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How’s Your Roof-Top Unit Performing? New York State-Wide RTU Improvement Incentive from NYSERDA
Written by: Marta Schantz As CRE firms are wrapping up their annual budget plans this year for next year’s capital projects, there may...
Aug 11, 20162 min read


A New Approach to Building Renewal
Written by: Fiona Dearth At Waypoint Energy, a new year means new opportunities to continue to drive energy efficiency in commercial...
Aug 3, 20163 min read


Strategies to S.E.E. (Sell Efficiency Effectively)
Written by: Sormeh Konjkav While Waypoint Energy prides itself in communicating efficiency in the commercial real estate (CRE) market in...
Jul 20, 20163 min read


Considering Rooftop Unit Efficiency in Retail Lease Language
Written by: Marta Schantz By now we’ve all heard of green leases, or energy-aligned clauses, in commercial real estate. These leases or...
Jul 7, 20162 min read


CoStar and DOE Partner to Make Energy and Water Data Part of the Real Estate Equation
Written by: Fiona Dearth Have you heard the news? For the first time, commercial real estate (CRE) insiders will be able to view the...
Jun 28, 20162 min read


Worried about the Downward-Trending CRE Cycle’s Impact on Energy Efficiency?
Written by: Marta Schantz Lately, a number of commercial real estate (CRE) experts have been warning about the potential of an impending...
May 24, 20162 min read


In San Francisco, Benchmarking Paves the Way for Strides in Building Energy Performance
Written by: Fiona Dearth The adage oft-heard in energy efficiency circles, “you can’t manage what you don’t measure,” has taken on new...
May 4, 20162 min read


Understanding Key Building Systems from the Experts Themselves
Written by: Fiona Dearth As a member of BOMA San Francisco, Waypoint Energy stays in the loop on the latest developments in the CRE...
Mar 10, 20162 min read


1325 J Street Receives 2015 ENERGY STAR® Certification
Written by: Brian Wong Waypoint and Colliers International have partnered to provide ENERGY STAR® benchmarking and certification services...
Mar 8, 20162 min read


Looking for the Office of the Future? Meet Sustainable Office Design
Written by: Marta Schantz Office building fit-outs happen fast. So fast, that stakeholders may miss energy efficiency opportunities and...
Feb 23, 20162 min read


When Did You Last Replace Your Property’s Rooftop Units? Time for Energy Efficiency.
Written by: Marta Schantz Let’s face it – rooftop unit air conditioning units (RTUs) are not the flashiest building system for commercial...
Feb 4, 20162 min read


The Impact and Significance of Data Quality
Written by: Travis Edwards “Would you like to sync with Facebook?” “Do you want to share your location?” “You are over your data usage...
Jan 20, 20163 min read


The Value of ENERGY STAR Benchmarking
Written by: Johnathon Fata Within the commercial real estate market, and especially within the energy efficiency market, ENERGY...
Dec 11, 20152 min read


Beyond Simple Payback
Written by: Brian Wong While investing capital in energy efficient building upgrades can improve a property’s ENERGY STAR® score, LEED...
Dec 11, 20153 min read


Energy Analytics for All
Written by: Marta Schantz Commercial real estate markets are built on a large, and often complex, field of stakeholders, from property...
Nov 30, 20152 min read


When it Comes to Utility Incentives, Time is of the Essence
Written by: Johnathon Fata The energy efficiency industry is an ever-changing landscape of technologies, programs and participants. Even...
Nov 16, 20152 min read


Energy Efficiency in the Small Buildings CRE Market
Written by: Marta Schantz Often times when it comes to energy efficiency in the commercial real estate world, small buildings are not...
Aug 26, 20153 min read


The Importance of Timing for Energy Efficiency in the Commercial Real Estate Market
Written by: Brian Wong Engaging buildings at the right time in their management lifecycle is critical to the improved success of energy...
Aug 20, 20152 min read


Virtú Investments – 2014 GreenLiving Annual Report shows savings results of 4.6 MkWh and 56 mgals
Written by: Johnathon Fata Waypoint is pleased to announce the results of Virtú Investments’ third-annual GreenLiving Report. Virtú...
Jun 25, 20152 min read


How much energy do our Plug Loads actually use?
Written by: Marta Schantz Recently, the Washington Post published an article titled, “This is why people are so clueless about how much...
Jun 22, 20152 min read
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