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March 2009

Benchmarking the Impact of Sustainable Buildings An integrated assessment of the land, water, energy, material and indoor environment impacts of the LEED for New Construction Core and Shell and Existing Building standards. The Green Building Impact report by Greener World Media provides market trends and a yardstick for comprehensive evaluation of the environmental impacts of sustainable buildings. Industry Professionals Evaluate Building Green According to the third annual Allen Matkins/CTG survey, 93.4 percent agree that it is worth the time and effort to build green, but only 66.2 percent believe that obtaining LEED certification is worth the effort. A survey of over 900 industry professionals addresses current attitudes toward sustainable building including risks, costs, certification processes and trends.

Maryland Forms Green Economic Development Initiative Montgomery County, Maryland, officials create a 30-member Green Economy Task Force to help guide and implement the Green Economic Development Initiative (GEDI). Some key objectives include attracting new businesses that provide green services; driving innovation into next generation technologies; and facilitating work force training. HinesGO® Program Launched The Houston office of Hines announces a new initiative to enhance the sustainable features and operation of the space it occupies. The program helps identify and implement no-cost and low-cost alternatives to operating in a standard indoor office environment and encourages employees to conduct cost-benefits analyses for improvements at nominal cost. Flipping the Solar Power Switch Hartz Mountain Industries turns on its new solar rooftop array, the first of many installations that Hartz plans to install on warehouse roofs within its 30 million square foot portfolio. New Jersey utility PSE&G will provide $1.62 million in loans with the balance invested by Hartz. Purchasing Wind Energy Foulger-Pratt's annual purchase of wind power from Clean Currents, LLC will offset approximately 54 million pounds of carbon, the equivalent of removing over 4,500 cars from the road.

NAIOP Energy Policy Find out more about NAIOP's energy policy statement. Released in 2008, the policy follows NAIOP's Policy on Sustainable Development, which was announced in September 2007. Sustainable Development National Forum Are you actively involved in developing green buildings? Consider joining the new General Forum on this topic. NAIOP National Forums are special interest groups comprised of industry leaders that provide NAIOP members exclusive networking and experience exchange with peers. The new Sustainable Development II Forum will be formed the spring of 2009. We will begin making placements starting in January 2009. For more information about the Forums program and for a Forum application, please visit the National Forums Web site.

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