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Mack-Cali's Downtown Manhattan Property Achieves LEED Silver Certification By Betsy Kraat

EDISON, NJ--Mack-Cali Realty Corporation announced that 125 Broad Street in Downtown Manhattan has been awarded LEED-EB:OM Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

To date, 125 Broad Street is the only Downtown Manhattan office building that has achieved LEED Silver certification.

The LEED-EB:OM (?Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design ? Existing Buildings: Operation & Maintenance?) certification recognizes maximized operational efficiency with minimized environmental impact. It addresses cleaning and maintenance issues ? including chemical use ? recycling programs, exterior maintenance programs, and system upgrades. It is the only LEED rating system under which projects can demonstrate actual energy efficiency and sustainable operations performance metrics.

Highlights of 125 Broad Street?s sustainability achievements include:

* ENERGY STAR designation, which places the building in the top 15% of similar buildings in terms of energy efficiency

* Implementation of an enhanced metering program, which helps to maintain optimum design efficiencies in the total expected annual energy consumption for the building

* Recycling efforts resulting in an over 50 percent diversion rate of recyclables from landfill of ongoing consumable waste and a 100 percent diversion rate of the durables entering the waste stream

* Implementation of an extensive green cleaning program
* Plumbing fixture upgrades
* Use of high efficiency air filters, resulting in enhanced indoor air quality

CodeGreen provided consulting services on the project.

Mitchell E. Hersh, Mack-Cali president and chief executive officer, commented, ?We are very proud to have achieved this important designation at 125 Broad Street, which enhances the institutional quality of this class A building. Today, businesses and government agencies are more environmentally conscious and are looking specifically for office properties that are energy efficient and more sustainable, with a goal of reducing their overall carbon footprint.?

Mack-Cali Realty Corp.
www.mack-cali.com

Source: http://www.njand.com/news/green.php/2011/07/12/mack_cali_s_downtown_manhattan_property_

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