WHY GO GREEN?

On average, green buildings reduce:                              

30-50% of energy use

35% of carbon emissions

40% of water use

70% of solid waste

Green buildings save                                 

$58 billion of sick time from work annually

Green buildings add

$180 billion in increased worker productivity annually

OTHER BENEFITS OF GOING GREEN

Environmental benefits:

• Enhance and protect ecosystems and biodiversity
• Improve air and water quality
• Reduce solid waste
• Conserve natural resources

Economic benefits:

• Reduce operating costs
• Enhance asset value and profits
• Improve employee productivity and satisfaction
• Optimize life-cycle economic performance         

Health and community benefits:

• Improve air, thermal, and acoustic environments
• Enhance occupant comfort and health
• Minimize strain on local infrastructure
• Contribute to overall quality of life

LET US ASSIST YOU WITH YOUR NEW AND EXISTING GREEN BUILDING INITIATIVES

Green Building Specialty Consultants

Green Energy Services (GES) offers a tailored suite of consulting services to Building Owners, Developers, Architects and Contractors. We specialize in adapting your successful business model to the demands and rigor of a green building program. Whether GES is a part of one project, or a regular outsource resource and green team member – we prove our value every day on the job.

Our resume includes all sizes of commercial and neighborhood development projects; from residential to stand-alone, small business headquarters and large commercial projects.

We have extensive experience with the LEED system, including many completed, certified LEED buildings under LEED-NC 2.2, LEED-EB for Existing Buildings, LEED-CS for Code and Shell, LEED-CI for Commercial Interiors, and many utilizing the Schools, Campus, and Heath Care Application Guides.   

There are many reasons to use GES as your resource for sustainability and green-building project solutions. We stay current on green building standards, materials, assemblies, MEP systems, and best practices – making our subject-matter expertise your resource-on-demand.

Our team can provide these services, depending on your needs, whether you are considering new construction or improving the operation of an existing building.

• LEED Certification Consulting, Submittals and Documentation

• Green Building Program Development and Management
• Contracting Strategies
• Scheduling and Budgeting
• Project Team Assembly and Organizational Structure
• Development, Permitting, and Zoning Support
• RFP and Scope Writing
• Specifications and Materials Assessments

• Comprehensive Design Assistance
• Sustainable Design Strategies
• Green Design Charrette Facilitation
• Materials and Systems Research, Selection, and Optimization
• Energy Modeling and Commissioning

• Cost Analysis
• First Cost Reductions Analysis
• Construction Cost Estimating & Life Cycle Costing
• True Value Engineering
• Tax Analysis
• Green Program Incentives and Programs

• Integrated LEED-Based Project Management
• Construction Waste Management and Construction IAQ Management Programs
• Project Implementation Strategies
• Contractor, Subcontractor and Staff Training, including Green Advantage
• Construction Best Practices
• Commissioning

Whether we are the builder, owner’s agent, consultant, commissioning agent, or project developer, our philosophy is to construct buildings which are a marriage of "high-performance" with the functionality and aesthetics of good design and construction. We strive to stay on the cutting edge of performance technologies, and sustainable materials and methods. We see opportunities for buildings that are superior in energy and financial performance, provide a healthier indoor environment, are architecturally significant, and are better for the world we live in.

We are committed to “sustainability”, the concept of ensuring that resources we use today do not impair the ability of future generations to also have the resources to sustain their lives and businesses.  It demands we recognize that building construction, operation, and maintenance as it has been done for decades is not always what is best for the building owner, the building occupants, or the community in general.

We also acknowledge that while sustainability applies to natural resources, construction materials, air, water, and living resources … it also applies to capital.  Because if finances are not responsibly managed, there may not be any business to sustain in the future!

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Achieving renewable energy goals can involve an extensive array of choices in materials and high performance technologies. Evaluation and selection of the most advantageous technologies, strategies, and materials is essential to the success of your project.

GES has broad-based expertise and experience in renewable technologies, such as:

• Distributed photovoltaic (PV) electric generation
• Wind turbines
• Solar-thermal water heating
• Solar concentrator technology for utility-scale generation
• Micro-hydro, tidal, current, and wave conversion to electrical energy
• Storage system technology and implementation