Dan Winters
Dan Winters

Dan Winters is GRESB's Head of North America

The Economic Benefits of Building Commissioning
07 Apr 2014 • openbook 7 minute read
Building commissioning is a quality assurance process used in the real estate industry that has proven effective to improving the long-term economic performance of a building’s operating systems and equipment.  It’s so effective that to secure a LEED rating at any …
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Top Research: High Performance Building Benefits and Investment Costs
24 Feb 2014 • openbook 2 minute read
One of the most common questions posed by real estate professionals is, “What are the benefits of pursuing a LEED rating, and what are the marginal investment requirements necessary to attain these benefits?” This GBIG Insight Research Anthology – High Performa …
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LEED: Value of a Market Signal
30 Jan 2014 • openbook 4 minute read
The final day of Greenbuild 2013 closed with a talk from Nate Silver, an American statistician and #1 best selling author of “The Signal and the Noise”.  One take-away message was how ‘signals’ have economic value and can serve as a window into goals, values an …
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Are You My Asset? The Importance of Accurate Building Data
22 Jan 2014 • openbook 4 minute read
Imagine this scenario:  As an accomplished real estate professional who oversaw the LEED and ENERGY STAR certifications of several assets in your portfolio, you size up the market and make the decision to sell a concentrated group of assets.  You are confident in the …
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Appraisers Focus on High Performance Building Valuation
20 Nov 2013 • openbook 2 minute read
Over 350 of the Northeast’s top professional real estate appraisers packed the room at the annual 2013 New England Appraisers Expo held just outside Boston.  The dominant theme was how the private market adoption of LEED and ENERGY STAR along with increased transpare …
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National Academy affirms DoD’s use of LEED
18 Jun 2013 • openbook 1 minute read
In the National Academy of Sciences study released in February 2013, an expert panel of the National Research Council evaluated the energy efficiency and sustainability standards used by the US Department of Defense [DoD]. The National Academy of Science’s top recomme …
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