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CHALLENGE 2015 BY THE NUMBERS61 companies, non-profits, institutions, and governmental bodies completed the Challenge.

The St. Louis Green Business Challenge, a joint program of the St. Louis Regional Chamber and the Missouri Botanical Garden, delivers “Triple Bottom Line” results (fiscal, social and environmental) to businesses of all types and sizes across the St. Louis region. The Challenge supports integration of sustainability measures into the kinds of everyday operational practices common to every business. Participants identify and adopt strategies that improve financial performance and engage employees in voluntary measures to reduce environmental impacts.

Since its inception in 2010, 152 companies, representing more than 130,000 employees, have joined the Challenge. 74 of these companies have participated in the Challenge for three or more years, with 21 companies engaged through all six program years.

6 completed the Apprentice Level

28 completed the Leader Level

22 completed the Champion Level

5 municipalities participated in the program’s inaugural Green Cities Challenge

100% of Challenge companies have formed a Green Team to lead sustainability efforts

100% of Challenge companies participate in workplace recycling

92% established a corporate sustainability policy

94% provided employees with education toward greening both home and workplace

96% promoted and support alternative transportation for employee commuting

73% have implemented a green purchasing policy

52% use green-certified cleaning products

48% benchmarked and tracking company energy usage to facilitate increased efficiency

40% calculated their company’s greenhouse gas or carbon footprint

35 companies participated in activities related to the High Performance Building Initiative

27 companies participated in activities related to the Biodiversity Initiative

Ameren Arcturis Bethesda Health Group Bi-State Development / Metro Burns & McDonnell Christner, Inc. City of St. Peters Color Art Integrated Interiors Farnsworth Group

Global Products, Inc. Graybar Jacobs Lawrence Group Madison County Markwort Sporting Goods Missouri Botanical Garden Office Essentials Saint Louis University

Saint Louis Zoo St. Louis Cardinals SCI Engineering, Inc. Southwestern Illinois College SWT Design Tarlton Corporation UMB Bank UniGroup, Inc.

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AECOM Ascension AT&T Missouri CBRE Commerce Bank Edward Jones Enterprise Holdings, Inc. EPC, Inc. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis JLL Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Maritz Metro Lighting Microgrid Energy Missouri American Water

LEADERSMissouri History Museum Monsanto Nine Network of Public Media PolyOne RBO PrintLogistix Safety National

Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard P.C.

Sitton Energy SolutionsSt. Louis College of Pharmacy St. Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources Thompson Coburn LLP Trane U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation Webster University Wells Fargo Advisors

APPRENTICES GREEN CITIESContemporary Art Museum St. Louis DJM Ecological Services, Inc. Forest Park Forever MRC Recycling NISA Investment Advisors, L.L.C. World Wide Technology, Inc.

City of Alton (IL) City of Highland (IL) City of Maplewood (MO) City of St. Charles (MO) City of University City (MO)


The St. Louis Green Business Challenge is a business engagement program that assists companies in integrating sustainable business practices into their daily operations. The program works for building owners and tenants, supporting companies new to the concept of sustainable business operations and those who have already engaged with sustainable options and are ready to fully integrate.

Empowering this effort is a unique partnership between the St. Louis Regional Chamber and the Missouri Botanical Garden. Leveraging the Chamber’s broad business network and the Garden’s sustainability resources, the Challenge influences the business, educational, governmental, and non-profit sectors of the St. Louis regional economy. Challenge companies benefit from customized coaching, including site visits and ongoing phone and email support, provided by expert staff of the EarthWays Center, the Missouri Botanical Garden’s sustainability division. These services support Challenge participants in evaluating and implementing sustainability options in ways that optimize outcomes, cost-effec-tiveness and engagement in accord with each company’s goals and culture.

Regular interaction with all participants is fostered at monthly seminars, where companies share their best practices, processes and outcomes and learn new strategies. An online resource bank provides examples of policies, surveys, communications tools and best practices that are generously shared by Challenge participants. These frequent Challenge activities and regular communications maintain a robust regional professional network of sustainability leaders, representing a wide range of career specializations.

