SUSTAINABILITY

Green From the Beginning

After more than a decade of experience with LEED^® and ENERGY STAR^®—and a half-century track record of innovation and energy efficiency—Hines is one of the world's leading developers and managers of, and investors in, sustainable real estate.

Hines offers comprehensive development, renovation and property management services consistent with the highest standards of sustainability, as defined by the U.S. Green Building Council, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other leading building rating agencies.

More importantly, Hines aims to meet and exceed the expectations of its clients, partnering to educate, design and execute a sustainable real estate strategy that is customized and appropriate to each client’s needs.

Hines has the experience in sustainable design, construction and retrofitting to reduce or eliminate construction cost premiums for many green technologies. And as a long-time building owner, Hines intimately understands the importance of operating equipment at maximum efficiency to achieve payback on capital expenditures through reduced operating costs.

To provide the highest level of sustainable real estate service, Hines leverages its international platform and long-standing relationships with the world's finest architects, engineers and designers.

In 2004, Hines became the first real estate firm ever to have been recognized with the Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award. Prior to that, Hines was named ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year three years running, from 2001-2003. And, in 2009, 2010 and 2011, Hines was again recognized with the ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award.

Hines was a founding member of the German Sustainable Building Council and the Russian Green Building Council, and is active in the Indian Green Building Council, the Brazilian Green Building Council, the Italian Green Building Council, the BRE Environmental Assessment Method program in the United Kingdom and the Haute Qualité Environnementale program in France.

Leadership in ENERGY STAR

		Buildings	Area (SF)
	ENERGY STAR	146	68+ million
	Designed to Earn ENERGY STAR	12	6+ million
	TOTAL	158	74+ million

Leadership in LEED

		Projects	Area (SF)
	LEED Certified	81	47+ million
	Leed Pre-certified	12	9+ million
	LEED Registered	102	43+ million
	TOTAL	195	100+ million

JERRY LEA, LEED AP, Executive Vice President of Conceptual Construction. Lea works closely with industry experts to develop and introduce cutting-edge technologies into Hines buildings.

ANDREW KITCHENS, LEED AP, Vice President of Engineering Services. Kitchens serves as an internal, expert resource on operating issues and manages the firm’s engineering Best Practices program.