Team Application

Collaboration across industries is essential to creating better buildings and making green leases mainstream.

The Green Lease Leaders Team Transaction category recognizes individual transactions where landlords, tenants, brokers, asset managers, lawyers, or other parties come together to develop innovative leasing solutions that improve the energy efficiency and sustainability of buildings. The award will focus on specific transactions where both parties bring sustainability goals to the table.

Guidelines for the team award are:

  • Contact the Green Lease Leaders team to discuss your team transaction before applying
  • All submissions must feature at least two parties collaborating to advance green leasing concepts and high-performance buildings (e.g. landlord and tenant; landlord, broker, and tenant, etc.)
  • Executed leases and other documentation must meet at least two prerequisites and at least five credits from the minimum criteria of the Tenant and/or Landlord recognition criteria. For example, the lease may comply with one prerequisite from the Landlord criteria and one prerequisite from the Tenant criteria
  • Submissions will be considered by the Green Lease Leaders recognition program on a case-by-case basis

Team Application Workbook

This interactive excel workbook will help guide your Green Lease Leaders teams application process. Each tab is personalized for a specific recognition level (Silver, Gold, Platinum) and also shows the supporting evidence needed for each prerequisite and credit.

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Application Checklist

Be prepared! By reviewing the checklist of requirements, you’ll know what documents and information are needed to apply for Green Lease Leader recognition. For specific documentation requirements for each specific prerequisite and credit, see the Landlord Reference Guide and Tenant Reference Guide. For a more in-depth and interactive checklist, check out the Team Workbook.

  • Estimated percentage of total square footage of portfolio that has a green lease for each company involved in the Team application
  • Sustainability contacts
  • Evidence of cost recovery clause in standard lease form OR evidence of minimum efficiency fit-outs OR for Multifamily applicants, evidence of efficiency improvements during unit turns
  • For Silver applicants
    • Standard lease form with appropriate sections highlighted for the credits pursued
    • Corporate policies with appropriate sections highlighted for the credits pursued
  • For Gold and Platinum applicants
    • Standard lease form with appropriate sections highlighted for the credits pursued
    • Corporate policies with appropriate sections highlighted for the credits pursued
    • Executed lease form with appropriate sections highlighted for credits pursued
    • Evidence of credit implementation, such as trackers

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