24A — September 28 - October 11, 2012 — Green Buildings — Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal
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G REEN B UILDINGS
Recognizing the building with the highest percentage of energy savings Avidan Management receives Urban Green Council’s EBie Award
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show held at the Hard Rock Café in Times Square, the Ur- ban Green Council announced that Avidan Management re- ceived “The Reformed Gas Guz- zler” EBie Award. Recognizing the building with the highest percentage of energy savings, “The Reformed Gas Guzzler” award was bestowed upon Avidan for its sustainability up- grades at 145 Talmadge Road, the firm’s 656,255 s/f warehouse and office complex. Last year, Avidan completed a 4.26-megawatt solar power installation and other energy efficiency upgrades at 145 Talmadge Road. The solar
project consists of 17,745 panels and was the largest rooftop- mounted installation to have been completed in the entire country at the time. To date, the installation has produced more than 7.7 million kilo- watt-hours -- enough energy to service half of the power needs of the building’s multiple ten- ants, which utilize the facility as office space and for storage of dry goods and refrigerated and frozen foods. The total cost of the installation was roughly $22 million, and approximately 120 jobs were created during the construction process. Avidan further enhanced the sustainability of 145 Talmadge Road by completing a compre- hensive retrofit of the building to maximize the facility’s over- all energy efficiency. “We are thankful that the Urban Green Council has rec- ognized 145 Talmadge Road with this honor, and we’d like to acknowledge the work of our project collaborators -- Solar World, Solar Nation and Ha- glid Engineering & Associ- ates -- as well as the Board of Public Utilities, PSE&G , and numerous other state and lo- cal officials,” said Avi Avidan , managing member of Avidan Management. “By generating electricity through alternative means and maximizing the facility’s energy efficiency, we potentially reduce the site’s car- bon footprint by 50%, and the addition of automation controls on the refrigeration equipment also has greatly contributed to the building’s energy savings. This benefits our tenant base and is part of our ongoing dedi- cation to responsible business practices.” Haglid developed an en- ergy reduction plan for 145 Talmadge Road, identifying performance goals that would help the building achieve sub- stantial energy savings. Energy efficiency upgrades completed at 145 Talmadge Road in 2011 include: Improving the envelope of the building and achieving an R-30 insulation value • Creating a barrier wall separating the loading dock area from the main warehouse area in the cooler/freezer areas only • Installing high-speed cooler/ freezer doors in the separation wall so that the doors now move 100 inches per second • Installing energy-efficient lighting with motion sensors. ■
DISON, NJ — Avidan Management has been named as a recipient of
a 2012 EBieAward . Bestowed by the U.S. Green Building Council’s New York chap- ter , Urban Green Council , the EBie Awards are a new nationwide, juried competition that recognizes significant and measurable environmental performance improvements in existing buildings among building owners and operators, property managers, engineers, consultants, retro-commis- sioning agents and lighting designers. At an Oscars-style award
145 Talmadge Road
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