Two ING Clarion Buildings Earn Gold LEED Certification From US Green Building Council

Established by the U.S. Green Building Council, LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a nationally recognized benchmark and rating system for building sustainability. Pioneer 360 is one of the first industrial buildings to achieve Gold-level status; Plaza Tower One, which was recognized in the Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance category, is one of just six multi-tenant office buildings in the Denver metropolitan market to achieve Gold-level status.

"ING Clarion has committed substantial resources around the country to operating in a sustainable way," said Craig Tagen, Managing Director and Head of Asset Management at ING Clarion Partners. "We are delighted to see our efforts recognized by the U.S. Building Council. This represents the culmination of a lot of hard work by a lot of people."

Among the new and existing measures documented for the certification of Plaza Tower One were:

• Achieving a U.S. EPA ENERGY STAR^® with a score of 92
• Retrofitting restrooms to include high efficiency fixtures reducing water consumption by 1.9m gallons per year.
• Installing a flat plate heat exchanger to reduce mechanical cooling requirements
• Using exit signs with low-wattage light emitting diode (LED) lamps
• Converting to direct digital controls (DDC) to monitor and control the air conditioning system
• Employing green cleaning technology and environmentally friendly pest management policies
• Implementing recycling programs that reduce trash and construction waste by more than 50 percent
• Applying sustainable purchasing practices for office and building supplies
•  For Pioneer 360, the factors cited included:
• Site sustainability (extensive erosion control, brownfield re-development)
• Water efficiency (a 50 percent reduction in landscape irrigation needs)
• Efficient energy use (optimal energy use, fundamental refrigeration management)
• Use of recycled materials and construction waste management Indoor environmental quality (low emitting materials, indoor pollutant and chemical source control)
• Overall innovation

"The improvements made to achieve LEED certification are significant and lasting, and serve to enhance both the value of these building and the environmental quality in the surrounding communities," said Rick Schaupp, Senior Vice President and head of the ING Clarion Sustainability Task Force. "This is a great accomplishment for the team."

About ING Clarion

Founded in 1982, ING Clarion Partners and its affiliates manage $37 billion in assets in the private equity, public equity, and public debt sectors of the real estate markets. The ING Clarion organization has more than 400 associates located in major markets throughout the United States

ING Clarion is the U.S. arm of ING Real Estate Investment Management, one of the world's leading real estate investment managers with global assets under management of more than USD 94 billion.  ING Real Estate Investment Management is part of ING Investment Management (ING IM), a global asset manager with over 6,000 associates worldwide. The principle asset manager of ING Group, ING IM is active in 34 countries across the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East.

More information about the firm is available atwww.ingclarion.com

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