News & Information

Did you know?

• The commercial real estate industry spends
  approximately $24 billion annually on energy
  costs and contributes 18% of US carbon
  dioxide emissions?
• Energy is the largest controllable operating
  expense for office buildings, typically one
  third of variable expenses?
• A prevalent misconception in the marketplace
  is that owners have to spend significant
  capital in order to reduce energy costs?
• A 30% reduction—which equates to savings
  of $7.2 billion and 120 billion pounds less in
  carbon dioxide emissions (the equivalent of
  removing 12 million cars from US roadways)—
  is readily achievable simply by improving
  building operating standards?

BOMA GLR NEWS

Green Newsletter

The Communications Committee did a fantastic job on our latest newsletter!  Heifer International takes center stage after winning the TOBY Earth Award at the 2009 BOMA International conference & THE EVERY BUILDING SHOW.  This is a great newsletter!

2010 BOMA International Conference & THE EVERY BUILDING SHOW

June 27-29 at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Los Angeles County, CA

BOMA Leads the Green Movement

BOMA International understands the importance of  a Green Agenda.  Don't miss the details of "Leading the Green Movement"!

BOMA 360 Renewal Changes to 3 Years

There have been a number of exciting changes recently to the BOMA 360 Performance Program. At its meeting in February, the BOMA 360 Council voted to change the renewal requirement for the program from annually to every 3 years, effective immediately. That means that once a building is designated as a BOMA 360 building, that designation is good for 3 years as long as the building continues to meet the program pre-requisites, which include benchmarking annually through ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager and participating annually in the EER® survey. Designees will be asked to sign a ?statement of verification? each year.

New Fees Effective July 1, 2010.

BOMA 360 application fees will go up beginning July 1, 2010 to reflect the new 3-year renewal change; however, even with this increase, the new fee schedule (fee paid once every 3 years) represents a significant savings off the previous annual fee schedule. Current fees will continue to remain in effect until July 1, 2010; however, if an applicant starts an application prior to July 1 but does not submit it (i.e. hit the submit button) until July 1 or later, the higher fee will be charged.
For information on the above changes:

www.boma.org/getinvolved/boma360.