High-Performance Healthy Buildings
For more than a decade, improving IEQ has been a key tenet of our sustainability strategy. Our industry-leading, comprehensive, and state- of-the-art program focuses on operational best practices including MERV 13 filters, bipolar ionization air purification technology, indoor air quality testing, CO 2 sensors, and monitors to ensure healthy, productive spaces, green cleaning practices, integrated pest management strategies, and low-emitting materials. In 2020, Empire State Realty Trust was the first commercial real estate portfolio in The Americas to achieve the WELL Health-Safety Rating across 100% of its portfolio. The WELL Health-Safety Rating, developed by the International WELL Building Institute, is an evidence- based, third-party rating focused on operational policies, maintenance protocols, emergency plans, and stakeholder education to address a post-COVID-19 environment and broader health and safety-related issues in the future. When faced with the most intense pandemic in over a century, ESRT developed a pathway for our employees, visitors, and tenants to return to the office with confidence. We are partners with the WELL Living Lab and Mayo Clinic to advance the study of the indoor environment’s impact on human health and to help develop practices that can be implemented across the country. Empire State Realty Trust is part of the Well Living Lab Alliance, a global consortium of organizations that support the advancement of knowledge of IEQ to improve human health and well-being. Our engagement in this effort will extend the Well Living Lab’s pioneering research at the intersection of health, building, and behavioral sciences. Through our partnership with Delos and WELL Living Lab, a company dedicated to the scientific research, evaluation, and solutions surrounding IEQ impacts on health and well-being, we help the industry provide guidance that our tenants can depend on to promote functional, energy-efficient, and human health–enhancing spaces.
First commercial real estate portfolio in the Americas to achieve WELL Health-Safety across 100% of the portfolio
18 EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST
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