Archive for 2018

Global Facility Solutions Completes Engineering and Construction Management at Renaissance Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore

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Global Facility Solutions completed the Engineering Design and Construction Management for the installation of a new central heating and domestic hot water system at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel located in Baltimore, MD. GFS provided construction management services for the installation of gas-fired heating and domestic hot water boilers and electric steam boilers to replace existing third-party delivered steam systems. To support the installation of new systems, GFS developed engineering permit drawings, managed contractor bidding and selection, and provided construction management on behalf of hotel ownership. GFS…
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2018 Energy Star® Score Updates

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In August 2018, the EPA updated performance metrics for U.S. buildings in the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager® based on the most recent market data available. If you benchmark one or more properties in Portfolio Manager, your buildings’ 1–100 ENERGY STAR scores and other source energy metrics were updated across all time periods to reflect the latest performance metrics. This update was part of EPA’s standard process to keep ENERGY STAR metrics as current as possible, and reflective of current market…
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