Press Release
July 1, 2010
Site Selection Names Winners of Inaugural Sustainability Rankings, Highlights Technology Centers
Atlanta, July 1, 2010: In the inaugural Sustainability Rankings appearing in Site Selection’s first annual Green Guide, California has topped the list of sustainable states by leading in half of the eight criteria comprising the ranking system index. California led the rankings, featured in Site Selection’s July issue, by placing high in all categories and first in four criteria: available state and local green incentives; energy efficiency; total LEED-certified projects; and combined EPA brownfields funding and leveraged funding since that agency’s program began in 1995. Joel Ayala, director of the newly formed Governor’s Office of Economic Development in California, estimates that some 60 percent of new prospects are within clean and green business sectors. “They are appreciative of the consumer market as well as the research talent,” he says. “They set up headquarters around our universities, and set up models around innovation. And they are looking to do more manufacturing here.” The San Francisco; Portland, Ore.; and Denver metro areas topped the list of most sustainable U.S. metros. And Canada, Brazil, China, Germany and Norway topped the list of most sustainable nations outside the U.S. “Unique among various green rankings, Site Selection’s sustainability index awards points to those areas showing significant corporate facility investment in green-tech industry sectors, according to the Conway Data New Plant Database,” says Adam Bruns, managing editor. “We also award points for factors that invite such investment, such as government policies that encourage sustainable development, making green communities as economically viable as they are eminently livable.” The entire rankings and criteria are listed below and posted online at www.siteselection.com. Site Selection’s Green Guide features a full suite of articles relevant to corporate real estate and economic development with sustainability in mind: a green project scrapbook; a case study of Tesla and Toyota’s partnership in reopening the just-closed NUMMI plant in Fremont, Calif.; an exclusive interview with DuPont’s Corporate Sustainability Officer Linda J. Fisher; and a primer on Green Incentives. The July issue’s cover story “Critical Components” examines how technology centers, often linked with research universities, are critical drivers of local and regional economic prosperity, and fast-track innovation from idea to job-creation. The section also includes the full 2010 directory of the Association of University Research Parks. Site Selection magazine, published by Conway Data Inc., delivers expansion planning information to 44,000 executives of fast-growing firms. Now in its 56th year, Site Selection is also available via Site Selection Online (www.siteselection.com). The SiteNet Dispatch, a weekly e-mail newsletter, goes to more than 28,000 industry professionals. Site Selection also publishes monthly e-newsletters The Site Selection Energy Report and The Site Selection Life Sciences Report. Site Selection is the official publication of the Industrial Asset Management Council (www.iamc.org). Conway Data is an international publishing and association management company headquartered in Atlanta. The firm manages the Industrial Asset Management Council, the Development Hall of Fame and the World Development Federation (WDF), offers consulting services and awards the annual Conway Safe Skies Award. Top States for Sustainability
State Criteria: Green Industry projects as tracked by the Conway Data New Plant Database from Jan. 2008-March 2010 (including renewable energy manufacturing and supply chain facilities, biofuels and biomass, recycling plants, electric vehicle supply chain, etc.); Number of LEED Certified projects as of May 10, 2010 (USGBC project database); LEED Certified projects per capita; Level of incentives support for green projects, according to USGBC database, the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE) and Site Selection research, May 2010; Per capita renewable energy generation by state, 2008 (EIA and Census Bureau); Cumulative Brownfield Redevelopment Funding and leveraged funding, by state, since the inception of the EPA’s Brownfield Redevelopment program in 1995 (EPA); Per capita cumulative Brownfield Redevelopment Funding and leveraged funding, by state, since the inception of the EPA’s Brownfield Redevelopment program in 1995 (EPA); Energy Efficiency Scorecard rankings by state in 2009 (American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy) Top Sustainable U.S. Metros
Metro Criteria: Green Industry projects as tracked by the Conway Data New Plant Database from Jan. 2008- March 2010 (minimum of two projects, including renewable energy manufacturing and supply chain facilities, biofuels and biomass, recycling plants, electric vehicle supply chain, etc.); Number of LEED Certified projects as of May 10, 2010 (USGBC project database); LEED Certified projects per capita; Level of incentives support for green projects (minimum of two programs), according to USGBC database and Site Selection research, May 2010. Top Sustainable Nations
Nations Criteria: Green Industry projects as tracked by the Conway Data New Plant Database from Jan. 2008- March 2010 (including renewable energy manufacturing and supply chain facilities, biofuels and biomass, recycling plants, electric vehicle supply chain, etc.); Number of LEED Certified projects as of May 10, 2010 (USGBC project database); Per capita renewable energy generation by nation, 2008 (EIA). | Top of Page | CDI Press Releases | SiteNet | Search SiteNet | ©2010 Conway Data, Inc. All rights reserved. SiteNet data is from many sources and is not warranted to be accurate or current. |
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