graphic from NAIOP Website A few months ago TreeHugger reported on a silly study (That 70s Show: Developers Still Don't Know How To Make a Building Green) from the Commercial Real Estate Development Association (abbreviated as NAIOP, don't ask why) that concluded "that a 50 percent energy improvement beyond federal standards is technically impossible. A 30 percent target is achievable, but only by adding a million-dollar solar system that could take up to 100 years to pay for itself." Interestingly, that is EXACTLY the level of energy improvements that the Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Waxman-Markey Targets For Buildings Are Exactly What Builders Say are Impossible
graphic from NAIOP Website A few months ago TreeHugger reported on a silly study (That 70s Show: Developers Still Don't Know How To Make a Building Green) from the Commercial Real Estate Development Association (abbreviated as NAIOP, don't ask why) that concluded "that a 50 percent energy improvement beyond federal standards is technically impossible. A 30 percent target is achievable, but only by adding a million-dollar solar system that could take up to 100 years to pay for itself." Interestingly, that is EXACTLY the level of energy improvements that the 
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