Posts by Lorax Partnerships, LLC
January 2022 Wrap
Project Updates Lorax certified 3 projects. Check out our project profile for the Mother Mary Lange Catholic School. Lorax was awarded 5 new projects including the Wake Eye Institute in Winston-Salem. Maryland Legislative Updates HB0171 Climate Crisis and Environment Justice Act; Effective Date: July 1, 2022. This bill would require the state to reduce greenhouse gas emissions so…
Read MoreThe Daily Record Announces First Excellence in Construction & Real Estate Awards
2019 Excellence in Construction & Real Estate Award Winners Architects (Individual) Tim Barnhill, Hord Caplan Macht John Hutch, JP2 Architects Kathleen Lechleiter, TwoPoint Studio Developers (Individual) David Bramble, MCB Real Estate Dan Henson, Henson Development Engineers (Company) EBA Engineering KCW Engineering Technologies, Inc. Whitney Bailey Cox & Magnani, LLC Environmental Sensitivity (Company) Lorax Partnerships Somerset…
Read MoreMaking the Dollars Count by Counting the Dollars: Innovative Financing for Green Building
At this year’s Montgomery County Energy Summit, Lorax partnered with a developer, a financial underwriter, a commissioning agent, and an asset manager to present on Innovative Financing for Green Buildings. See the slide deck below and the presentation abstract for more details on the conclusions we came to. Spoiler Aler: Green Buildings can save you…
Read MoreFundamental, Enhanced, and Monitoring-Based – Oh My!
Buildings often do not perform as intended, which can result in higher energy use than anticipated. Enter commissioning (Cx): a cost-effective process of verifying performance and design intent so that deficiencies can be corrected. Commissioning is a quality assurance process that ideally begins in pre-design and continues throughout construction and into building operations. It’s used…
Read MorePhoenix is Hot! PBC1 Groundbreaking
Construction is heating up! Lorax was thrilled to be in attendance at the Groundbreaking Ceremony for Phoenix Biomedical Campus Building 1 (PBC1) in Phoenix, AZ earlier this year. Lorax serves as the LEED and Sustainability consultant for the PBC1 project. Phoenix is the latest City for Wexford Science and Technology to explore, with great reason.…
Read MoreUSGBC Maryland Celebrates Local Green Building Leaders at Annual Wintergreen Awards Ceremony
On March 7, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Maryland community announced its 2019 Leadership Awards recipients at the annual Wintergreen networking and awards event. And Lorax had a banner night, winning a total of 6 Wintergreen Awards! More than 130 green building advocates from across Maryland came together to celebrate this year’s 10 recipients…
Read MoreOffice Manager/Administrative Assistant Position
What We Do Lorax Partnerships provides sustainability and green building consulting services to building developers, owners, and occupants, as well as business owners, architects, and other real estate professionals interested in improving the environmental performance of their company, building or development project. Our motivated and experienced project managers furnish building owners and developers with a…
Read MoreFitwel v2.1
Well, well, well. Have you heard about the newest release of Fitwel? The Center for Active Design (CfAD), operator of Fitwel, announced some exciting new changes to Fitwel yesterday! In just two years on the market, Fitwel has over 700 registered projects, with about 90% of the portfolio consisting of existing buildings. This is a…
Read MoreTIMxTalk: NGBS Excellence
2018 NGBS Green Partners of Excellence Lorax’s very own Tim Barranco was named an NGBS Green Partner of Excellence for 2018. NGBS Green, which is based on the National Green Building Standard™ (NGBS), is a rigorous third-party certification program for single and multifamily residential projects. Tim joins an elite group of program partners — one…
Read MoreMaryland Earns Tenth Place in USGBC Annual Top 10 Ranking
Guess who is in the Top Ten? Maryland! Once again, Maryland has ranked on USGBC’s list of the Top 10 States for LEED; the world’s most widely used and recognized green building rating system! The list ranks states in terms of square feet of LEED space per state resident. LEED certified buildings use less…
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