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Discovering and Financing Energy-Saving Opportunities

Last week Katie and Tim attended the DC Sustainable Energy Utility office’s presentation on Discovering and Financing Energy-Saving Opportunities in Your Building. The facilitators of the forum were representatives from Urban Ingenuity, a DC based Financial Services Organization that “provides innovative solutions to develop and finance advanced energy projects, building retrofits, and state of the…

Neal Fiorelli Honored at Baltimore SmartCEO 2017 Future 50 Awards Ceremony

Baltimore SmartCEO Honored Fast-Growth Companies at its 2017 Future 50 Awards Ceremony Baltimore SmartCEO honored the 2017 Future 50 Award winners at a Hawaii-themed awards celebration on January 19, 2017 at the Hunt Valley Inn. In all, 50 mid-sized Future 50 companies and 10 Emerging Growth companies were recognized in the program for their fast…

Lorax Partnerships 2016 NGBS Green Partner of Excellence

In December, Lorax’s very own Andrea Shoaf was named an NGBS Green Partner of Excellence for 2016. 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. Andrea joins an elite group of program partners — one of 18 verifiers identified —…

Engineering Green 2016: The Greener the Better

Lorax employees were excited to attend Engineering Green 2016 at Johns Hopkins University last week. The morning started with a presentation from the JHU Office of Sustainability. They detailed their efforts to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions among all campuses and facilities. As a leading research university with extensive laboratory space, they’ve been…

30×30 Nature Challenge Kickoff: Day 1

This June, Lorax had decided to participate in the 30×30 Nature Challenge. The 30×30 Nature Challenge was originated by the Wisconsin Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council to encourage people to live healthier lives, however, we were challenged by the Maryland Chapter of the USGBC to participate and drive each other to get outside! …

Engaging in Sustainability in High School Education

On April 15, 2016, Andrea Shoaf, one of our Senior Project Managers and our Energy Services Manager, was invited to speak at South Carroll High School about sustainability and green building design. After her speaking engagement, we asked her a few questions about the event. Katie: Hey Andrea, we heard you had a speaking…

Lorax Adds 3 New Accredited Professionals!

Lorax Partnerships is now 100% LEED Accredited! Today, our three newest employees each passed their LEED v4 Accredited Professional exams with flying colors! From left to right, Katie Stanford passed the LEED AP O+M exam, Hailee Griesmar is now a LEED AP specializing in Neighborhood Development, and Tim Barranco is boasting a LEED AP…

The Results are in for Wintergreen 2016!

And the winner is… 7880 Milestone Parkway at Arundel Preserve, a project by COPT, won one of the prestigious USGBC Maryland Wintergreen Excellence in Green Building Awards! The first of four buildings to be built in this location at Arundel Preserve, 7880 Milestone Parkway is a distinctive Class A office building on wooded site with…

GreenBuild 2015: A Monumental Success!

With more brains and bodies representing Lorax at this year’s GreenBuild International Conference and Expo, Lorax was able to soak up more information and garner more resources than ever before. While GreenBuild Monumental Green was held just a stone’s throw away in our nation’s capital, we were also able to promote the achievements of our…

Meet the Newbies!

And then there were ten! Wading through piles of resumes, Lorax spent months of 2015 evaluating nearly 100 applicants. And we found three great ones! As of September 28, 2015, Tim Barranco joined the squad as our new Assistant Project Manager! With…