Amy Cortese This is Me

 View all 10 references Web References

1. 1. 001 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry

   www.aceee.org/pubs/sstoc01.htm - [Cached]

   Published on: 7/9/2006   Last Visited: 12/10/2007

   Amy Cortese, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance

2. 2. Con.WEB: Issue 85

   www.newsdata.com/enernet/conwe - [Cached]

   Published on: 5/9/2001   Last Visited: 7/10/2002

   "The office environment is very important for people's productivity," said Amy Cortese, Future@Work project coordinator for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance. The Alliance sponsors BetterBricks.com, a resource to help businesses apply Future@Work concepts that can pay off with lower absenteeism, reduced turnover and higher worker performance. According to BetterBricks, a 1-percent improvement in employee productivity can nearly equal a building's entire annual utility bill.
   
   ...
   People can come in, kick the tires and see how they may work," Cortese said.
   
   Lighting, Furnishings, Work Space
   
   Future@Work demonstrates techniques in lighting, furnishing and arranging a work space that enable businesses to reconfigure office space cost-effectively as they grow and change. "You can use the same technology. You don't have to always purchase new equipment," Cortese said. "You see different scenarios and ways to use space."
   
   The 3,000-square-foot exhibit, which opened in August at 1420 Fifth Ave., has been visited by representatives of many commercial and institutional sectors with widely varying work space requirements, including law firms, health-care organizations and financial institutions.
   
   ...
   Depending on application, the T-5s are 16 to 30 percent more efficient than the T12s, Cortese said.
   ...
   "The ceiling above the daylight shelf is three times brighter than a non-daylit surface and that helps prevent glare," Cortese said. The fabric, supported by a frame, is a much simpler way to optimize daylight than building a structural light shelf.
   
   Media Lounge: This space's proximity to individual work spaces encourages spontaneous gathering and idea sharing. Furnishings can be moved around to suit the group, and a complete suite of communications tools is available to support group activities--data and voice communications, audiovisual presentation equipment, video conferencing, DVD/CD/VCR and Internet access.
   
   East/West: Furnishings to suit the preferences of employees from different cultures are provided, including floor seating.

3. 3. www.djc.com

   www.djc.com/news/en/11135647.h - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/25/2002   Last Visited: 8/25/2002

   By AMY CORTESE Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
   ...
   Amy Cortese is a project coordinator at the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance. She manages the alliance's efforts to promote daylighting and energy-effective designs in new and existing commercial buildings. The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance is a nonprofit group of electric utilities, state governments, public interest groups and efficiency industry representatives.
   
   Other Stories:
   
   Water storage goes underground New brownfields law comes with big changes