Research and Development Committee
The Research and Development (R&D) Committee stimulates, coordinates, disseminates and, in some cases, supports the conduct of research and development projects. These include investigating and disseminating best practices, guidelines, resources, and comparisons of sustainable and socially responsible real estate practices and knowledge. Although our core concern is adopting and implementing sustainable design and construction of the tangible facility and surrounding landscape, the Committee takes a holistic approach, considering sustainable practices in organizational work and workplace which includes group locations, commute patterns, meeting and travel patterns, and building characteristics.
Over the past six months, the Committee designed a structure and process, mainly relying on the Sustainability Community’s micro-site and out reach to the chapters, for involving the greater CoreNet Global Community for the suggestion and consideration of research projects, coordinating of these projects, and soliciting funding. Additionally, the Committee prepared three charters for research projects:
- Green Leases: Assessment and recommendation to increase the adoption of green leases in commercial real estate, led by Steven Evanko. The Green Leases project began with the Mid-Atlantic Chapter.Annotated Resources: The research, evaluation and outlining of the primary sustainability resources that may be useful to CoreNet members, led by Doug Gottlieb.
- Green Workplaces Benchmarking: The preparation of an approach for evaluating and comparing the sustainability of the corporate workplace and real estate portfolio, led by Steve Evanko, Joe Ouye and Hal Levin.
In the upcoming months we plan to:
- Solicit additional research proposals from the CoreNet Global Community
- Out reach to selected chapters about their involvement
- Select the most promising research projects for the solicitation of sponsor support
The R&D Committee's initiatives are provided below:
For more information about the R&D Committee and our current and future initiative, or to become a committee member, contact the committee co-leaders:
Joe Ouye, PhD., New Ways of Working Network
Douglas Gottschalk, LEED AP, Vice President, Strategic Counseling, Jones Lang LaSalle
Other members of the R&D Committee include:
Stephen Evanko, Capitol One
Mike Harold, iDEA
Hal Levin, Building Ecology Research
In the upcoming months we plan to: The R&D Committee's initiatives are provided below:For more information about the R&D Committee and our current and future initiative, or to become a committee member, contact the committee co-leaders: Joe Ouye, PhD., New Ways of Working Network Douglas Gottschalk, LEED AP, Vice President, Strategic Counseling, Jones Lang LaSalle Other members of the R&D Committee include: Stephen Evanko, Capitol One Mike Harold, iDEA Hal Levin, Building Ecology Research