STORES Magazine - March 2009 - (Page 33)

NUTS AND BOLTS / SUSTAINABILITY Getting Smart About the Landscape consumed at a shopping center, Peternell says. Additional savings accrue from solving the problem of over-watering, which can be deadly for trees and plants. There is also the issue of requiring less energy to pump all that water, as well as the Pilot program is helping Regency Centers conserve less-tangible benefits that can be derived water and dollars from undertaking green initiatives. “There is something to BY MICHAEL HARTNETT Oregon and Washingbe said for being a leader, PRETTY SMART ton. an innovator, a responsii t h n e a rly 450 ret a i l “The measures we are ble steward and a good Smart controllers properties across the taking represent a signifneighbor in the communican save Regency co u n t ry, maint ainin g icant commitment to ties where we have our Centers more than o u t d o o r landscapin g outdoor water conservaproperties,” Peternell 42 million gallons seemed to present the prospect of tion,” says Mark Petersays. Referring to the posof water per year ever-increasing costs for Regency nell, vice president of itive image that comes (35% of the amount Centers. sustainability for Jackfrom Regency’s green proused for irrigation). sonville, Fla.-base Regrams, including its own Late last year, however, the company gency. “Combined, we “greengenuity” initiatapped into the technical expertise of anticipate that we’ll save more than 42 tives, he notes that the pilot project with HydroPoint Data Systems, which spemillion gallons of water per year which HydroPoint and others like it have cializes in “smart controllers” that drawill result in significant cost savings to prompted “increased interest from inmatically reduce water consumption for our company and our tenants.” vestors, especially those interested in irrigation and deliver significant cost Those millions of gallons translate to a REITs (real estate investment trusts) savings. As a result of the formal agreereduction of 35 percent in the amount of seen as sustainability leaders.” ment announced in December, Regency water used for irrigation – a significant Regency has been selected to partner is installing smart controllers at 36 propfigure, given that irrigation accounts for with the U.S. Department of Energy’s erties in Colorado, Arizona, California, approximately 60 percent of the water Net-Zero Energy Commercial Building W WWW.STORES.ORG STORES / MARCH 2009 33 http://WWW.STORES.ORG

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