Faithful+Gould and 4tell Partnership Launches Comprehensive GreenSmart Facilities Program

    NEW YORK and PORTLAND, Maine, Aug. 19 /EMWNews/ -- Faithful+Gould

and 4tell Solutions, LLC (4tell) announced today that their strategic

partnership has launched its GreenSmart Facilities Program, a comprehensive

facility assessment, planning, implementation and tracking solution.



    Sustainability is emerging as a core goal of leading organizations,

both public and private, and embodies the economic, energy, environmental

and social challenges that organizations face in today's global community.

These organizations need solutions to help manage portfolios, optimize

capital, energy and maintenance investments, as well as reduce emissions,

improve security and report on performance to all stakeholders.



    The GreenSmart Facilities Program creates and delivers the knowledge

organizations need to execute sustainable facilities plans that achieve

desired social goals while meeting the realities of the bottom line.



    "We are helping organizations develop and execute greener operating

models by implementing a framework of business processes, practices and

methodologies that are based on years of facility consulting experience and

multi-discipline subject matter expertise, embedded in a proven,

proprietary technology that delivers ongoing decision support," said Blaine

Buck, chairman of 4tell. Using the GreenSmart Facilities Program,

organizations can structure their "green" initiatives to directly align

with their operational goals and objectives while taking into account

budgets, competing priorities and other realities of the business

environment.



    In this new era of sustainability and stewardship, the importance of

embracing new approaches and methodologies toward managing facilities and

infrastructure is paramount if real change is to occur. Organizations must

consider alternatives to the "status quo" in order to realize and achieve

measurable success in meeting the evolving goals of corporate social

responsibility.



    Recognizing this need, Faithful+Gould and 4tell developed the

GreenSmart Facilities Program in an effort to help organizations improve

their performance along financial, energy, environmental and social

dimensions to achieve sustainable facility governance. These performance

requirements mean that energy and emissions, environmental, security,

workplace access, usage and productivity assessments, along with

traditional facility condition assessments and lifecycle information, must

be incorporated into the sustainable facility business processes.



    The Faithful+Gould 4tell GreenSmart Facilities Program supports

development of a comprehensive understanding of the performance management

process that begins with defining key performance indicators. The process

then advances by measuring and benchmarking current performance levels,

setting organizational goals and objectives for improvement, identifying

opportunities for improvement through assessment and analysis and

understanding an organization's financial model and available resources.

The result is a capital plan that achieves the performance improvement

goals and aligns with business objectives.



    "Organizations are investing heavily in 'green' efforts to address

these critical issues," said Benjamin Dutton, director of Facility

Condition Assessment for Faithful+Gould. "We cut through the hype

surrounding sustainability to deliver solutions that result in real returns

and long-term measurable benefits."

    About Faithful+Gould



    Faithful+Gould is a construction consultant and member of the WS Atkins

group of companies (http://www.atkinsglobal.com). As one of the world's leading

total solutions providers for the built environment, Faithful+Gould has

been providing support services to private companies and the public sector

for more than 60 years. The firm supplies services to clients in the

aviation and transport, commercial, education, energy, food and beverage,

government, health care, hospitality and pharmaceutical industries.

Headquartered in New York City, Faithful+Gould employs more than 600

professionals in over 20 cities throughout the U.S. For additional

information please visit http://www.fgould.com.



    About 4tell Solutions



    4tell Solutions, LLC (formerly HCI Solutions, LLC) is a provider of

technology solutions and consulting services that enable companies to adopt

"green" governance practices for their facilities, infrastructure and

buildings. 4tell is a member of the Cordjia group of companies

(http://www.cordjia.com). 4tell helps its clients address the economic, energy,

environmental and social challenges that they face in today's global

community and to effectively manage portfolios, optimize capital, energy,

and maintenance budgets, reduce emissions, improve security, and report on

performance to stakeholders. To learn more about 4tell(TM) please visit

http://www.4tellsolutions.com.