Omega Janitorial Service of Houston & Dallas, Cites Recent Research Showing Lack of Energy Efficiency in LEED Office Buildings

HOUSTON, TX, October 06, 2010 (Press-News.org) As a LEED certified building, are your designs truly operating and maintaining leadership in energy and environmental designs? According to a New York Times article written by Mireya Navarro dated back in August of 2009 it was revealed that LEED-certified buildings are not truly living up to the GREEN label. LEED an acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating system is a certification that builders are highly attracted to. LEED certification gives builders the benefit for tax credits, attract tenants, charge first-class rents and showcase an environmental responsibility to the public. As identified in the industry, the United States Green Building Council has recognized that there is a difference between intention and actual performance from LEED buildings. The LEED program administers begun in the year of 2009 collecting information about energy use from all the buildings it certifies.

The USGBC research suggest that a quarter of the new buildings that have been certified do not meet required energy savings standards as their designs forecasted and most do not track energy consumption once in use. Operational plans and maintenance of LEED buildings after construction are not strategically in place with many buildings. When building occupants fail to understand or fully take advantage of their green buildings, there can be a performance gap. This lack of planning has caused the LEED program to confront attack from architects, engineers, and energy experts who dispute that because building performance is not tracked, the certification may be falling short in reducing emissions tied to global warming. Currently the USGBC reports 53% of LEED buildings can't even qualify for the basic Energy star rating anymore. LEED energy standards have grown more stringent over the years.

A far more important element to LEED is green cleaning services. For businesses in Houston, Austin and Dallas - a green housekeeping policy is critical to keeping those with allergies at work and healthy. Surprisingly, most LEED building property managers use a "green cleaning" policy which isn't even LEED compliant. Omega Janitorial Service's LEED-AP Green Cleaning management team is capable of serving any janitorial services client in Houston, Dallas or Austin. Omega's clients voted them 2010's #1 Houston Janitorial Firm.

With more than 30 years of experience, Omega understands what all the facility maintenance variables are and know how to manage them. Whether a client has one location or 75 or need one service or many for each, Omega will ensure they're staffed according to what each location needs, always on time, always on budget.

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