In 2015, the Challenge provided five unique tours to participants to learn more about recycling and renewable energy in our region. The Challenge thanks the following tour hosts:

• EPC, Inc. for a tour of their 65,000 square foot E-Scrap Processing Center in Earth City, MO, that showed the proper way to dispose of electronics. The facility collects and processes over 590,000 pounds of electronic waste and is certified to the standards of ISO-14001 and the National Association for Information Destruction.

• Waste Management for their tour of the renewable natural gas facility at the Milam Landfill in Madison, IL. The facility creates pipeline-quality natural gas from landfill gas and produces enough fuel to fill 200 of Waste Management’s compressed natural gas collection trucks each day (Tour group photo below).

• Ameren Missouri for their tour of the O’Fallon Renewable Energy Center, their first solar center and the largest investor-owned utility scale solar facility in Missouri. The more than 19,000 arrays generate 5.7 MW of energy for Ameren customers.

• Materials Lifecycle Management Company for their tour of their waste to fuel facility in Bridgeton, MO. MLMC manages waste for reuse and recyclable value, and a proprietary system turns all other materials into fuel cubes used in manufacturing power production.

• Datotel for their tour of the data center in downtown St. Louis. Datotel provides colocation, data protection, cloud services and insourcing IT services to their clients. Their data center helps clients with power management and energy utilization of their information technology.

The Green Business Challenge EXPO, sponsored by UMB and Laclede Gas, featured 40 vendors with products and services to assist businesses with implementtation of sustainability strategies. Attendees were able to connect with specialists in energy efficiency, lighting, alternative transportation, landscaping, recycling, and more.

ABOUT THE CHALLENGE GREEN BUSINESS CHALLENGE LEVELS

EDUCATION & NETWORKING ACTIVITIES

Challenge Apprentice companies choose options from a menu of basic sustainability policies and practices to start the process of greening business operations. In 2015, Apprentice companies formed green teams, adopted sustainability policies, converted to purchasing recycled-content office and janitorial paper products, installed high efficiency lighting and identified alternative transportation options. Apprentice participants met twice, for a “Sustainability 101” training seminar and a report-out session to share accomplishments and learn from Challenge Leaders.

Challenge Leader participants work with a categorized, point-based Scorecard to guide their choices of activity. Leaders submit scores twice during the Challenge year: a Baseline Score of existing measures and a Final Score tallying all strategies in place within the year. Each company competes with itself to achieve the greatest gain. From their baseline scores, Leaders are grouped into Acorns (new to sustainability efforts) and Oaks (more experienced) and identified as building Tenants or Owners.

Challenge Champion companies are those that have completed work with the Leaders scorecard in past years and commit to continued implementation of deeper sustainability strategies. Champions work with a scorecard that guides efforts such as completing a greenhouse gas inventory, reducing energy use by at least 25%, and striving toward a 75% or greater waste diversion rate. Challenge Champions also take on the prerequisite of working with the High Performance Building and Biodiversity strategies that are options for Leaders.

The Challenge launched a new program to address sustainability within the range of operational requirements unique to local governments. A pilot class of five Missouri and Illinois municipalities learned to incorporate sustainability policy and practice fundamentals, guided by a fusion of the Challenge Apprentice menu with metrics from OneSTL, the regional plan for sustainable development.

