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Fresh eXpress!
BOMA Welcomes New Business Energy
Advisor
The Business Energy
Advisor (BEA) service is offered as part of the LiveSmart BC:
Small Business Program, which has been designed to meet the needs of BC
based
small businesses. Daniel Klemky was hired as BOMA’s BEA to assist
small
property managers and owners as well as tenants realize energy savings and
efficiency. Below is a brief overview of what the BEA can offer your
small business:
- Targets small businesses that spend up to
$50,000 per year on electricity.
- BEA can perform energy assessments for small
buildings and tenants and work directly with them to identify potential
energy
and money saving opportunities, including lighting, hot water, heating and
ventilation improvements.
- Advisors can help businesses access other
available incentives and LiveSmart BC: Small Business Program components,
including coordinating the installation of the equipment on behalf of the
owner.
Daniel has a strong belief in the
need to reduce energy
consumption and implement more sustainable business practices. This stems
from the understanding that it not only makes ethical and moral sense to do
so,
but also continually proves to make business sense.
If you have a tenant
interested in energy management or have
a building that would be eligible for this offering please contact Daniel
Klemky.
The New MGS Conservation Rate - BC
Hydro
On April 1, 2012, some Medium General Service
(MGS) accounts will have
moved to a new rate that encourages energy conservation. When you use less
electricity than your historic average (your baseline), you'll receive a
credit
on your bill. Use more electricity and there will be an extra charge.
To learn more, watch a two-minute video
that explains the
rate in detail or visit bchydro.com/mgs
If you have any questions please contact your BC Hydro KAM or Lorina Keery at the BOMA Office.
Energy Efficiency Financing
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The Atticus Financial Group are
experts in providing leasing services for small and medium sized
businesses. They have been working with companies for the past few years to
help them finance new technologies that help the environment by reducing
energy usage. By leasing, the cost of installing new equipment is deferred
and the savings pay for the equipment without affecting the cash flow.
Some examples of the types of equipment they can help you finance include
biomass boiler systems, more efficient HVAC systems and retrofit LED
lighting systems.
Read
more case study about how leasing can help you go green.
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Trane 2012 Training Seminars
 Trane Northwest has always been
committed to training and believe it is critical to success in any
endeavor. They are pleased to once again offer a wide variety of
courses for 2012!
Below are a few
courses that are coming up in May:
MAY
3rd ENL:
The Impact of ASHRAE Standard 189.1-2011
14th- June 1st
(June) 4th Class
Power Engineer, Part B only
18th Refrigeration
Basic Safety Awareness
24th TS
Session 2: Scheduling & Area Control, Variable Air Systems
View the full
calendar.
To register or if you would like to
discuss any of the training courses in more detail, please call them at 604
473
5677.
Home Energy Loan Program
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The City of Vancouver in co-operation with Vancity
and support of FortisBC, BC Hydro and Natural Resources Canada, have
created the Home Energy Loan Program. This program offers you access to
affordable financing and end-to-end support to make select energy
efficiency upgrades to your home. In return, you can expect to save money
on your energy bills and enjoy improved home comfort while reducing your
home's environmental footprint.
Free workshops on home
energy efficiency offered by City of Vancouver
Save
money Improve home
comfort
Help your tenants and/or employees learn how to
save money on energy bills. Schedule a free lunchtime workshop for
homeowners to learn about tools to make their houses more energy efficient.
This brief but engaging presentation will demystify energy efficiency
retrofits. Homeowners will learn how to access thousands of dollars in
government rebates, how to find a reputable contractor, and about new low,
fixed interest financing.
For more information visit their website or to book a
workshop email
or call
604-374-0507.
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Success Stories
Earth Hour at AXA Place
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Our good friend Keith Messner,
Energy Manager from Polaris Realty, shared a great success story with us
about the energy savings they realized during Earth hour for AXA Place.
They
sent us their energy usage data for Saturday, March 31 (Earth Hour Day),
Saturday March 24 (previous weeks’ Saturday), and their average
Saturday during
the month of March. Turning off their lights for only an hour saved them 1,358 kWh! This is the
equivalent of powering down 5 computer monitors for an entire
year!
Great
job Keith, thanks for
sharing this and showing us how it’s done!
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Urban Impact Organics
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Eco-entrepreneurs put food scraps to work –
Urban Impact
Vancouver-based Urban
Impact is one of a handful of
companies offering office compost service to help counter so much
unnecessary
waste.About one-third of food produced
for human consumption is lost or wasted globally, which amounts to about
1.3
billion tonnes per year, according to the 2011 Global Food Losses and Food
Waste study for the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture
Organization.
Read
more about what Urban Impact is doing to eliminate
this waste from our offices.
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If you have a success story and would like to share it
please send us an email and we would
be happy to include them in upcoming publications.
BOMA BESt
Version 2 Update
We are now a few months into the launch of the new
BOMA BESt Version 2 and have had great feedback from applicants about the
new functionality and features of the program.
We understand that it might be confusing as you are transitioning your
buildings during re-certification into the new system so here is
a quick refresher on how to access your buildings in the program
or re-certify
First time Certifications
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Go to BOMA
BESt website
- In right column click "Register
for BOMA BESt V2" under Get Certified heading
- Create a login ID and fill in building information
- Press submit and BOMA BC will then contact you to arrange payment
Re-certifications *
- Go to BOMA
BESt website
- In right column click on "Building
registered Jan 24, 2012 and onwards" under Already and Applicant
heading
- Put in your login ID and password
- Click on Re-certify Building link in left-hand
column
- Select the building you want to re-certify and click
submit
- Static information about your building will stay populated so you don't
have to re-input this information when going through the
questionnaire.
* Please note that re-certification feature only works if
you are re-certifying under the same asset class.
Existing Applications
- Go to BOMA
BESt website
- If registered before Jan 24, 2012 click on "Building
registered before Jan 24, 2012"
- If registered after Jan 24, 2012 click on "Building
registered Jan 24, 2012 and onwards"
- Select building from list you want to access
Congratulations
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We are happy to congratulations 12 new BOMA BESt
certifications over the past few months! These buildings have
demonstrated a commitment to improving the performance of their buildings and we applaud
their efforts.
See the new BOMA
BESt Certifications
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What's wrong with this
picture?
We bought a new printer a couple weeks back and opened up the box
to find this! We thought we would make a friendly competition in the
newsletter to see who reads this to the end. If you are the first
person to email Lorina back with the
correct answer of "What is Wrong With this Picture" you will win a
prize.
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NEW EVENT!
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BOMA Partners with Lighthouse Sustainability Building
Centre for Whole Building Retrofits
Market Insights Event
This Market Insights Event will address the need for full
building retrofit solutions in the aging commercial building stock.
Join us as we explore what industry is doing to meet this challenge
and the opportunity for incorporating energy efficiency practices while
achieving operational efficiencies and cost savings.
There will be a large representation from BOMA on the panel, including
Derek Page, BOMA's new President, and Lorina Keery, Energy and
Environmental Manager from BOMA.
Register
here
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Still Opportunities to Advertise in
BeX!
If you missed the last deadline to inquire about advertising in the BeX
newsletter please feel free to still contact Lorina to
discuss remaining opportunities (604-684-3916 x225).
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