tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-433540846248458901.post295637242208107697..comments2022-03-31T12:48:46.706-07:00Comments on Live Green in Plano: How many Green Buildings Are There in Plano?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-433540846248458901.post-7858385487058800452008-08-26T09:43:00.000-07:002008-08-26T09:43:00.000-07:00No tenants yet. Price per square foot is the same...No tenants yet. Price per square foot is the same as a conventional building. Electricity use is about 15% less in this building versus a same size conventional building. <BR/><BR/>Buddy Tompkins, Senior Director for Cawley Wilcox, said that he promotes this through his network of brokers. There was also a broker’s luncheon with over 160 brokers in attendance. He also plans other luncheons to promote the building to various business contacts. <BR/><BR/>Fortunately, green buildings do make a difference by reduced energy usage, using sustainable products and recycled content, recycling construction waste and reduced water usage – 14.2 million gallons saved per year for this building. There are other numerous conservation aspects to green buildings and the difference they make, but too many to list in this e-mail. I do agree that more promotion and education needs to be available and take place before there true potential is realized. <BR/><BR/>Statistics show that there is increased productivity and less absenteeism in green buildings – on average about 16% more productive. Students using day lighting consistently score higher than students in schools with conventional lighting fixtures. (according to research reported by the USGBC)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-433540846248458901.post-31927348089288455512008-08-25T09:08:00.000-07:002008-08-25T09:08:00.000-07:00Whenever I go by the Cawley Wilcox Building it loo...Whenever I go by the Cawley Wilcox Building it looks empty. Are there any tenets there. How is it being marketed so people know it's a green building? Seems to me that if no one knows it's green, it's not going to make any difference. Also - how does being of green design translate into anything that makes a difference for the employees inside the space? They don't have a say in choosing the physical location of where they work - they just go wherever the work location of the job they get hired for is. So - seems like the leasing agents and company administrators are the ones who need to be educated about the benefits of a green building when looking for office space to lease (as in the Cawley Wilcox building). How is that going to happen?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-433540846248458901.post-43497326442213771132008-08-14T09:08:00.000-07:002008-08-14T09:08:00.000-07:00Check out the Cawley Wilcox Building at the NW cor...Check out the Cawley Wilcox Building at the NW corner of Independence and 190. It's green and ready for business!su stainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04551342195217218693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-433540846248458901.post-16850282420654815432008-08-02T21:30:00.000-07:002008-08-02T21:30:00.000-07:00I don't think there are any yet, but I know they a...I don't think there are any yet, but I know they are working on it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com