Smart, green, sustainable or high-performance buildings are large capital and long-term investments designed to provide a safe, healthy and productive work environment. They also focus on achieving energy efficiency, improving asset life cycle performance, optimizing space use, meeting or exceeding code compliance and reducing operations and maintenance costs Every high-performance building is built with superior materials, design and technology, but whether it achieves its objectives - such as energy efficiency and providing a safe, healthy and productive workplace - depends on the quality of operations management and monitoring throughout the building's life cycle. Many companies want to implement or improve corporate initiatives designed to help owners/agents understand the physical and financial health of their assets - that is, the built environment and the people who maintain it. Yet, these design characteristics require a significant commitment rrom facility, energy and property managers to develop the knowledge, skills and a culture of continuous improvement required to protect this investment and to meet corporate governance and sustain-ability goals.
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