Integrated Building Design

Nice article from #facilities net provides great tips and recommendations for taking an integrated approach to new building design bringing in multiple stakeholders and keeping #sustainability in mind from the start. I believe to maximize this integrated approach it’s also important to bring in utility experts in early too. This approach helps align the building loads and DER with the grid (#buildingtogrid) providing value to the building and grid simultaneously vs the old approach of heres my load interconnection and here’s your upgrade cost to interconnect.

https://www.facilitiesnet.com/green/article/New-Approaches-to-Sustainability-Lead-to-HighPerformance-Buildings--18935