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JLL Seeks To Acquire CoR Advisors

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CHICAGO — Adding to their comprehensive energy services, Chicago-based real-estate consultant, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), signed a letter of intent to acquire Washington-based CoR Advisors, a business that specializes in smart building consulting and solutions.

CoR Advisors, founded in 2009, works to transform buildings into energy-efficient, high-performance facilities. The company, a network of thousands of subscribers and followers, is considered a leader in energy efficiency due to its strategic approach to educating, consulting and solutions.

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GBCI, CaGBC Partner to Promote WELL Building Standard

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WASHINGTON — Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), headquartered in Washington, and the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC), based in Ottawa, Ontario, announced a new agreement to promote and advance the WELL Building Standard (WELL) in Canada.

The WELL Building Standard is a performance-based system for measuring, certifying and monitoring features that impact human health and wellbeing, through air, water, nourishment, light, fitness, comfort and mind. It complements other green building rating systems such as LEED.

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DU Uses Cogeneration to Meet Power Goals

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PITTSBURGH — An energy center at Duquesne University (DU) in Pittsburgh is now responsible for providing the entire campus with all necessary electricity, heating and cooling.

Within this center, a powerful, gas-fired turbine generates more than three-quarters of the university’s power. In addition, its excess heat runs boilers, which are then used to warm campus buildings in the winter, and powers chillers that are used for air conditioning in the summer.

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GBCI and Bureau Veritas Confirm Partnership

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WASHINGTON — Washington, D.C.-based Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) and Bureau Veritas of Paris, have finalized the terms of their agreement to facilitate LEED certification internationally.

GBCI is a third-party organization that administers certification for LEED, the International Well Building Institute’s WELL Building Standard (WELL) and the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB). Bureau Veritas is a global company that performs tests, inspections and certification services.

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GE Announces Solar Energy Project in N.Y.

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NEW YORK — General Electric Co. (GE) announced May 29 that it will begin construction on a new 2-megawatt ground-mounted solar installation unit stationed outside of the President Container Group (PCG), a Moonachie, N.J.-based manufacturer of corrugated shipping containers, in Middleton, N.Y.

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Green Seal Revises GS-42 Standard

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WASHINGTON — Washington D.C.-based Green Seal introduced a revised version of GS-42, its standard for commercial and institutional cleaning services, the organization confirmed on May 19.

The revised standard has been reorganized to make the requirements for certification clearer and more streamlined. General criteria and leadership levels for the standard, however, have not changed. Any service currently certified does not need to meet additional requirements to maintain certification, according to Green Seal.

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Energy Execs Focus on New Growth Strategies

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HOUSTON — Fluctuating commodity pricing and a volatile environment have pushed energy executives to focus on new growth strategies and to implement significant changes to their business models, according to the results of the 2015 Energy Industry Outlook Survey conducted by KPMG, an international audit, tax and advisory firm.

KPMG announced the findings on May 20 at its global energy conference in Houston.

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Experts Examine Future of Energy Performance

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VANCOUVER, Wash. — Determining a building’s energy efficiency based solely on using predictive energy models and specifying certain design and construction attributes may be a thing of the past by the time the next generation of architects and engineers join the workforce, according to the New Buildings Institute (NBI), headquartered in Vancouver.

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Connecticut Plans Energy Efficiency Measures

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HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced May 12 that new energy efficiency measures planned for Connecticut Valley Hospital (CVH) in Middletown and several Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) offices throughout the state will reduce energy costs at those locations by more than $3.3 million per year.

The measures are being implemented under the state’s “Lead by Example” initiative, which was designed to reduce energy use in state and local government buildings.

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