How does Seattle Steam impact the environmental bottom line for building owners and operators?
• The impact is dramatic and immediate. • Customers benefit from a reduction in their carbon footprint by 50 percent. Carbon footprint reduction is important to tenants, stockholders, the financial community and others who monitor corporate citizenship. • The ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, which is one of the best known and most utilized measurement tools, rates District Energy systems like Seattle Steam favorably and this helps with third party “green” verification. • Customers who re-use the steam condensate in their building operations are also able to gain additional LEED points toward building certification. Several new studies indicate that green certified buildings lease quicker and for higher rates than non-green buildings.
