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LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
The Crestwood Building’s LEED for Existing Buildings certification will be up for
renewal in 2012. In addition to maintaining the standards we have set and recording
information about the materials usage, processes, and procedures we have in place,
we are always on the lookout for small improvements and adjustments to our day-to-
day routines that can save energy, reduce waste, and improve tenant comfort, satis-
faction, and retention. We constantly ask ourselves, “What can we do better?” That’s
our policy.
We have a five-year plan for projected improvements that includes some big-ticket
items, like the overhaul of our elevator system (we’ve hired an outside consultant to
help us with this) and adding greater shade canopy in our parking lot. Our first consid-
eration is energy efficiency. At some point, we will need to replace our aging HVAC
system, which is nearing the end of its useful life. At this time, our efforts at conscien-
tious maintenance have allowed us to defer replacement. Being resource-efficient
means replacing things when they need replacing, rather than simply replacing them to
have something different.

4 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOTALS
ALS
OT
10
0
0
3,800
3,800
3,800
3,800
3,800
3,800
38,000
3,800 3,800 3,800 3,800 3,800 3,800 3,800 38,000
3,800
425
425 425 425 425 425 425 425 4,250
425
4,250
425
425
425
425
425
4,700
4,700
4,700
43,000
4,700 4,700 4,700 4,700 4,700 4,700 4,700 43,000
4,700
4,700
4,700
4,700
9,400
9,400
9,400
9,400
9,400
9,400
9,400
92,600
9,400 9,400 9,400 9,400 9,400 9,400 9,400 92,600
27,254
27,254
27,254
27,254
27,254 27,254 27,254 27,254 27,254 27,254 27,254 272,536
27,254
27,254
272,536
27,254
45,579
45,579
450,386
45,579
45,579
45,579
45,579
45,579 45,579 45,579 45,579 45,579 45,579 45,579 450,386
45,579
(33,986)
(33,986)
(1,600)
(1,600)
(20,567)
(20,567)
(24,824)
(24,824)
(7,128)
(7,128)
(2,860)
(2,860)
(2,860)
(2,860) (2,860) (2,860) (2,860) (2,860) (2,860) (2,860) (31,000)
(2,860)
(2,860)
(2,860)
(2,860)
(31,000)
(37,840)
(37,840)
(3,916)
(3,916)
(2,000)
(2,000)
(162,861)
(2,860)
(2,860)
(2,860)
(2,860)
(2,860)
(2,860) (2,860) (2,860) (2,860) (2,860) (2,860) (2,860) (162,861)
(2,860)
(2,860)
42,719
42,719 42,719 42,719 42,719 42,719 42,719 42,719
42,719
42,719
42,719
42,719
42,719
42,719
0.683
0.683 0.621 0.564 0.513 0.467 0.424 0.386
0.621
0.424
0.467
0.513
0.564
0.386
29,177
29,177 26,525 24,114 21,921 19,929 18,1 17 16,470
19,929
18,117
16,470
21,921
26,525
24,1
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