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Acquires Doo Consulting
Maryland’s top sustainability consulting companies join forces in 2022 September 1, 2022 | by Matt Torr After more than 15 years of collaboration in the green building industry, Doo Consulting has joined Lorax Partnerships to bring the area’s best minds in sustainability under one roof. With a combined staff of 14 talented green building professionals,…
Read MoreThe Daily Record Announces First Excellence in Construction & Real Estate Awards
2019 Excellence in Construction & Real Estate Award Winners Architects (Individual) Tim Barnhill, Hord Caplan Macht John Hutch, JP2 Architects Kathleen Lechleiter, TwoPoint Studio Developers (Individual) David Bramble, MCB Real Estate Dan Henson, Henson Development Engineers (Company) EBA Engineering KCW Engineering Technologies, Inc. Whitney Bailey Cox & Magnani, LLC Environmental Sensitivity (Company) Lorax Partnerships Somerset…
Read MoreMaking the Dollars Count by Counting the Dollars: Innovative Financing for Green Building
At this year’s Montgomery County Energy Summit, Lorax partnered with a developer, a financial underwriter, a commissioning agent, and an asset manager to present on Innovative Financing for Green Buildings. See the slide deck below and the presentation abstract for more details on the conclusions we came to. Spoiler Aler: Green Buildings can save you…
Read MoreFundamental, Enhanced, and Monitoring-Based – Oh My!
Buildings often do not perform as intended, which can result in higher energy use than anticipated. Enter commissioning (Cx): a cost-effective process of verifying performance and design intent so that deficiencies can be corrected. Commissioning is a quality assurance process that ideally begins in pre-design and continues throughout construction and into building operations. It’s used…
Read MorePhoenix is Hot! PBC1 Groundbreaking
Construction is heating up! Lorax was thrilled to be in attendance at the Groundbreaking Ceremony for Phoenix Biomedical Campus Building 1 (PBC1) in Phoenix, AZ earlier this year. Lorax serves as the LEED and Sustainability consultant for the PBC1 project. Phoenix is the latest City for Wexford Science and Technology to explore, with great reason.…
Read MoreUSGBC Maryland Celebrates Local Green Building Leaders at Annual Wintergreen Awards Ceremony
On March 7, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Maryland community announced its 2019 Leadership Awards recipients at the annual Wintergreen networking and awards event. And Lorax had a banner night, winning a total of 6 Wintergreen Awards! More than 130 green building advocates from across Maryland came together to celebrate this year’s 10 recipients…
Read MoreOffice Manager/Administrative Assistant Position
What We Do Lorax Partnerships provides sustainability and green building consulting services to building developers, owners, and occupants, as well as business owners, architects, and other real estate professionals interested in improving the environmental performance of their company, building or development project. Our motivated and experienced project managers furnish building owners and developers with a…
Read MoreLEED v4.1: The Good, The Bad, and the… Helpful?
Are you struggling with your LEED v4 project? It’s not just you! USGBC has heard from LEED users, seen the light, and made adjustments. In case you missed it, on January 21, 2018, USGBC released the LEED v4.1 beta versions of BD+C, ID+C, O+M, Residential, and Cities & Communities rating systems. While a new version…
Read More2012 NGBS Registration Deadline Approaching
Attention! The Registration Deadline for 2012 NGBS is Monday, December 31, 2018, 5:00 PM. Do you have a residential project in need of a green building certification? Time and again, the National Green Building Standard (NGBS) proves to be the the most cost effective rating system for qualifying residential buildings, specifically related to soft…
Read MoreHave you met Emily and Ava?
We are excited to announce the recent addition of Emily and Ava to the ever-growing Lorax team in June 2018! Emily LeMay has come on board as an Assistant Project Manager. She holds a master’s degree in Environmental Science from American University and has three years of environmental compliance experience at the local government level.…
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