Address: 50 S 10th Street, Minneapolis, MN

Overview:

This 12-story, Class “A”, multi-tenant office and retail building contains approximately 486,000 rentable square feet of space and is located in the central business district of Minneapolis. The Property received LEED Gold Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance (LEED-EB: O&M) on November 1, 2010.

Benefits:

Operating Savings

• Plumbing fixture enhancements which reduced water usage to over 30% below the LEED-EB: O&M baseline case.
• An impressive waste diversion record during the Property’s performance period: over 50% of ongoing consumable waste was recycled, 100% of the durable waste stream was either reused or recycled and approximately 75% of waste generated by facility alterations was diverted from landfills.

Energy Savings

• An ENERGY STAR score which places the Property in the top 20% of similar existing buildings in terms of energy efficiency and also earned the Property the EPA’s ENERGY STAR label.
• A lighting control upgrade which took advantage of local utility company (Xcel Energy) rebates and provided the Property with a projected energy savings payback of less than one year.
• The implementation of a real time energy metering program to control peak electrical demand which earned the Property recognition from the USGBC under the category of “Innovation”.

Carbon Savings

• The offset of 100% of the Property’s energy use through the purchase of green-e renewable energy certificates. The carbon dioxide emissions the Property is helping to avoid is the environmental equivalent of the amount produced by approximately 3,000 cars in a year.

Community Economic Benefits

• Education to tenants about commuting options, sustainable operations and recycling.

Partners:

• FSP 50 South Tenth Street Corp.
• Ryan Companies