participating.
Mayors Buddy Dyer and Richard Crotty have both signed on to the 7 Pt. Challenge and from this an alliance has been formed, Central Florida Energy Efficiency Alliance (CFEEA) and from the that the Energy Community Challenge is here and we hope that our members will take the challenge. Reduce your building's energy use and cost, use EPA's Energy use tracking tool and benchmark your building(s), obtain free hands on training and technical support, simply click on www.kwcrackdown.com
Too visit more about CFEEA, http://www.mobility2020.net/cms/DEPT/CEsrvcs/epd/CFEEA/default.htm
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BOMA Orlando is a Member of the USGBC Central Florida Chapter and we encourage our members to visit their website at http://www.usgbc-cf.org/
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Killowatt Crackdown Challenge - Sign Up Today!
Energy Star Webinar Schedule
Paper Guide for Recycling
Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE)
BOMA International Leads Energy Movement
100 Ways, 100 Days
Orange County Registered Recyclers
Webinar and Workshops Schedule
Green Works Orlando