Rising Energy Prices How Your Business Can Cope

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Rising Energy PricesHow Your Business Can Cope

• Anna Laura Sherrard
• Friday, April 8, 2005
• EcoConsulting

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Rising Energy Prices

• Crude oil price up 30
• Goldman Sachs
• May surge to 105 per barrel in next 2 years
• Goldman Sachs Oil Could Spike to 105
• Reuters.com

CNN.com
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Squeezing Bottom Line

• Increasing energy costs
• Hike in product prices
• Consumers unable and unwilling to pay
• Stunted business growth

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Upside of Rising Oil Prices?

• Lead to Innovation
• Stimulate investment in energy-efficient
  technology
• Offsets increased energy costs
• Increases profits

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Solution Efficient Technology
to offset increasing energy costs and grow
profit!

• Reduce dependency on oil and gas

by investing in energy-efficient technology
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Energy Solution Green Building

Solaire Building, New York City
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How Does Green Building Help?

• Reduces environmental impact of building
• Uses innovative technology
• Photovoltaic solar panels
• Wastewater regeneration
• Works for both old and new buildings

Solaire Building, New York City
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Energy and Water Efficiency

• Use 30 less energy
• Reduce water use by 20 at minimum
• Improve real estate value
• Paul von Paumgartten
• Journal of Facilities Management

Bottom line
Profitable
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Healthier Work Environment

• Physical workplace affects job satisfaction up to
  24
• Green building increases productivity 6 to 16
• Absenteeism sick days reduced
• Work errors decreased
• Paul von Paumgartten
• Journal of Facilities Management

Profitable
Bottom Line
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Green Business Success
EcoConsulting can help you integrate green
technologies into your business.

• Energy efficient
• green technologies
• will decrease your
• dependence on
• high-priced energy.

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EcoConsulting Motto

• Green Business is just smart business.
• Dr. Steven Moore
• UT School of Architecture

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Works Cited

• Banham, Russ. "Greener Buildings, 'Greener'
  Bottom Line." CFO.com 11 Aug. 2004. 2 Apr. 2005
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• Frangos, Alex. "Trends (A Special Report) ---
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• "Goldman Sachs Oil Could Spike to 105."
  Reuters 31 Mar. 2005. 2 Apr. 2005
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• Gottfried, David. "Green Equals Value." ASHRAE
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• Marks, Alexandra, and Robert Tuttle. "Oil prices
  spread to grapes, TVs, pizza." The Christian
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• Moore, Phd., Steven. Personal interview. 4 Apr.
  2005.
• Stables, Eleanor. "New NYC High-Rise is World's
  Most Eco-Responsible." National Geographic 22
  Apr. 2003. 2 Apr. 2005 hic.com.
• Stadtner, Alex. Telephone interview. 25 Apr.
  2005.
• "The rise of the green building." The Economist.
  2 Dec. 2004 1-4. Business Source Premier. 3 Apr.
  2005. Keyword Green Building.
• vonPaumgarten, Paul. "The business case for
  high-performance green buildings Sustainability
  and its financial impact." Journal of Facilities
  Management 2 (n.d.) 26-34.
• Wilson, Marianne. "Taking the LEED." Chain Store
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• Wolk, Martin. "Surging oil prices could blunt
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