The Nexus Podcast

🎧 #068: Ben Myers of BXP on decarbonizing 50 million square feet


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“There's this line in Hamilton,

'Let's have a drink, the four of us. Tomorrow there'll be more of us.'

And when I started out in green buildings, it definitely felt like there were just four of us. Today there are many more of us on this journey."

—Ben Myers

My Highlights
  • What sustainability means to each stakeholder and how to message it to them (6:54)
  • Ben's working theory about what it takes to move the market and the 5, 15, 30, 50 rule (15:32)
  • How BXP tracks their portfolio consumption, emissions, targets, and progress (18:11)
  • How other cities can improve on NYC's Local Law 97 (20:44)
  • Keys to success for scaling sustainability in a large portfolio (23:55)
  • Ben's great take on how to balance competing energy and IAQ goals (32:20)
  • BXP's lessons learned from building green since 2008 (40:48)
  • Ben's focus(es) for 2021-22 (51:37)
  • The ESG reporting, standard, and framework nightmare and Ben's thoughts on improving it (1:07:53)

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