We go through great efforts to reduce the environmental footprint of the construction and operation of our buildings, enhancing our client’s comfort, health and financial savings.
We aim for the highest level of performance in energy and water efficiency, waste management, tenant engagement, environmental construction, sustainable building operations, green building certifications, materials selection and community involvement.
From awards to certifications, our commitment to sustainability is making an impact.
Read moreAwards and Recognition
Recognizing our Engineers
Our engineers are the heart of our energy and water efficiency programs and we recognize their constant push to make our buildings more efficient. To celebrate their sustainability accomplishments, we have created these baseball cards to show off their successes.
If we are going to make an impact, we have to show that sustainability strengthens our business. We've done that, and inspired others across our industry to do the same.
Existing Buildings
New Development
All projects in our development pipeline are focused on these objectives, and we look forward to focusing even more on our supply chain in 2018
Industry Engagement
Governance
Social
Kilroy Sustainability Policies
From recycling to composting to water usage, we want our buildings to be as green as possible (without having to paint them, of course).
Read moreWater
Waste
Green Cleaning
We are proud that our janitors across 40% of our portfolio have gone through the Green Janitor Education Program. The US Green Building Council Los Angeles Chapter (USGBC-LA), Building Owners and Managers Association of Greater Los Angeles (BOMA-GLA), Building Skills Partnership, and the Service Employees International Union created the Green Janitor Education program to provide training on sustainability topics like vampire power, turning off lights, and reporting leaks. We piloted this training in our 800,000 square foot Long Beach campus in 2014, and the program was so popular and successful that we scaled it to our entire eligible Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego portfolios through 2015 and 2016– over 5.1 million square feet, or nearly 40% of our portfolio and 93 total janitors. In 2017, because we had no more staff eligible to enroll in the program, we successfully worked to invite other eligible landlords to enroll their janitors in the program as well.
Janitors who have graduated from this program have reported not only implementing enhanced sustainability practices at work, but also bringing those practices, like making sure to turn off unneeded lights, home as well. We measured success by in-person feedback we received from janitors at their graduation ceremonies, all of which were attended by a member of our sustainability team. These janitors are employed by our janitorial services vendors.
We continue to use the high performance green cleaning program that was verified via the LEED for Existing Buildings Prototype certification process. All cleaning products we use meet the relevant LEED environmental standard, either GreenSeal or the California Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) limit. Our vacuums achieve the Carpet and Rug Institute Seal of Approval, and we use microfiber cloths and rags to capture additional dirt to improve air quality.
Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
We support the mainstream adoption of electric cars, and are constantly expanding our network of electric vehicle charging stations. As of 2018, we have 167 stations. 2017 EV charging highlights include 1879 unique drivers (2016: 1057 unique drivers), 117.6 tons of CO2 saved (2016: 67.4 tons of CO2 saved), and 31,984 gallons of gasoline saved (2016: 20,146 gallons of gasoline saved).
The energy management projects we implemented in 2017 reduced overall portfolio energy use by 3.9% and 9.4 million kilowatt-hours. This is equivalent to planting 181,323 trees and letting them from for 10 years. We have been able to achieve these results via the implementation of both traditional and innovative energy efficiency projects, including lighting retrofits, HVAC upgrades, window film, controls upgrades, retrocommissioning, solar installations, and others.
US Environmental Protection Agency Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator.
The Kilroy Realty Energy Policy can be found here.
We believe in LEED-certified design, development and property operation.
Read moreThe Leadership in Energy Efficient and Environmental Design certification process is designed to address the entire lifecycle of a property, taking into account issues like site design, low-impact development, water and energy efficiency, indoor environmental quality, materials and resources used in construction, and innovative responses to unique building or site conditions. For the last eight years we have LEED certified all of our new development projects, and are now certifying our existing portfolio through the Arc platform. Currently, 59% of our portfolio is LEED certified.
LEED Platinum, Existing Building
LEED Gold, Existing Building
LEED Silver, Existing Building
LEED Platinum, Building Design & Construction
LEED Gold, Building Design & Construction
LEED Silver, Building Design & Construction
LEED Certified, Building Design & Construction
LEED Gold, Commercial Interiors *
*LEED certification covers partial building.
Embracing emerging technologies that improve our environmental performance.
Read moreAt Kilroy Realty Corporation we are actively seeking emerging technologies and ideas that measurably improve the environmental performance of our real estate assets. The Kilroy Innovation Lab will pilot these innovations in order to improve our portfolio’s performance and rapidly transform the larger commercial real estate market.
We aim to meet or exceed the EPA’s strict energy usage requirements.
Read moreENERGY STAR certified buildings meet strict energy performance standards set by EPA. They use less energy, are less expensive to operate and cause fewer greenhouse gas emissions than their peers.
ENERGY STAR certified buildings:
Kilroy Realty Corporation Sustainability Report 2017.pdf
Kilroy Realty Corporation Sustainability Report 2016.pdf
Kilroy Realty Corporation Sustainability Report 2015.pdf
Kilroy Realty Corporation Sustainability Report 2014.pdf
Kilroy Realty Corporation Sustainability Report 2013.pdf
Kilroy Realty Corporation Sustainability Report 2012.pdf
Kilroy Realty Corporation Sustainability Report 2011.pdf