April 4, 2008—The National Association for Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) unveiled the “Ultimate Green Office” exhibit recently at its first annual DevelopGREEN: Sustainable Solutions for Commercial Real Estate conference held at the all-green Renaissance Glendale Hotel & Spa in Glendale, Arizona.
Nearly 400 commercial real estate (CRE) development leaders from across the US attended the conference and visited the exhibit, which was built for the NAIOP conference by San Francisco, California-based Swinerton Builders Inc., one of the nation’s top general contractors.
The DevelopGREEN conference was created by NAIOP in response to a growing demand on the part of commercial developers for education on green building practices and sustainable resources. The event offered the most up-to-date information regarding sustainable development and best practices.
Green offices, according to NAIOP, are characterized by indoor environmental quality, which is influenced by daylighting, views of the outdoors, indoor air quality and thermal comfort. A green office is also modular and flexible, accommodating changes within the working environment without requiring significant reconstruction. Also, it may be fabricated from recycled and recyclable materials or renewable resources.
The “Ultimate Green Office” exhibit showcased each of these elements in a 10-foot -by-20-foot model, featuring Tate’s Building Technology Platform for the access floor system, a high-recycle- and post-consumer-content carpet tile system from the InterfaceFLOR RePrise Collection, and a demountable architectural wall system called Altos from Teknion.
For more information, see the NAIOP Web site.
