20 million, 200 million, 1 billion…These figures represent the number of people reportedly involved in prior years’ Earth Day celebrations and awareness events! There are many drivers for the growing interest in Earth Day, which is celebrated annually on April 22, and the commercial real estate industry is paying attention.
Earth Day provides a unique opportunity to foster tenant and community engagement while reinforcing a commitment to sustainability and energy efficiency in building operations. A lot goes into facilitating the daily experience we have in the spaces we work, live and play, and there is much to be gained by bringing awareness to sustainability measures happening within buildings – oftentimes behind the scenes. Practical sustainability strategies find ways to institutionalize continuous improvement and reduce negative environmental impacts, while improving the occupant experience. At 星空体育官方网址, we’ve seen firsthand how the sharing of knowledge and accomplishments contributes to a rise in occupant satisfaction and property value.
As building operators, managers and engineers, we push for ways to continuously refine utility usage, identify risk management strategies, and improve the human experience. Earth Day allows us to peel back the curtain and highlight some of those actions within a building, as well as the decision-making process behind it. It showcases how we build a foundation of efficient operations across diverse regions and ownership groups, aligned around understanding how best to look after an asset. This includes creating a systems profile for each building, unlocking preventative maintenance programs, potential efficiency measures, and benefiting the user experience. This approach also facilitates next level sustainability strategies focused on owner priorities or green building certifications to be approached in a streamlined manner, expanding upon comprehensive building management and the crucial partnerships our team has with local and national vendors.
Co-benefits include bolstering ESG reporting, connecting with local and more sustainable businesses, and integrating with the neighborhood fabric surrounding an asset. Tracking building performance at a foundational level can easily grow into tracking ongoing utility usage, efficiency opportunities and implementation, and further risk assessment and mitigation at assets – all supporting portfolio-level ESG reporting for our clients and partners. While most reporting aggregates data across a portfolio, building-level performance represents the building blocks of managing portfolio performance. Reporting can support global and investor requirements, align with investor priorities, and serve as an indicator of overall fund performance. It may also allow tenants to better understand how a building aligns with their potential priorities in choosing a space. As the old adage says, “You can’t manage what you don’t measure.”
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