Bissell Sustainability - Bissell Office Leasing

Bissell Honored for Sustainability Efforts
Bissell has been recognized by the industry’s most prestigious organizations for its commitment to sustainable practices.
Duke Energy’s 2013 Power Partner Award
NAIOP Sustainable Development Award for Boyle & Harris Buildings
USGBC Sustainable Business Award
for Building Operations and Management
BOMA International Office Park of the Year
Charlotte Business Journal Sustainable Business Award
for General Excellence
Kilowatt Crackdown Award for Superior Leadership
in Energy Effeciency from BOMA Carolinas
A Selection of Bissell’s Sustainable Initiatives
• Bissell has developed more than two million square feet of LEED® Gold
certified office buildings, representing one of the largest commitments to
sustainable development in the Southeast.
• Bissell-owned Aloft Charlotte Ballantyne was the first Aloft hotel in the
Carolinas to receive LEED Certification as well as Energy Star Certification.
• Ballantyne Corporate Park features extreme connectivity with 16 miles of
sidewalks and bike paths.
• Every year, Bissell plants 80,000 annuals throughout Ballantyne Corporate
Park.
• Bissell maintains a perennial cutting garden containing 200 flower varieties,
400 different plants and over 20 plant species.
• Since 1994, more than 8,000 trees have been planted in Ballantyne
Corporate Park to ensure a sustainable tree canopy for future generations.
• Ballantyne Corporate Park includes a Fitness Trail with 20 exercise stations.
• Bissell has installed over 66 Eastern Bluebird and seven Nuthatch nesting
boxes around our golf course and Corporate Park to provide a safe nesting
environment for the birds.
• Bissell has earned EPA’s ENERGY STAR® Certification for 30 buildings,
signifying that the buildings perform in the top 25% of similar facilities
nationwide for superior energy efficiency.
• The Ballantyne houses an herb garden, featuring 50-75 seasonal herbs.
• Bissell provides its tenants education on our sustainability practices on our
community website, www.go-ballantyne.com, and on digital information
screens in building lobbies.
• At Ballantyne Corporate Park’s most recent Annual Earth Day Event,
16,500 pounds of paper were shredded and recycled and 5,800 pounds of
electronics were collected and recycled.
• Gallery Restaurant’s culinary team uses honey, harvested from honey bees
maintained at bee hives on the golf course.
• Bissell has installed thousands of LED’s since 2010 in an effort to reduce
energy consumption.
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