Sustainability Community R&D Committee

1. Please color code your changes/additions: George Hal Mike Joe Steve R&D Project Charter: Real Estate Sustainability Framework Workplace and Real Estate Portfolio Sustainability Framework (aka) Green Workplaces Benchmarking Project Title Team Call to Action Date/ Products Steve Evanko, Capital One Hal Levin, Building Ecology Research Group Joe Aki Ouye, New Ways of Working Already considerable focus is placed on certifying individual buildings and many groups are beginning to track overall corporate sustainability, but there appears to be a gap that provides a meaningful framework for assessing and benchmarking the sustainability of the corporate workplace and real estate portfolio 4/10 Assessment of existing approaches and recommendations 4/10 Announce measurement framework and get feedback 4/10 Announcement of Green Workplaces sponsorship solicitation 10/10 Announce Best Green Workplaces case studies 10/10 Launch benchmark survey 4/11 Green workplaces benchmark results: report, articles, webinars DRAFT Timeline dependent on scope Sustainability Community R&D Committee page 1 11/2009

2. R&D Project Charter: Real Estate Sustainability Framework Please color code your changes/additions: George Hal Mike Joe Steve Scope Desired Resources/ Assistance from CNG Definition Define goals and definitions Verify hypothesis by comparing existing comparative approaches (e.g., Global Reporting Initiative, CR Index (UK) Identify workplace best practices (e.g. EDF, etc) Develop the framework Define measurement (qualitative and quantitative) framework Analyze framework with several case studies Define measurement criteria and model Survey CNG companies Report of CNG Green Workplaces (First of annual survey) Research and disseminate best practices case studies Dissemination of results (webinars, presentations, paper, articles) Note: Framework could be leveraged for future Corenet Sustainability Recognition • Build project team incorporating range of relevant stakeholders • Build steering committee • Solicit funding from sponsors • Develop measurement framework and conceptual model (funding: $100K) • Develop model ($TBA) • Design survey and model (funding: $20K) • Survey administration and analysis ($TBA) • Preparation and dissemination of report, presentations, webinars ($10K) Sustainability Community R&D Committee page 2 11/2009

3. Please color code your changes/additions: George Hal Mike Joe Steve R&D Project Charter: Real Estate Sustainability Framework Most Sustainability Frameworks focus on the extremes CORENET has an opportunity to fill in the gap Building Real Estate Portfolio and Workplace Corporate Sustainability • Green Building Standards • USGBC – LEED • Green Building Initiative – Green Globes • EPA – Energy Star • BREAM • Opportunity to address the full impact of the real estate portfolio and the workplace • CRE Efficiency (greenest building is one that doesn’t need to be built) • Portfolio environmental metrics • Travel • Associate Programs • HR and IT programs that support a greener workplace • Ideally address the full environmental impact of the business • Supply Chain Impacts • Internal Operations • End Product Use and recovery/disposal • As well as the corporate reputation (Philanthropic and CSR programs) • Env. Policy Position Typically certify a handful of highly visible properties Collection of best practices published but no agreed on framework for assessing the portfolio Very broad and challenging to define, measure and benchmark Sustainability Community R&D Committee page 3 11/2009