Value Added

The REES Earth team employs a comprehensive and interactive design process to analyze and evaluate opportunities for sustainable strategies on all of our projects.

We believe a fully integrated project approach has proven the best method for implementing sustainable architecture practices. The tendency to choose green features a la carte generally leads to less satisfactory results. Our strategy of assembling common sustainable elements in buildings and letting them work together produces results that add value to the project.

We strive to add value to your project by reducing operating costs. Energy cost – especially for HVAC systems – accounts for one-third (1/3) of the energy used in a building. Any savings in this area lend only to the bottom line, making a building more profitable to operate.

The indoor environment is an important factor that can often be overlooked. The fact is, when the 30-Year life cycle cost of a building is considered, the initial building cost is only around 2-3%. Operations and maintenance costs will represent another 5% of the cost. Personnel are the single highest cost factor by far and attribute over 90% of the cost of the building in its lifetime. Anything that can be done to improve the indoor environment can increase worker satisfaction and productivity which pays dividends over the life of a building.

Sustainability presents a real opportunity to reduce spending over time. The General Services Administration recently conducted a study of 12 federal buildings analyzing key measured performance areas such as energy use, operating costs, water use, occupant satisfaction, and carbon emissions. They found that these “green” buildings, on average, outperform similar non-green buildings in all categories.

The opportunity to build green awaits you. Add value to your next project by reducing operating costs and increasing user satisfaction. Click the "Contact" link to request more information.