Partner Engineering and Science, Inc. is pleased to launch our spring webinar series. This series offers new and updated webinars that discuss commercial real estate trends, standards updates and changes as they affect the commercial real estate industry. Registration for all webinars is at no cost to industry professionals. Webinar Topics Include: The Essentials of Seismic Risk Assessments Why ... Read More »
The benefits of green building and energy efficiency are real and increasingly want to be realized by commercial real estate investors and tenants alike. Partner Engineering and Science, Inc.’s green retrofit of their new company headquarters in Los Angeles provided Partner with firsthand experience in realizing those benefits. By undertaking this project Partner is now able to provide inval... Read More »
The benefits of green building and energy efficiency are real and increasingly want to be realized by commercial real estate investors and tenants alike. Partner Engineering and Science, Inc.’s green retrofit of their new company headquarters in Los Angeles provided Partner with firsthand experience in realizing those benefits. By undertaking this project, Partner is now able to provide inva... Read More »
The California Energy Commission delayed the implementation of AB 1103, California’s landmark energy disclosure law. This is the 4th time that the law’s implementation has been delayed in the past two years. Now the first set of buildings will require energy disclosure in January of 2012–unless the law is delayed again. No doubt the law has serious opponents. Ther... Read More »
New San Francisco Existing Commercial Building Energy Performance Ordinance Read More »
Wal-Mart Suppliers' GHG Emissions Reduction Plan in Action, Carbon Partner Sees Result First-Hand Read More »
Property Condition Report What is included in a Property Condition Report (PCR)? The short answer is that the Property Condition Report evaluates all improvements. Most Property Condition Reports done for lenders are done within the scope and limitation of the ASTM Standard E2018. My firm, Partner Engineering and Science, typically defines the scope as follows: Conduct a thorough walk-thr... Read More »
TRIENCE (noun) – pertaining to and the study of the ENVIRONMENT, ENGINEERING AND ENERGY as they pertain to facility management. Is Trience really a word? Do people really study these things? Are they teaching Trience in high school labs and college lecture halls? Is Trience part of the newly enacted federal government regulations developed to stimulate economic growth? The answer to three ... Read More »
