ENVIRONMENTAL
INTRODUCTION
ESG OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGY
SOCIAL
GOVERNANCE
APPENDICES
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ROADMAP TO NET ZERO
2007
2009
2010
2012
2019
2021
2022
JAN 2010 • Purchased 100% wind
JAN 2012 • Integrated operational best practices from ESB 1.0 into portfolio standards • Partnered with the Natural Resources Defense Council to develop the Tenant Energy Optimization Program to demonstrate tenants’ role in energy reduction and proven methodology for modeling and proving the business case for sustainable tenant spaces in 2010 based on the ESB model. The program was gifted to Urban Land Institute (ULI) to scale.
JAN 2019 • Formalized
JAN 2021 • Offset 100% of the electricity used in the
JAN 2022 • Achieved carbon neutrality across entire commercial portfolio APR 2022 • Announced ESRT 2.0 deep energy retrofit study and released Empire Building
SEP 2007 • Began
APR 2009 • Announced ESB
DEC 2009 • Established baseline for portfolio energy and GHG performance • Implemented High Performance Design and Construction Standards, requiring all ESRT build- outs to be built to and perform at the highest level of efficiency
development of ESB 1.0 deep energy retrofit study
1.0 groundbreaking retrofit and provided the industry with a free open protocol blueprint of what is technically and economically possible
sustainability standard operating procedures for the portfolio
RECs for the Empire State Building
portfolio through clean wind power RECs
OCT 2019 • Began
APR 2021 • Committed to target net zero
development of ESRT 2.0 decarbonization roadmap
• Energy
emissions for ESB by 2030
Playbook in public- private partnership with NYSERDA
Performance Contract › 38% energy reduction › 3.1 year payback
DEC 2009–Present (Ongoing) • Submit for ENERGY STAR Certification and utilize ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager to track performance • Optimize building operations through benchmarking and tracking data, energy audits, retrocommissioning, and measurement and verification (M&V) • Pilot new technologies for energy efficiency and emissions reduction
and commercial portfolio by 2035
• Announced
• ESB
community solar contract for a new 3.2 megawatt (MW) solar project, 8.2 MW
decarbonization roadmap study completed
battery storage system, and 80
electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at 500 Mamaroneck Avenue
EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST: 2022 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
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