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JANSSEN LEEDS
THE WAY
MACK-CALI GETS
EPA ENERGY STAR
FOR 4 GATEHALL
Tucked away in rural Titusville,
Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen
facility (a division of Ortho-Mc-Neil-Janssen) is showing what you can do
to “green” an existing facility. The first
company in New Jersey to earn LEED
for Existing Buildings Silver Certification
through the US Green Building Council’s
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program, Janssen’s 270-acre
campus has earned that recognition with
several initiatives:
• Reducing water use by 12%, or
700,000 gallons a year;
• Lowering energy use by 11% and
its carbon footprint by 5,019
metric tons of CO2 annually,
equal to planting 1,500 acres of trees
or taking 1,000 cars off the road;
• Improving the local watershed by
converting 50 acres of lawns to native
grasses and wildflowers; and
•Removing more than 235,000
pounds of non-hazardous trash
from the waste stream, a 29% reduction.
That’s all been done with the use of
credits earned under the LEED Sustainable Sites and Water Conservation categories and with the help of the Stony
Brook-Millstone Watershed Association,
Central New Jersey’s first environmental
group. By piloting the association’s River-Friendly Business Certification program—
an individualized, goal-based initiative
designed to encourage environmental
stewardship and responsible land man-
agement—Janssen had already achieved
more than 60% of the credits needed to
fulfill LEED Existing Building Sustainable Sites requirements before even
embarking on LEED certification.
“The Watershed’s River-Friendly Certification program set us on course to
achieving LEED EB,” says Sean Cove-ney, environmental health and safety
manager at Janssen. “The tenets of River-Friendly and LEED are one and the same
for sustainable sites and water conservation. By working with the Watershed Association to develop a plan that works for
us, we’ve converted more than 50 acres
of lawn to native grasses and wildflowers,
implemented integrated pest management practices, and employed solar-powered aeration systems for our ponds.”
Recently highlighted by the New Jersey Chapter of USGBC with a project
profile, Janssen is now seeking LEED
EB recertification showing it’s not only
maintained, but also expanded the
breadth and depth of its sustainability
programs at its Titusville campus.
Mack-Cali Realty Corp.’s 4 Gatehall Dr. in
Mack-Cali Business Campus in Parsippany has earned the US Environmental
Protection Agency’s Energy Star, the
national symbol for superior energy
efficiency and environmental protection.
Commercial buildings that earn the
Energy Star use an average of 40% less
energy than typical buildings and also
release 35% less carbon dioxide into the
atmosphere. Only commercial buildings
and industrial plants that rate in the top
4 Gatehall Dr.
GSH Contracts With
Two Trenton Buildings
GSH Group Inc., the facilities and energy
management provider with its US office in
Pine Brook, has signed a long-term
contract with Nexus Properties for two
office buildings in Trenton totaling more
than 130,000 square feet. GSH will be uti-
25% of facilities in the nation for energy
efficiency can qualify for the Energy Star.
The 248,000-square-foot 4 Gatehall Dr.
was recognized for its energy-efficient systems and technologies such as the use of
T- 8 fluorescent office lighting, variable-speed drive systems, double-pane glazed
windows, high-pressure sodium exterior
lighting and building automation systems
that incorporate optimal start/stop times
and maximize tenant comfort.
Says Mitchell E. Hersh, Mack-Cali
president and chief executive officer,
“With energy being such an important
issue in our operations and our economy,
we are pleased to have received this designation from EPA.”
