Comments on: What would you do to increase efficiency in buildings? http://www.djc.com/blogs/BuildingGreen/2008/07/30/what-would-you-do-to-increase-efficiency-in-buildings/?&owa_from=feed&owa_sid= Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:42:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Steve A. http://www.djc.com/blogs/BuildingGreen/2008/07/30/what-would-you-do-to-increase-efficiency-in-buildings/#comment-442 Steve A. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:43:07 +0000 http://www.djc.com/blogs/BuildingGreen/2008/07/30/what-would-you-do-to-increase-efficiency-in-buildings/#comment-442 Honestly, a 20% reduction within 12 years seems a little bit on the low site. I work for a company who put me in charge of reducing our energy consumption by 50% with one year, without reducing lighting levels. It wasn't that difficult, offers a ~10 year financial payback and we're now aiming to reduce our consumption by *another* 50% over the next year. That's a 75% reduction, within 2 years, for a standard 8,000 sq/ft office building in the Seattle area. http://www.djc.com/news/en/11202007.html Honestly, a 20% reduction within 12 years seems a little bit on the low site. I work for a company who put me in charge of reducing our energy consumption by 50% with one year, without reducing lighting levels. It wasn’t that difficult, offers a ~10 year financial payback and we’re now aiming to reduce our consumption by *another* 50% over the next year. That’s a 75% reduction, within 2 years, for a standard 8,000 sq/ft office building in the Seattle area.

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