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Heeding Green Advice

Posted on by Jay Grenfell

The benefits of green building and energy efficiency are real and increasingly want to be realized by commercial real estate investors and tenants alike.  Partner Engineering and Science, Inc.’s green retrofit of their new company headquarters in Los Angeles provided Partner with firsthand experience in realizing those benefits.  By undertaking this project Partner is now…

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Commercial Real Estate Finance | Energy | Engineering Due Diligence | Environmental Due Diligence

Heeding Green Advice

Posted on by Jay Grenfell

The benefits of green building and energy efficiency are real and increasingly want to be realized by commercial real estate investors and tenants alike.  Partner Engineering and Science, Inc.’s green retrofit of their new company headquarters in Los Angeles provided Partner with firsthand experience in realizing those benefits.  By undertaking this project, Partner is now…

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Energy | Fannie Mae | Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae | HUD | Multi-Family

HERS II Rating System used to qualify for California TCAC and CDLAC, low income tax credits and private debt.

Posted on by jmandler

Affordable housing sponsors and developers seeking to utilize tax credits or private activity bonds through California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (CTCAC) and the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee (CDLAC), respectively, for rehabilitation projects must reduce the projects’ energy consumption. The energy reduction must be documented by submitting the California Energy Commission HERS II energy consumption…

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Partner Continues Industry Education Efforts with New Due Diligence Series

Posted on by Kelly Javier

Environmental and engineering due diligence in relation to real estate transactions often poses questions about how, when and why. As an industry leader in providing assessments, Partner had taken to task to also be industry leaders in educating the real estate industry on the When of ordering a report, the Whys, the Hows, and the…

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Energy

Tony Talks Commercial Building Energy Audits

Posted on by Erika Petty

Tony Liou, president of our sister company Partner Energy, recently discussed energy efficiency and energy audits for commercial buildings on GlobeSt.com’s “The Science of Real Estate” blog.  Below is a recap of what he discussed:  An energy audit is often the first step in making your commercial building more efficient.  The goal of an energy…

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Building Experts | Commercial Real Estate Finance | Energy | Fannie Mae | Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae | Multi-Family

Property Condition Reports, a Comprehensive Overview

Posted on by Joe Derhake PE

The Property Condition Report is a due diligence tool that helps buyers and lenders of real estate to understand the condition of the asset they are buying.   The most important section of the Property Condition Report is the Immediate Repairs table and the Replacement Reserves Table, where we express to the report user the capital…

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Building Experts | Energy | Fannie Mae | SBA Real Estate Finance

Green Property Condition Assessment

Posted on by Joe Derhake PE

Green Property Condition Assessments make dollars and sense.

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Building Experts | Energy

California Energy Disclosure Law’s Implementation Delayed Again

Posted on by Joe Derhake PE

The California Energy Commission delayed the implementation of AB 1103, California’s landmark energy disclosure law.   This is the 4th time that the law’s implementation has been delayed in the past two years.   Now the first set of buildings will require energy disclosure in January of 2012–unless the law is delayed again. No doubt the law…

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Energy | Environmental Due Diligence

Property Condition Report, What is Included?

Posted on by Joe Derhake PE

Property Condition Report What is included in a Property Condition Report (PCR)? The short answer is that the Property Condition Report evaluates all improvements.    Most Property Condition Reports done for lenders are done within the scope and limitation of the ASTM Standard E2018.  My firm, Partner Engineering and Science, typically defines the scope as follows: Conduct…

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