Green Skyscrapers? Tiny Changes Can Save Big Energy-PW067

Published: April 22, 2018, 3:24 a.m.

b'What\'s so green about skyscrapers? What are the top three best ways to "green them up"? How long until owners recoup their investment in green retrofits? Find out with green building guru, Barry Giles, CEO of BREEAMUSA.
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\\nBarry is the CEO of BREEAM USA and BuildingWise, as well as a LEED Fellow and a BREEAM Fellow with over 35 years in construction and facilities maintenance. He is a past member of the GBCI\\u2019s Credentialing Steering Committee and a past member of the Materials & Resources TAG and the LEED Curriculum Committee. Barry has consulted on or is currently working with 150 high performance existing buildings, along withLEED\\xae and BREEAM\\xae services, and has provided operations efficiency training, energy audits, and carbon footprint analysis, to government agencies, major commercial and institutional projects. As one of the founding members of the LEED-EB Core Committee, Barry assisted the USGBC\\u2019s education department in developing the LEED-EB training workshop that debuted in late 2003. A Senior LEED-EB USGBC Faculty, he has delivered all aspects of the workshop to over 5,000 individuals.USGBC Faculty are the official instructors of USGBC\'s instructor-led workshops working with USGBC\'s education delivery partners.'