Friday, April 25, 2008 | 10 p.m.
Companies Going Dark Smart
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1111 Bagby Investor LP
1225 North Loop Investments, Inc. / CB Richard Ellis
4900 Woodway Associates, L.P. / Fidelis Realty Partners
55 Waugh LP / Holmes Investments
ABPF Riverway Ltd. / American Ventures Realty
American National Insurance / CB Richard Ellis
Barnhart Interests, Inc.
Behringer Harvard
BMS Management, Inc.
BNIM Architects/Leo Kozadinos
Brookfield Properties
Cameron Management
CB Richard Ellis
Central Management, Inc.
Chevron
City of Houston
City of Sugar Land
Coast Range Investments / Coast Range Property Management
Craig Koopersmith / Pete Schmeisser
Creekstone Properties
Crescent Real Estate Equities, L.P.
Crimson Services, LLC
Cushman & Wakefield of Texas, Inc.
Dienna Nelson Augustine Company
El Paso Corporation
ExxonMobil
Four Properties
Franklin Street Properties / CB Richard Ellis
Franklin Street Properties/Mac Haik Management
Fretz 420 Main, Ltd
Global Property Management
Glory WPC I / PM Realty Group
Granite Properties
Griffin Partners
Group 1 Automotive
GSA
Halliburton / John Scheibelhut
Harry Gendel Architects
Hines
Houston Astros
Houston Business Development, Inc.
Humble Independent School District
IBC Bank / Senterra Real Estate Group, LLC
JCS/NASA
John Scheibelhut/Global Property
JPMorgan Chase
PM Realty/Kan Am/1000 Main
Kathy Douglass
KBS REIT / KBS Realty Advisors / PM Realty Group
Lamesa Properties & The Appelt Group
Manhattan Construction Company
Maritime Pension Fund / CB Richard Ellis
McCord Development/The Offices at Pin Oak Park
MetroNational
Moody Rambin Interests
Navisys Group
Parkway Properties Inc.
Plan B MOB, LP / Stonehenge Management, LLC
Realty Associates Fund VII, LP / CB Richard Ellis
Rice University
Scorpion Properties Ltd. / PM Realty Group
Solvay North America / Senterra
St. Joseph Medical Center
Tanglewood Property Management Company
The Lionstone Group
The Woodlands Commercial Properties company / PM Realty Group
Thomas Properties Group
Trammell Crow/CBRE
Transwestern
UBS/CB Richard Ellis
Unilev Management
Upper Kirby District Center
Walton Houston Galleria Office, L.P. / CB Richard Ellis
Wells Real Estate Funds
Woodforest / PM Realty Group
Younan Properties
Signage Competition
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HOK
BNIM Architects
Morris Architects
Studio Red Architects
E3 Electric
Gensler
Kirksey
WHR ArchitectsLights Out Houston
HOUSTON – Just in time for Earth Week, the "Energy Capital of the World" launches a commitment to become the "Energy Conservation Capital" by turning off the lights.
Top commercial property owners, managers and their tenants, in conjunction with the Greater Houston Partnership, the City of Houston, Central Houston, Inc. and CenterPoint Energy, announce the launch of "Lights Out Houston." This program is a commitment to energy efficiency with a goal of establishing a sustained reduction in the use of non-essential electricity in commercial buildings. Participants are asked to sign a pledge of their commitment to energy conservation; the data will be collected and evaluated to determine initial impact of the program and to find ways to institutionalize it. We are proud to do our part in making Houston the Energy Conservation Capital.
Security lighting, any obstruction lighting, emergency lighting and lights in occupied offices will remain lit.
When: Friday, April 25, 2008 10:00 P.M. start through the weekend
Where: Houston's Downtown and other areas of greater Houston
Who: All Class A, B and C office buildings in downtown and all government-owned buildings (excludes hotels, streetlights, etc).
Why:
- To raise awareness among office building operators and tenants to go LIGHTS OUT when the office is not occupied.
- To develop operating procedures, by the property owners and tenants, that change today's lighting habits, including working with janitorial service companies and building security to implement procedures to turn off lights when personnel is not present.
- To establish a sustained reduction in the use of non-essential electricity in commercial buildings. The downtown area has approximately 35 million square feet of office space. It is estimated that by eliminating just 50% of the lights routinely left on overnight and on the weekends, we can save 8.4M KW-Hours annually. That equals to almost $1 million annually. This is enough energy to power more than 600 Houston area homes for a year!
- To change Houstonians' habits at home by also remembering to turn off lights.
If you are interested in participating, please email us at lightsout@houston.org.
