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In this time of environmental awareness, tax credits and substantial utility rebates (up to 50%) for greening commercial buildings one would think that all pre-existing buildings should have been retrofitted with an energy management system (EMS) or a direct digital control (DDC) system by now. In fact, many older buildings have never been retrofitted and some that were originally equipped with early digital or electro-mechanical energy management control systems have fallen into disrepair. These buildings are usually running non-stop creating a negative economic and environmental impact.
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Building owners and property managers will appreciate the power of Circumspex to protect people, process and property from the devastating effects of disaster. By building business continuity and emergency response plans, Circumspex provides users with a platform to launch disaster mitigation, recovery...
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Big SLC hotels worry an even bigger hotel could hurt business
Construction of a convention-headquarters hotel in downtown Salt Lake City could prove a winning public investment, but at the expense of private hotels.
The Grand America and Little America hotels warned Thursday that a publicly supported convention hotel near the Salt Palace could attract enough conferences to make the 1,000-room hotel profitable...
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Building Energy Use Highlighted in Newest ASHRAE Certification Program
As building owners and developers become increasingly concerned about rising energy costs and potential obligations under climate change programs, building energy modeling helps provide a preview into a building's likely energy use and allows decisions affecting energy use to be made before a shovel even hits the ground.
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WinCo opening five new stores in Utah
Move over Buy Low Market and Wal-Mart, frugal Utah County shoppers will soon have another option.
WinCo Foods LLC, a Boise, Idaho-based discount grocery chain, is expanding into Utah with the launch of its first two stores in Midvale and West Valley on Oct. 19...
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Fed Ratchets Up Warnings on Commercial Real Estate Debt
Two officials from the U.S. Federal Reserve issued strong signals this week that the central bank is very concerned over the banking industry's exposure to commercial real estate loans and considers it to be a major stumbling block to the road to economic recovery.
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EcoBroker Alexander Lofft Making Green Headway in Salt Lake City
Although the Salt Lake Valley might not be the first place that comes to mind when discussing regions implementing sustainable technology, visionaries like EcoBroker Alexander Lofft could soon change that. For the past five years, Lofft, founder of KW Commercial Real Estate Group and Sun Peak Partners, has been making a major push for the green initiative in Utah.
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BOMA International Releases Preparedness Top Ten List for National Preparedness Month
The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International has released a list of ten proactive steps property professionals can take to ensure their tenants, staff and buildings are safe in an emergency or natural disaster
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Study Finds That Employees in Green Buildings Are More Productive
Researchers at the University of San Diego's Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate and CB Richard Ellis have found that employees who work in green buildings are more productive than their counterparts who work in non-green buildings. Green buildings were defined as those that are LEED-certified at any level or those that bear the Energy Star label.
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New "green" building for Museum of Natural History features innovative concrete mix containing recycled slag and fly ash
The new building under construction for the Utah Museum of Natural History on the University of Utah campus is a "green" work in progress with environmentally conscious building initiatives that include a pervious concrete parking lot...
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Utah Disaster Kleenup Offers Circumspex,
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RBM Building Services Expands Commercial Carpet Cleaning
RBM Building Services, Utah's largest solely owned janitorial company, has recently expanded their carpet cleaning division to meet increasing demand for commercial carpet care. With recent new hires, they now boast a team of 20+ certified full time technicians. Among their new technicians several who...
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Pest Solutions: Controlling Filth Flies
Flies threaten the health and comfort of your customers, spread bacteria, and damage your reputation. They carry disease organisms and contaminate food. They are highly mobile and easily spread throughout your facility, often times swarming in areas visible to customers.
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Federal Energy Initiatives Energize Submeter Use
In response to rising energy costs and tightening budgets, the last few years have seen a raft of new public and private-sector energy policy initiatives designed to micro-manage existing resources, reduce greenhouse gases and encourage, whenever possible, the move toward renewable, non-fossil fuel energy sources.
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