The Green Office Building of Tomorrow Is Here Today

June 16, 2010
By Patrick Braswell

I came across the below blog from Jobacle.com concerning the Green Office Building of the future and wanted to share it with you for a couple of reasons.  One, I truly believe that “Green” Office Buildings are a good thing for the commercial real estate industry, and for that reason when I find cool blogs about Green Office Buildings I like to share them.  Two, this blog does a great job at showing you the old way of constructing certain aspects of an office building vs. the green way of doing it…  It is a good read and you can see the text from the blog post The Green Office Building of Tomorrow Is Here Today below:

Green Office Building
I have seen the office of the future, and it makes me believe that cubicle thermostat wars might be coming to an end.   The headquarters of the Syracuse Center of Excellence (SCOE), a conglomerate of partners who aim to bring jobs and sustainability to New York State through research and education, have recently unveiled their new building – and it is nothing short of impressive.  I don’t care if you carry cloth bags to the supermarket or bury your plastics under the rest of your trash, a single viewing of this structure and you’ll start to believe that you WILL commute on a hoverboard fueled by water – in this lifetime.  And I thought my previous office buildings were dumps before this visit!

But being eco-friendly is not cheap.  It took $41M to build the five story, 55,000 square foot building.  So hold your breath if you’re looking for your company to upgrade.  Even if they are killing you slowly…  (To read the rest of the blog, please click on the following link – The Green Office Building of Tomorrow Is Here Today)

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