There’s a lot of talk in the property management world these days about the importance being green. Frankly, it’s about time. Commercial office buildings consume massive amounts of heat and light energy and have enormous carbon footprints. We at KRP earnestly believe that all public and private-sector building owners should consider ways to green their properties.

While others are talking about sustainability, we’re actually doing something. The KRP Green Plan is our own expression of sustainability. Simple, rigorous and customized, our plan is unique to KRP Properties. It introduces metrics and targets that draw on our strengths and identify our weaknesses, and contains action-oriented items that demand regular attention and oversight.

Why go this route when off-the-shelf programs offer proven benefits? Because we believe that a one-size-fits all approach seldom works perfectly. We want a plan that is uniquely ours and which tests us thoroughly. We want to challenge ourselves as building operators—and our tenants as responsible entities—to work together to meet newer, more ambitious targets for sustainability. And we want to offer a higher level of care for the environment, just as we believe in offering a higher standard of care for our tenants and their employees.