Challenge scorecards detail a comprehensive range of sustainability options that address the kinds of operations common to every business. Each company earns points by acting on their selected strategies. Challenge participants can choose to:

• Conduct outreach by expanding the culture of sustainability within and outside the organization (green teams, purchasing policies, internal and customer/public communications, community partnerships)

• Reduce energy (energy efficiency in HVAC, equipment and lighting, renewable energy)• Improve indoor environmental quality (air quality, green cleaning, building comfort)• Reduce waste (recycling, paper reduction, food service, disposables)• Reduce water (fixture conservation, stormwater management)• Provide clean transportation alternatives (carpooling, bike-to-work, transit, travel)

In addition, unique Challenge components engage companies in special regional initiatives: • The St. Louis High Performance Building Initiative is a regional project organized by the St. Louis Regional

Chamber and the U.S. Green Building Council – Missouri Gateway Chapter to increase the square footage of third-party verified green space in the St. Louis region. Activity encourages companies to benchmark their building energy use and to take the “25 x 20 Pledge” in our voluntary regional campaign to reduce energy consumption 25% by 2020 using ENERGY STAR benchmarking tools. The initiative also encourages the exploration of LEED and Sustainable SITES certification programs.

• Better Business Through Biodiversity engages companies with strategies to evaluate and improve factors affecting natural habitat. This Challenge focus significantly contributes to BiodiverseCity St. Louis, a community-wide initiative to connect people to nature and to promote, protect and plan for biodiversity throughout the region. The Challenge supports efforts to identify biodiversity assets in property and personnel, and to better understand impacts each company has on plants, animals and habitat.

• New Mini-Challenge short scorecards encouraged 2015 participants to: • Ramp up employee outreach and education in Employee Engagement.• Promote environmentally friendly commuting through Trailnet’s Shift Your Commute, the carpooling

services of RideFinders, and the Citizens for Modern Transit Try & Ride program.• Join the Missouri Recycling Association’s Strive for 75 campaign toward a 75% statewide waste

diversion rate.

NEW IN 2015 - GREEN CITIES CHALLENGE

THE CHALLENGE SCORECARD - A ROAD MAP OF STRATEGIES


At the completion of each St. Louis Green Business Challenge program year, scorecards and case studies are submitted and points are tallied. Each company competes with itself to improve sustainability performance, and all efforts are voluntary. To honor achievements across the program’s multiple levels of participation there are several award categories.

• Award of Achievement – given to all participants who advanced their sustainability efforts.

• Award of Merit – presented to the top finishers at Champion and Leader levels. The Champions with the highest point totals earn Awards of Merit. Leaders receive Awards of Merit for the greatest gain in their respective groups (Tenant/Owner, Acorn/Oak).

• Additional recognition appears in award graphics for high point achievement.• Circle of Excellence – designates companies

achieving at least 150 points.• Star in the Circle of Excellence – honors companies

achieving at least 250 points.

ACCOMPLISHMENTSReceived LEED Certification for Shoreline Management Office.

Co-Sponsored The Ameren Sustainable Business Speaker Series with Saint Louis University John Cook School of Business.

Held lunch and learn series on transportation alternatives and biodiversity.

Ameren Illinois volunteers planted trees at the homes of Washington residents impacted by the November 2013 tornado.

INNOVATIONSProvided the Magic House with a grant to build the addition where kids can don work gear and learn about environmental stewardship, energy efficiency and safety through Kids ActOnEnergy and safety videos.

The Ameren Innovation Center opened at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign Research Park. The goal is to foster an exploratory environment that focuses on innovations and help Ameren better meet the future needs of its customers.

Partnered with a University of Missouri St. Louis/Washington University senior design electrical engineer class, taught by Paul Nauert, principal engineer, Ameren Transmission, for a project to build a hand crank that demonstrates the value of electric energy.

Ameren Illinois co-workers teamed up with the Illinois Raptor Center at the annual Bald Eagle Watch at Starved Rock State Park, Utica, Illinois, Jan. 24-25., attended by more than 3,000 people.

Ameren Corporation1901 Chouteau Avenue

St. Louis, MO 63013www.Ameren.com

“Sustainability is a focus for Ameren because millions of people depend upon us for safe and reliable energy. The St. Louis Green Business Challenge has been helpful to our sustainability efforts providing an opportunity to collaborate with area businesses and to exchange best practices.”

