At 180 Kent, green means business in ways you measure on your bottom line.

When you consider that 89% of your cost dollar goes to employee salaries and benefits, it's worth noting that green buildings can enhance productivity through:

• Reduced absenteeism;
• Improved employee morale; and
• Enhanced recruitment.

Common green building features like better lighting – either high performance task lighting or greater daylight penetration – can improve productivity by 6.7%. Green building practices also make it possible to have more individualized temperature controls, an innovation that can increase productivity an additional 3.6%.

On average, buildings designed and built to LEED ^® standards also deliver:

• 30-70% energy savings;
• 35% carbon savings;
• 30-50% water use savings; and
• 50-90% waste cost savings.

The efficiencies green buildings deliver translate into other measurable bottom line improvements, including:

• Verified performance;
• Increased value; and
• Reduced liability and improved risk management.

Additionally, according to research done through the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED ^® program, occupants and tenants perceive great value in working in a green building including:

• Lower operating costs;
• Reduced energy consumption;
• Increased productivity;
• Positive marketing and promotion;
• Health benefits; and
• Overall environmental benefits.

(Source: USGBC)