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Industrial Buildings Go Green

Warehouses typically are thought of as large gray buildings, but that may soon be changing--to green.

By Debra Hazel | Updated on September 18, 2008

Warehouses typically are thought of as large gray buildings, but that may soon be changing–to green. Slower than other sectors to get on the green bandwagon, industrial buildings are starting to catch up, as they see the benefits of sustainability.

“The LEED ratings system has been geared more toward office than industrial. These buildings are physically different–you have all these docks that open,” says Thomas Bisacquino, president of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, Herndon, VA. “[But] you have two major motivators: it’s the right thing to do, and the business case.”

In other words, environmentally friendly big buildings can see big savings. “In terms of building design elements, industrial development is simpler compared to office, retail hospitality or multifamily,” says Lance Ryan, vice president of marketing and leasing of Carson, CA-based Watson Land Co.–an industrial property developer which began an initiative of building sustainable industrial buildings about two years ago. Its first such building was just completed in Chino, CA. By mid-2009, the company will have developed about 2.5 million sf of sustainable industrial space.

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