Rick Smith,Director Environmental Strategy & Analysis

Owner: 800,000 Ft2

1,800 EmployeesGreen Team Contact:

Ronald HallSenior Facilities Specialist

Building [email protected]

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ACCOMPLISHMENTSTransitioned most of our accounting processes to paperless.

Continued to audit our internal waste with over 60% diversion from the landfill.

Participated in mentoring a local church on their energy usage.

Created a large map of employee commutes on diplsay in our break room.

Calculated carbon footprint for internal transit and started calculating all business related travel for offsets in 2016.

INNOVATIONSHosted a Design Week event called Light Beer where we helped attendees create LED pendants using recycled paper.

Reinvigorated our office wellness program to include healthy local eating, yoga, and fitness challenges.

Held an internal commuter challenge with our staff emphasizing our creative culture and sustainable efforts.

Participated in a weekly Fairshares CSA both for the office and for staff at their homes.

Participated in MSD’s Project Clear to construct bioretention areas and raingardens in formerly vacant lots in North St. Louis to help with stormwater management to reduce strain on sewer system for future development.

Assisted in attaining grant from Brightside for a butterfly garden on Kingshighway.

Worked with the St. Louis Science Center on a project to promote agriculture and biodiversity on a large public scale.

Arcturis720 Olive, Suite 200St. Louis, MO 63101www.arcturis.com

“At Arcturis, Sustainability is an integral part of our design process. It’s who we are and what we do. The Green Business Challege continuesto serve as a guideline for improving our green practices and helps push us to develop innovative ways to engage staff, consulatants and clients in the process.” Chrissy Hill Rogers, Director

Green Team Contact:Chrissy Hill Rogers

[email protected]

Tenant: 30,000 Ft2

ACCOMPLISHMENTSThe Kansas Department of Health andEnvironment awarded Via Christi in Wichita, KS, a 2015 Pollution Prevention Award for its “Greening the OR” initiatives and efforts in energy conservation. Nearly five tons of devices that used to be incinerated or landfilled are now reprocessed annually, at a cost savings of approximately $159,000. The lighting fixtures replacement documented savings of 135,200 kWh/year, representing a 50 percent reduction in energy use. Three Ascension Hospitals earned the American Society of Healthcare Engineering E2C award for reducing energy use by at least 10 percent over a 12 month period.

Two Ascension Health hospitals won national awards at the Practice Greenhealth CleanMed conference in 2015 honoring outstanding environmental achievements in the health care sector.

INNOVATIONSAscension requires commissioning for new construction and retrocommissioning for existing buildings. The quality-control processes ensure optimization of operations and proper maintenance of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems. The components of Ascension’s retro-commissioning include a implementing a GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified Program, switching to microfiber mops and wipes, and an aqueous ozone system to reduce the hospital’s chemical footprint.

Ascension’s Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) vendor, Ascension’s purchasing organization and two Ascension hospitals have embarked on direct collaborations with local farms. The farms supply the hospital campuses with a regular supply of vegetables for cafeteria food production, and the hospitals support an emerging local food market and help to create sustainable jobs.

Vincent Fishers Hospital Inpatient Expansion was Indiana’s first hospital to be awarded LEED for Healthcare certification. Specific design elements that supported the St. Vincent’s LEED-HC score included: employee bicycle storage and changing facilities; preferred parking spaces for low-emitting and fuel efficient vehicles; best management practices to clean stormwater runoff; water-efficient landscaping in conjunction with a drip irrigation system and climate control sensors to reduce water use for irrigation; roofing materials with a high solar reflectance index (SRI).

Ascension4600 Edmundson Rd.St. Louis, MO 6313 4

Owner: 55,000 Ft2

Green Team Contact:Lois Sechrist

Environmental Stewardship Sr. Analyst

[email protected]

“We encourage all hospitals and Health Ministries to actively participate in the Environmental Stewardship Program. We have demonstrated benefits in energy and water efficiency, avoidance of toxic chemicals in cleaning and building materials, access to healthier foods, and improved recycling programs, to list just a few. All Ascension associates should consider stewardship of environmental and financial resources to be part of their daily work.

