Chris Hartsfield, Brandywine Realty Trust, Shares Lessons About Energy
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Unless otherwise noted, all trademarks are the property of Polaris Industries Inc. ©2015 Polaris Industries Inc. 02_BOM_1215 POLARIS GEM.indd 02 11/17/15 11:02 AM buildingoperatingmanagement DECEMBER 2015 • VOLUME 62 • ISSUE 12 DECEMBER 2015 3 HOFFMANN ARCHITECTS, INC. INSIDE 14 close-up 8 Green Building Report: Our Interconnected World 14 Window Replacement Offers a Chance For Long-Term Energy Savings features 20 COVER STORY: Wellness Moves Forward The industry is focused on human health impacts, from facility design to operation. 28 Lessons from Energy Star Leaders Benchmark your Energy Star benchmarking efforts against 20 organizations that have certifi ed scores of buildings. 34 Facilities Respond to California's Drought Facing the governor's water-reduction order, facility managers are fi nding innovative ways to save water, both indoors and out. RYAN GOBUTY 38 Four Steps to a Sustainable Floor People and planet can benefi t from carefully selected fl oors. 34 44 High-Performance Buildings in Action Two high-profi le government buildings improve operations to hit their energy-effi ciency targets. 38 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, STANISLAUS GARRETT ROWLAND departments 44 4 Editorial 44 6 Product Gallery 47 Preview: NFMT Baltimore 48 Ad Index Photo: Ryan Gobuty Cover Design: Jeff Giencke BENJAMIN BENSCHNEIDER ] online exclusive ] Check out our recently redesigned website, Join the discussion, ask questions and network packed with articles, product info, fresh with other facility management professionals at news releases, and much more. our social networking site, myFacilitiesNet. FACILITIESNET.COM MYFACILITIESNET.COM FACILITIESNET.COM/BOM Follow us on Twitter: Find us on Facebook: @BldgOpMgmt www.facebook.com/BuildingOperatingManagement 03_BOM_1215 TOC.indd 03 11/24/15 9:18 AM buildingoperatingmanagement 4 DECEMBER 2015 EDITORIAL Awash in Opportunity ater shortages have oc- Wcurred so often in Califor- nia, and are now so severe, that the state has good reason to practice water conservation. With that in mind, it’s interesting to look at the results of a new Building Operating Management survey about water effi ciency actions in California. STAFF I was particularly intrigued by the responses of facility Todd Kotlarek managers who said water conservation was a high prior- Group Director, Facilities Market [email protected] ity in their organizations. I’m willing to bet that this group is well above the national average when it comes to water Renee R. Bassett Vice President – Content Development effi ciency practices. [email protected] Pardon the pun, but I think the results from that group Edward Sullivan Editor justify calling the glass half full and also half empty. For ex- [email protected] ample, 51 percent said they had conducted water audits. Greg Zimmerman From the glass-half-empty perspective, about half of the CORPORATE Executive Editor Robert J. Wisniewski [email protected] organizations that call water conservation a high priority President/CEO [email protected] Ronald Kovach haven’t taken the basic step of conducting a water audit. Managing Editor (For survey results, go to facilitiesnet.com/16324BOM.) Jeff Schenk [email protected] Chief Operating Offi cer/ The numbers are better in other areas. A solid major- Chief Financial Offi cer Naomi Millán [email protected] Senior Editor ity of these organizations reported taking or approving [email protected] budgeted (69 percent) and unbudgeted (64 percent) water ADVISORY BOARD Wayne Winter conservation measures since the California water emer- John Balzer Vice President of E-Media and Vice President, Facility Planning and Creative Services gency was declared. The top actions taken or approved: Development, Froedtert Health [email protected] irrigation control (71 percent), water use avoidance (55 Nancy Bechtol Jeff Giencke percent), faucet replacement (46 percent), toilet replace- Director, Offi ce of Facilities Management Creative Director and Reliability, Smithsonian Institution [email protected] ment (45 percent), and water audits (43 percent). Jim Cooke Jon Warner The pressure to conserve water is likely to grow in President, The J.Fisher Group Electronic Production Coordinator years to come. Consider, for example, forecasts calling [email protected] Stormy Friday Bobbie Reid for megadroughts in the Southwest. Our survey suggests President, The Friday Group Production Director that there is an enormous opportunity to make commer- Robert F. Lang [email protected] Professional Program Manager, Technical cial and institutional facilities more water effi cient. For a Operations Center, Delta Airlines Wendy Melnick look at how some organizations are taking advantage of Production Manager Jean Lupinacci [email protected] those opportunities, check out the article in this issue on Chief, Energy Star Commercial and Industrial Branch, U.S. Environmental Eric J. Muench water conservation measures in California. You can also Protection Agency Director of Audience Development [email protected] see how many organizations in the state that call water Robert Pearlman effi ciency a priority have taken specifi c steps to conserve Senior Facilities and Administration Send address and other changes to Offi cer, International Finance Corp. water — and you can do the math to see how many have [email protected] Allan Skodowski Phone: 1-800-869-6882 not. The coverage starts on page 34. 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