Just When Badly Needed The Greener Lease Is Born

A "green lease" is a lease agreement between a landlord and tenant or lender and borrower that incorporates clauses, measures, and practices aimed at improving the sustainability and energy efficiency of a building, structure, or home. These leases collaborate on initiatives that reduce environmental impact, lower utility costs, and enhance occupant well-being. The Greener Lease is a green lease with a much greater purpose and reward! The Greener Lease is a self funding lease wherein the monthly energy savings generated are equal to or greater than the monthly cost of the utilized efficiency measure. Any building or structure with equity should be a great candidate. The cleanest energy is the energy we do not use! All efficiency projects should first focus on minimizing energy use. The Greener Lease begins with an indepth energy consumption analysis. It uses a number of proven energy demand reduction measures in series or combination wherein we strive to reduce energy consumption by 30-40% in a self funding plan. The great news is that many benefits come from this plan for the building owner and our planet. Our initial enveloping measures will markedly improve occupant comfort and HVAC equipment performance and life span. The Green Lease is designed to self fund the measure or measures in eight years or less! No building owner should be disappointed in a 12.5% return on the first year return on an efficiency upgrade with a history of long life! Our goal will be to utilize every efficiency measure that can self fund until the 30-40% energy use goal is achieved. Indivdually and collectively we are failing at all efforts to reach demand reduction and temperature rise reductions goals and experts are saying the damage will soon be irreverable. A great first step will be a focused efforts on energy use reductions. A self funding plan will make a huge step toward wider utilization with long term benefits. We should in a few years be able to see a path to reach our global demand reduction and emission reduction goals.