Due to the growing demand for sustainable buildings, the Commercial Real Estate (CRE) industry has a timely opportunity for increasing overall portfolio financial performance. Property owners and managers who take advantage of this trend will find it easier to attract and retain tenants resulting in ... Read More »
Unique Financing Option Aligns Tenant and Building Owner Energy Efficiency Goals
How do you get the owner of an older building and their tenants, who frequently have a triple-net lease, to come to an agreement when deciding how to pay for cost-saving facility upgrades? E3 Prime Environment’s President, Curt Monhart, had to address that question while completing the company’s ... Read More »
How Energy Efficiency Upgrades Can Benefit Building Owners and Tenants
If an energy efficiency building upgrade doesn’t benefit both the property owner and the tenant - especially with a triple net lease - it’s often easier to simply leave things the way they are even if that means losing money on wasted energy! Recently E3 Prime Environment’s President, Curt ... Read More »
Green Buildings – Picking Up The PACE
As a growing number of communities focus on energy efficiency the question of how to pay for “green” upgrades of existing buildings requires a financially attractive and easy to implement answer! Answering that question was one of the main topics of the recent West Michigan PACE Summit which ... Read More »
Look Beyond the Interest Rate When Evaluating Funding Options for Energy Efficiency Upgrades
When evaluating funding options for energy efficiency upgrades, all too often building owners only focus on the interest rate, believing the one with the lowest is ideal. This typically limits the options to short-term commercial loans. With the advent of Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) ... Read More »
This Building Models the Best in Clean Energy Options
The tour of the Zero Net Energy Center in Detroit’s Corktown offered a compelling vision of what’s possible when building owners embrace sustainability and clean energy options. While the average commercial building wastes 30% of the energy it consumes, the Zero Net Energy Center produces its own ... Read More »