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What's Happening from Environmental Building News
April 1, 2008
Certifying Buildings En Masse
When property-management giant CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) committed to certifying 100 buildings under the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance (LEED-EB) program in November 2007, following through on its pledge would have more than doubled the number of certified buildings (there were 59 LEED-EB certified projects at the time). While it’s taking longer than CBRE had hoped to select and register those projects, the company is undaunted in pursuit of this commitment, which is part of a broader environmental initiative that includes making the company carbon neutral by 2010. “We have been pleasantly surprised and overwhelmed at how much interest this has gotten from our clients,” said national director of sustainability David Pogue. CBRE manages 250 million ft2 (23 million m2) of office space in the U.S. (more than twice as much as the next largest property manager), and 1.7 billion ft2 (160 million m2) of buildings worldwide. The 100 buildings going through LEED-EB represent about 10% of the U.S. office properties that CBRE manages....
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