THE ENERGY CHALLENGE: A NEW AGENDA FOR CORPORATE REAL ESTATE

During the summer of 2006, Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) partnered with CoreNet Global to assess the current state of energy efficiency in corporate real estate and set the agenda to encourage more robust adoption of energy efficiency in corporate real estate. The intended product of this partnership was a report combining results from a survey of corporate real estate professionals and a series of case studies detailing how leading companies were addressing energy efficiency in their building stock. As part of the RMI team during this period and continuing through 2006 and 2007, I worked on the project team and was responsible for designing and analyzing a survey of corporate real estate professionals. The survey detailed in this report focuses on capturing the drivers of energy efficiency, the status of energy management, the energy efficiency practices taken throughout the real estate life cycle, and the barriers and enablers to incorporating energy efficiency in corporate real estate. Following the survey design, CoreNet Global sent the survey to its members, which include corporate real estate professionals serving a variety of functions throughout the real estate supply chain. The survey results paint a picture of slow adoption of energy efficiency in corporate real estate de