The Green Tenant Toolkit Working Group was convened by the Business Council on Climate Change and the San Francisco Department of Environment in June 2011 to create a toolkit of resources to facilitate sustainable practices in commercial buildings by enhancing co-operation between owners, property managers, tenants and occupants in San Francisco. The toolkit will help enable commercial landlords and tenants to minimize operating costs, save water, reduce carbon emissions, and increase energy efficiency by providing compelling case studies, useable metrics to identify green features of a space, model green lease language, and engagement strategies. 

The working group included professionals from leading commercial real estate companies, design and architecture firms, law firms, model tenants, and building trade organizations.
 
Jennifer Berg, Concept Green (Facilitator)
Susan Santo Abbanat, Kwan Henmi
Louise Adamson, K&L Gates LLP
Zorana Bosnic, HOK
Zachary Brown, CB Richard Ellis (formerly of Equity Office Management)
Sean Culman, Solutions Architecture
Mary Curtiss, Jones Lang LaSalle
Anne Hill, Bently Holdings
Elliot Hoffman, True Market Solutions
Barry Hooper, SF Environment
Sean Ivery, Cushman & Wakefield
David Longinotti, Hanson Bridgett LLP
Tom McHugh, North Point Energy Solutions
Jordan O'Brien, Arup
Mark Palmer, SF Environment
Blake Peterson, Ashforth Pacific California
Tom Poser, Jones Lang LaSalle
Amina Razvi, Gap, Inc.
Stephanie Rico, Wells Fargo
Steven Ring, Cushman & Wakefield
Chris Robbins, North Point Energy Solutions
Donald Simon, Wendel Rosen Black & Dean
Alex Spilger, BCCI Construction
Matthew Sturm, Pacific Gas & Electric
Jacqui Wilson, Energy Foundation

September 21 at K&L Gates
The final full meeting took place on September 21, 1:00pm-4pm at K&L Gates (4 The Embarcadero, conference room 12A).  Thank you to K&L Gates for hosting our last meeting!

Thank you to Hanson Bridgett for hosting the second Green Tenant Toolkit meeting!  We had a great afternoon discussing the progress of each working group, brainstorming next steps, and moving closer towards the development of the final Green Tenant Toolkit.  At the meeting, representatives from each working group presented their progress including a detailed time-line for developing a green lease, stakeholder engagement strategies, and relevant metrics and scorecards to include in the toolkit.
Download the slides from Meeting 2, here >>

Thank you to Arup for hosting our first Green Tenant Toolkit meeting! At the meeting, Steven Ring introduced the San Francisco Existing Commercial Buildings Task Force's 2009 Final Report and Recommendation For The City and County of San Francisco and explained the structure of commercial leases in San Francisco. The working group identified issues and roadblocks to signing a green lease, and created subgroups to address the major components of the Green Tenant Toolkit.
Download the slides from Meeting 1, including Steven Ring's presentation, here >>