A building energy strategy must be multi-pronged. Suggestions are to look holistically at the building. I look almost entirely at major expenses that can be reduced and then executed in an environmentally sensitive manner. To recap, CI Works has already in just 4 months reduced our electricity usage to the tune of 9,000 kWh per month on average through our lighting upgrade, recently completed and greatly appreciated by tenant businesses and employees. We are continuing to wor

When CI Works purchased real estate – we looked at building expenses and decided that we had to reduce our operating expenses and felt that it would be a plus to lower the building’s carbon footprint at the same time. We also realized that we now owned a 100+ year old building that looked like it came with lights invented at that time. There also existed the opportunity to improve the working and safety conditions for tenants and their employees. Only problem was – who on