Building Management Tip 3_17_2010

For the last decade, many businesses have begun to look at their buildings as a way to tool to achieve strategic objectives, not just for housing people and activities. Until recently, post-occupancy evaluations have assessed and evaluated buildings with respect to the physical environment and its durability. Now, many businesses are under pressure to justify all expenditures with respect to core business goals. JR & Co and Biofilic, LLC are developing a management tool for buildings that will address roofing and green roofing with respect to core business goals. This tool, will prove most valuable when used for all the building design, not just roofing. We have developed the framework for building performance evaluation (BPE) but say "we are developing" because the full benefit from such a management tool can only be realized with input from all key stakeholders in a workshop type setting. This process starts at the pre-design stage.

Some of our customers have wondered why JR & Co would hire a PhD to come to work in the roofing industry. You will have to be the judge of that. Hasn't roofing come a long way?
If you would like to learn more about this program or schedule an exploratory workshop, email me at dale@jrroofinginc.com or at d.ball@biofilic.com.

Dale Ball, PhD, GRP