Patricia A. Maryland, Dr.PH, President, Healthcare Operations & Chief Operating Officer, Ascension Health


ACCOMPLISHMENTSRedesigned an unutilized green space by adding biodiversity on site. The water feature offers a habitat for turtles, frogs, and other amphibious inhabitants. The plant material includes many cultivars of natives (such as Sporobolus, Rudbeckia and Hydrangea), providing a landscape much less dependent on supplemental watering. LED low volt lighting was installed throughout for safety, significantly lowering the anticipated usage from traditional incandescent and 110 lighting.

• Implemented duplex printing on all community copiers• Replaced old roofing with cool roof (approximately

50,000 sqf)• All parking lot lighting replaced with LED low volt

lighting

INNOVATIONSReengineered the footprint of Linen and Laundry Department and installed new, more efficient Milnor Commercial Washers and Milnor Commercial Dryer. Resulting in approximately $7,000 in annual savings.

The Milnor Commercial Dryer offer smart dry features that will automatically switch to cool down cycle and shut down when contents are detected as dried versus running for a “set” time at a “set” temperature.

Committed to using and contracted with vendors for 100% post consumer recycled paper products (tissue and paper towels).

Bethesda Health Group9645 Big Bend BlvdSt. Louis, MO 63122

www.bethesdahealth.org

Owner: 1,138,000 Ft2 Across 9 facilities

Green Team Contact:David C. Ake

Mgr, Environmental [email protected]

“We at Bethesda believe that being a strong corporate citizen and a wise steward of our environmental resources will make us stronger, more completive and better able to support and satisfy our se-nior customer base. We find that our residents and their families are proud of their association with an environ-mentally conscious organiza-tion, and we are committed to furthering our effort.” Joe Brinker, President & Chief Executive Officer

ACCOMPLISHMENTSStarted a recycling program with Always Green Recycling for old child car seats used in Call-A-Ride vans.

Shared green news, green home tips and team activity announcements on Lean & Green Team intranet website.

Top-level sponsor of Earth Day and ongoing partnerships with Trailnet, Great Rivers Greenway, Citizens for Modern Transit and other groups.

Continued junk mail reduction program.

Purchased all paper with 30-50% recycled content.

Participated in Rams Green Team.

Provided full transit benefits for employees with ample bicycle parking.

INNOVATIONSStreet tested five all-electric buses, providing an opportunity for maintenance team to take a closer look at the advancements, capabilities and benefits of electric bus technology.

Planned the rerouting of North County bus lines to increase efficiencies and trip times from the new North County Transit Center (opening Spring 2016.)

Investigated a switch to sustainable, pro-biotic cleaners for buses and trains and facility cleaning.

Internationally recognized vehicle maintenance program has greatly improved efficiency and extended the life of MetroBuses.

Bi-State Development donated a retired MetroBus to Saint Louis University and St. Louis MetroMarket which was converted into a mobile farmers market..

Bi-State Development211 North Broadway, Suite 700

St. Louis, MO 63102www.bistatedev.org.com

Green Team Contact:Matthew Fernandes

Community Outreach Coordinator and Green Team [email protected]

“Bi-State Development remains committed to delivering a positive impact on the region’s sustainability. Through Metro transit, we’re able to improve air quality and reduce fuel consumption by taking tens of thousands of vehicles off area roadways each day. As a resource for regional economic growth, Bi-State Development supports projects and investments that make the best use of our land, water and air, while also creating more opportunities for everyone in the region.

John Nations, Chief Executive Officer


ACCOMPLISHMENTSStarted circulating ‘Christner Green News,’ an internal and external newsletter on sustainable topics.

Diverted 150 pounds and counting of paper by upcycling one-sided prints and plots into notepads.

Cycled, walked and took transit to work as part of the Trailnet Shift your Commute Challenge.

Increased employee participation in the Fair Shares CCSA.

Diverted food waste from the landfill through our newly adopted composting program.

