State of the Industry Report 2007-2008

Chapter Six buIldIngs use 69% of electricity 36% of natural gas 40% of total energy CoreNet Global/Rocky Mountain Institute 2007 Study most Important 77% Environmental impact 75% Energy use 70% CSR CoreNet Global /JLL 2007 Global Sustainability Survey eCo-effeCtIVe arChIteCture William McDonough, world-renowned architect and co-author of Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, has developed plans for a “living” skyscraper. It receives its energy from the sun, grows food, builds soil, provides a habitat for hundreds of species, creates micro-climates, purifies water, and more. adobe’s Case for roI • San Jose Campus • LEED™ EB • Existing building retrofit • 64 total projects • Cost: $1.4 million • Rebate: $389,326 • Annual savings: $1.1 million • Return on Investment: 121% sustaInabIlIty perCeptIons and trends – Industry leaders roundtable results Questions for consideration • Does life cycle sustainability apply to existing buildings? • Is sustainability a way to extend CRE across the enterprise; a wedge to IRIS? Nortel demonstrates a life-cycle approach, stressing a “cradle to grave balance” in its version of the 3BL: • Buildings and systems • People and choices • Business process Results should improve efficiencies and lower operating costs while contributing to the company brand and supporting sales, implying the alternative 3BL view of “Products, Policies and Practices,” as well as a costbenefit approach dictating that “initiatives should pay back within corporate targets.” The Nortel approach, along with many other current case studies, signals a widening adoption by big companies, a clearer business case for sustainability and resulting focus on the financial, investment and even talent or workplace sides of the issue. Supply chain and government regulation concerns are also coming to the fore. enterprIse leadershIp opportunIty “There are few technical or economic barriers to preventing an organization from setting goals and creating a comprehensive energy management program.” The Energy Challenge: A New Agenda for Corporate Real Estate, 2007 supply ChaIn VIew beyond energy While the 2007 survey underscores the weight and immediacy of energy and related environmental issues like reduced carbon emissions, it also shows a growing level of awareness and acceptance of other practices that point to a larger application of sustainability as a continuum, or as a holistic supply chain practice across a global enterprise. The wider spectrum of integrated sustainable practices encompasses an alternative version of the 3BL: products, practices and policies as reflected in the dow jones sustainability Indexes definition of the concept in a leadership context: chapter six “Sustainable leaders invest in product and service innovations that focus on technologies and systems which use financial and natural resources in an effective manner.” related Content: 2007 Sustainable Leadership Awards winning cases: adobe systems san jose Campus retrofit hearst Corporation’s new york City sustainable high-rise LEADER Magazine, March 2007 leading the way to Corporate sustainability Atlanta Global Summit Daily Report: hearst – going beyond green State of the Industry 2007-2008 21 http://www2.corenetglobal.org/home/index.vsp http://www2.corenetglobal.org/summits_events/atlanta_2007/reports/monday.vsp#14 http://www2.corenetglobal.org/dotCMS/kcoAsset?assetInode=1144958 http://www2.corenetglobal.org/dotCMS/kcoAsset?assetInode=1144958 http://www.sustainability-indexes.com/ http://www.sustainability-indexes.com/ http://www2.corenetglobal.org/dotCMS/kcoAsset?assetInode=1410198 http://www2.corenetglobal.org/dotCMS/kcoAsset?assetInode=1410303 http://www2.corenetglobal.org/dotCMS/kcoAsset?assetInode=1410303 http://www2.corenetglobal.org/dotCMS/kcoAsset?assetInode=1138829 http://www2.corenetglobal.org/summits_events/atlanta_2007/reports/monday.vsp#14

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State of the Industry Report 2007-2008 Contents Chapter 1: Introduction : CoRE 2010 Framework and Report Structure Chapter 2: The Changing Business Environment Chapter 3: Executive Summary of Key Findings and Conclusions Chapter 4: CoRE 2010 Adoption Rate Chapter 5: Sustainability/Corporate Social Responsibility Chapter 6: Global Sustainability Survey and Roundtable Findings Chapter 7: Workplace Practices/Work Environments Chapter 8: Workplace Related Issue: The War for Talent Chapter 9: Asset Management/Portfolio Optimization Chapter 10: Solutions Delivery Chapter 11: Location Strategies/The Strategic Role of Place Chapter 12: Location Related Issue: Site Selection Morphs to Portfolio Alignment Chapter 13: Strategic Competencies/Enterprise Leadership Skills Chapter 14: Competencies Related Issue: The War for Talent in Corporate Real Estate (CRE) Chapter 15: Integrated Resources Infrastructure Solutions – IRIS Chapter 16: Technology and the Web Chapter 17: Technology Related Issue: Removing the Obstacles to Industry Data Standards Acknowledgements and Sources

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