The United States has over six million commercial buildings – more than half are over 50 years old. These building are especially costly to operate, expensive to maintain and often uncomfortable to occupy. With Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE), an innovative energy efficiency financing mechanism, renovating these buildings represents an economic development opportunity requiring zero taxpayer funding!
The National Facilities Management and Technology Conference and Expo is being hosted in Las Vegas, Nevada this week and EAG’s President and CEO, Scott Ringlein, is one of the featured speakers.The event offers facility managers information and resources from 150 top-tier companies supporting industrial and commercial facilities, including cutting-edge facility management solutions and technologies.
How do you renovate a historical building with a stipulation that the before and after pictures look the same?
A 1920’s era apartment complex is the latest energy renovation project The Energy Alliance Group (EAG) of Michigan is in charge of developing. Because of the building’s historical value, unique challenges had to be addressed during the planning stage before the renovation project could even move forward.
According to EAG’s Project Development Manager, Steve Payer, the building – constructed in 1929 – has a roof that leaks, an inefficient heating system, outdated lighting and windows that are all original! More
