Upgrading an inefficient commercial property to achieve a coveted LEED Gold certification.
Upgrading an inefficient commercial property to achieve a coveted LEED Gold certification.
2 PagesFOUR OAKS PLACE Building HVAC, Controls, & Retrofit “ We would never have gotten our LEED Gold certification had we not upgraded our central plant. That certification is critical if our 30-year-old building is going to be competitive in Houston’s competitive Class A real estate market. ” – Fred Whitty Vice President, Four Oaks Place Four Oaks Place is the elegant focal point of Post Oak Boulevard, defining the northern boundary of Houston’s trendy Galleria area. When the four buildings that comprise this 30-year-old prime commercial property were purchased in 2004 by TIAA-CREF – a teachers’ pension fund that prides itself on its long-term real estate investments – the new owners insisted on an HVAC plant upgrade that would earn their state- of-the-art buildings a LEED Gold
