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Industrial revolution turns green • 4The tenantIn today’s economy, tenants are less interested in bearing thecost of green improvements. A tenant may only occupy anindustrial space for three to fi ve years, and the savings duringthe short time period may not outweigh the initial investment insustainable improvements. Tenants need a strategy that allowsthem to recoup their investment and capitalize on greening theproperty, for example by obtaining roof rights for solar panels,or negotiating the performance of alterations to a building’sheating and lighting systems in common.During lease negotiations, tenants can leverage their potentialtenancy or lease renewal to initiate a green plan and workwith the landlord to install more effi cient lighting fi xtures,HVAC systems, or solar panels. When you are consideringrelocation or a lease renewal is a good time to prepare areasoned approach and initiate the discussion areas, toreduce energy costs.QuartzdyneJones Lang LaSalle provided tremendous value to industrial tenantQuartzdyne by driving negotiations with the landlord/developerof a new facility. Quartzdyne gained advantages in the land useand construction budgets, LEED analysis and compliance, projectschedule and relocation. Our project management team savedthe client $400,000 by accelerating the rate of construction andreducing acreage. We cut the costs of LEED certifi cation andcommissioning by 50 percent; implemented a planned six-phasemove so as not to interrupt production; and convinced the landlordof the benefi ts of LEED certifi cation to the entire development. Thecompleted project was one of the fi rst industrial LEED NC projectsin the U. S.Additional Jones Lang LaSalle Insights• Lean and Mean Means Green• Outsourcing in a strategic future: A study of eight topperforming CRE organizations• President Obama’s plan for energy and the environment• Property sustainability key to economic stimulus• 135 Cost Saving IdeasConclusionThe ongoing shift toward sustainability in the U.S. industrial sector is not a passing trend. Whether driven by a genuine concern forthe environment, a need to meet government regulations, or a desire to achieve cost effi ciencies, green industrial property isthe new way of doing business in real estate. An effective partnership between industrial property building owners and occupiers toimplement sustainable building practices can, and will, make a signifi cant contribution to reducing the nation’s environmental footprint.The results will be considerable cost savings, operational effi ciencies and better workplace.To learn more about our services, please visit us at www.us.joneslanglasalle.com.For more information on Jones Lang LaSalle’s CleanTech practice, energy solutions, or indusrtial real estate services please contact:Ben Stapleton, LEED Green AssociateCleanTech Practice Lead, Logistics & Industrial Services+1 213 239 6236ben.stapleton@am.jll.comLicense #: 01411478Chris Brandt, LEED APAssociate, Logistics & Industrial Services+1 213 239 6234chris.brandt@am.jll.comLicense #: 018217158