48 episodes
10 Minutes to a Better Building with Boland Boland
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Welcome to "10 Minutes to a Better Building: Presented by Boland", the podcast that helps you optimize your building's performance. As a leading building solutions provider with over 350 professionals and 150 technicians, Boland has one goal in mind - to make your building better. Join us as we explore innovative solutions, industry insights, and practical tips to help you save energy, reduce costs, and improve your building's overall performance. Whether you're a building owner, operator, or engineer, tune in now to start building better with Boland.
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How to Get the Best Filtration With the Lowest Life Cycle Cost
Josh Howell, Commercial Territory Manager at Dynamic Air Quality Solutions, discusses costs and saving money when investing in air quality improvement for buildings.
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How to Get the Best Filtration With the Lowest Life Cycle Cost
Josh Howell, Commercial Territory Manager at Dynamic Air Quality Solutions, discusses costs and saving money when investing in air quality improvement for buildings.
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EP 39: How to Improve the Air Quality of Your Building
Josh Howell, Commercial Territory Manager at Dynamic Air Quality Solutions, discusses air quality improvement for buildings.
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What Can Your Open Controls Systems Do for You?
Katie Kimmel and Matt Hinkle of Boland talk with Michelle Dawn Mooney about open control systems.
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EP 37: The Benefits of Professional Development Courses
Del Johnson discusses the benefits of professional development classes at Boland.
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EP 36: Lower Your Building's Energy Usage Intensity
Host of Ten Minutes to a Better Building, Tyler Kern, sat down with Geoffrey Gilg, an energy engineer at Boland — the leading commercial provider of HVAC systems, services and building energy solutions. The pair discussed the efforts building owners can make to lower their energy usage intensity (EUI). A factor in measuring EUI is through the ENERGY STAR score, a one to 100 score that annually ranks just how much energy a building is consuming, per the official website.
“The best way to analyze it is to put it into the ENERGY STAR’s portfolio manager, and that will give you an ENERGY STAR score that rates you anywhere from one, which is very low, to 100, which is high. That tells you how you rate relative to other buildings of the same usage type,” said Gilg.
Gilg added that this is comparatively done only between buildings that house the same facilities, such as office buildings or hospitals. So, a building that has an energy star score of 50 simply means that its energy usage is 50% better than other buildings in a similar category. Naturally, many buildings and companies aim to have the highest score, but that can't always be the case. Luckily, there are solutions that come in levels to help them get there.
Most solutions involve actions such as reducing energy use at all hours of the day (unless the building is operating 24 hours), thermostat controlling, and overall proper management of energy-efficient mechanisms. However, building owners must reach various tiers in numerical order before they can obtain a better score. These tiers are:
1.Occupant health and safety
2.Space requirements
3.Occupant comfort
4.Energy efficiency