There are often overlooked financial benefits resulting from energy efficient building upgrades. Considering these upgrades are capital-intensive, recognizing, and accounting for these benefits play a key role in justifying the investment as well as securing favorable funding. “The average ... Read More »
The Productivity Advantage of Green Buildings
The potential to reduce energy consumption in existing and new commercial buildings is enormous. On average, 30% of the energy used in commercial buildings is wasted..” U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It is becoming well-known to owners and managers of commercial real estate that there’s a ... Read More »
Increasing Commercial Real Estate Profitability with Energy Efficiency Upgrades
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 »