{"id":1004057986,"date":"2013-01-20T21:41:38","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T05:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004057986"},"modified":"2022-12-05T14:10:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T22:10:00","slug":"case-study-genentech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/case-study-genentech\/","title":{"rendered":"USGBC Challenge Case Study: Genentech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Brad Berton, Contributing Editor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/01\/Genentech_B4_010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004065374\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/case-studies\/genentech_b4_010\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/01\/Genentech_B4_010.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"432,324\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Genentech_B4_010\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/01\/Genentech_B4_010.jpg?w=432\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1004065374\" title=\"Genentech_B4_010\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/01\/Genentech_B4_010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"346\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/01\/Genentech_B4_010.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/01\/Genentech_B4_010.jpg?resize=300,225 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><\/a>Biotech giant Genentech implemented the U.S. Green Building Council&#8217;s California Best Buildings Challenge across five buildings totaling more than 780,000 square feet at its 50-building South San Francisco campus over much of 2012. As it proceeds with the program, its efforts are also providing the company (and in turn parent Roche Group) with impetus to road test additional initiatives potentially rolled out beyond the five buildings\u2014including some with longer payback periods than some of company\u2019s extensive recent sustainability investments, noted sustainability manager Katie Excoffier.<\/p>\n<p>Genentech purposefully selected what Excoffier described as \u201ca good cross-section\u201d of facility configurations and ages for the Challenge, including office and R&amp;D buildings completed anywhere from 1974 to 2006. Indeed, at the two buildings featuring laboratories, Genentech\u2019s new Green BioPharma group pursued what Excoffier called \u201clab-specific energy savings\u201d amid general retrofits, while other specialists audited kitchens for additional energy efficiencies at the three buildings featuring cafeterias.<\/p>\n<p>Genentech\u2019s Challenge activities also include experimentation with three lighting-control system alternatives. The company estimates additional energy investments being implemented as part of the Challenge will typically pay for themselves through savings in about three years.<\/p>\n<p>Outside the energy realm, Genentech\u2019s sustainability programs have tended to achieve payback periods of one to three years. But as Excoffier noted, the aim is to implement any\u00a0program with a payback of five years or less.<\/p>\n<p><em>Find out more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/digital.commercialsearch.com\/news\/publication\/?i=143758&amp;p=35\">USGBC&#8217;s California Best Buildings Challenge<\/a> in CPE&#8217;s February 2013 issue.\u00a0<em>And view a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/\/photos\/cpexecutive\/sets\/72157632635207418\/show\/\">slideshow<\/a>\u00a0of participating buildings.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<div><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Details of Genentech&#8217;s efforts as part of the USGBC&#8217;s California Best Buildings Challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":755,"featured_media":1004065374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37301],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004057986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>USGBC Challenge Case Study: Genentech - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/case-study-genentech\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"USGBC Challenge Case Study: Genentech\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Details of Genentech&#039;s efforts as part of the USGBC&#039;s California Best Buildings Challenge.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/case-study-genentech\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-01-21T05:41:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-05T22:10:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/01\/Genentech_B4_010.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"432\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"324\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Suzann D. 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