Geoexchange in Commercial Buildings – An Owners Perspective Phillip Saieg, LEED AP O+M Director of Sustainable Building

Agenda: Top reasons owner’s choose Geoexchange systems The Market Trends for Green Buildings Why Energy Efficiency and Green Matters to an Owner Who makes what decisions in commercial buildings

Top Reasons owners choose Geoexchange 1. Low maintenance (total cost of ownership) 2. Long system life 3. Hedge against rising and volatile energy prices. 4. Geo is the best / lowest impact system for building owners wishing to be sustainable 5. Depending on the application Geoexchange is interesting to building owners because it can balance both heating and cooling loads. However… Bottom line if an owner is just fixated on lowest first cost it is unlikely they will choose Geoexchange

“As green buildings become more common, conventional buildings will rapidly lose value and become obsolete - Charles Lockwood, Harvard Business Journal (2006) “Green will be measured by the business community, regulators, savvy consumers…stay on top of green or eat everyone’s dust. There will be differentiation over the long run, adapt or get crushed.” - Urban Land Institute, Emerging Trends (2008)

Top 5 reasons business owners go green 1.Competitive differentiator 2.Mitigate risk 3.Attract tenants 4.Cost-effective 5.Increase rental rates

Top 5 business reasons tenants choose green 1.Happier employees and occupants 2.Public relations and community benefit 3.Lower operating costs 4.Immediate and measurable results 5.Save energy

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Building AddressSquare FeetPriceAvg. $/SF th St11,360$2,625,000$ th St16,402$3,650,000$ th St, Unit 1061,933$285,000$ Auraria Pky, Unit 3031,874$435,000$ Blake St18,750$235,000$ Blake St43,750$8,500,000$ Larimer St6,135$1,200,000$ Market St7,267$1,425,000$ Wazee St, Unit $440,600$ Wewatta St25,000$3,500,000$ Wynkoop St29,202$5,300,000$ Average:14,751$2,508,691$ Conventional Buildings sold in LoDo CoStar data

Building AddressSquare FeetPriceAvg. $/SFValue from Green* % of Total Value 1755 Blake St112,928$40,600,000$359.52$4,636, % Larimer St118,262$17,500,000$147.98$4,855, % 1800 Larimer St495,518$213,223,000$430.30$20,345, % Wynkoop St306,791$118,000,000$384.63$12,596, % 1899 Wynkoop St165,727$52,700,000$317.99$6,804, % Average:239,845$88,404,600$328.08$9,848, % *Calculated as: $41.06 x building square feet $/SF Difference in $/sf between green and conventional$ Percent difference 43.84% Average conventional building sale price$ Value of 18% premium on conventional sale price$41.06 Green Buildings sold in LoDo , including estimates of the potential value from green of the sale price and that percent of the total value

“Energy upgrades are the new granite counter tops.” Energy Efficiency as Investment

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