INNOVATIONSOrganized and led events on native plantings, cooking with native foods, and creating dyes from native plants at the Sustainable Land Lab site.

Active participation by Christner employees in the St. Louis Local Food Challenge.

Improved employee health and fitness as part of the Christner Fitness Challenge.

Learned about fresh produce and sustainable farming practices at a Christner sponsored lunch and learn presentation.

Pursuing and researching Living Building Challenge in conjunction with our clients.

Christner, Inc.168 N. Meramec, Suite 400

St. Louis, MO 63105www.christnerinc.com

Tenant: 14,913 Ft2

Green Team Contact:Daniel Jay

Managing Principal/[email protected]

“Some opportunities take more than a village to enhance the quality of life. The Green Business Challenge allows not just individuals, but businesses containing those individuals to see the quality in environmental sustainability practices at a coherent level, allowing virtually everyone to practice environmental consciousness in every aspect of their lives.”

Preston Martin, LEED Green Associate

ACCOMPLISHMENTSPerformed an informal waste stream audit for our office.

Developed an ENERGY STAR Portfolio for our building.

Generated a Biodiversity Site Map as well as a formal inventory of plants on our site.

Conducted quantitative studies on Biodiversity site features.

Tripled transit users.

INNOVATIONSWorked with our national Sustainability and Operation Services group to get a policy established for Burns & McDonnell to purchase a minimum of 30% post-consumer recycled paper.

Implemented the “Milkweeds for Monarchs” program by giving our employee owners seed balls to plant at home.

Influenced employee home practices by listing information on sustainable topics on our web site. This information was written by employees for employees.

Green Team Contact:David Meyers

Manager of [email protected]

Burns McDonnell425 S. Woods Mill Rd #300

Chesterfield, MO 63017

“Sustainability considerations are integral to everything we do. From our water and energy conservation and recycling initiatives in our office, to advising our clients on the best way to incorporate Sustainability in their projects and facilities, we adhere to a principal of shared responsibility for the preservation of our natural resources.”

Breck R. Washam, PEVice President and Regional Office Manager – St. Louis


ACCOMPLISHMENTSEnacted leaf burning ordinance.

Established a community recycling policy for curbside recycling and department practices.

Instituted Complete Streets Policy.

Installed recycling collection equipment in offices, public buildings, parks.

Made use of utility incentives.

LED light installation.

Completed a Silver Lake watershed feasibility study in 2009.

Installed shower heads that reduce water usage in the Korte Recreation Center.

INNOVATIONSHeld Arbor Day event – Spring Bloom Festival at Arboretum showcasing proper tree care/planting, presentations on Bee Keeping, raised gardens, plant sales, and World Bird Sanctuary.

Recipient of Tree City USA Growth Award for 26 consecutive years.

Implemented use of mulch on trails in Silver Lake Park.

Memorial and honorarium park benches that are donated are comprised of recycled plastic.

Enhanced one portion of Silver Lake Park by utilizing boulders to create a waterfall and installing trails and bridges, creating an opportunity for children to interact with nature and a mini-ecosystem.

City of Highland, Illinois1115 Broadway

Highland, IL 62249www.highlandil.gov

Green Team Contact:Mark Rosen

Director, Parks & [email protected]

CITY OF HIGHLAND, ILLINOISCITY OF ALTON, ILLINOIS

“The city of Highland, IL has a rich tradition of providing cutting-edge services and keeping current with recent trends. Having the oppor-tunity to be a part of the Green Cities Initiative has shed new light on best management practices in the green industry. We are ex-cited to embark on incorporating new ideas to be an area leader in conserving and enhancing our environmental resources.”

Mark Rosen,Director Parks & Recreation

ACCOMPLISHMENTSHeld a workshop on How to Balance Energy Efficiency with Historic Preservation.

Reduced energy consumption at Alton Public Works Building from 579,000 kWh to 372,155 in three years because of lighting upgrades and other energy efficiency strategies.

Used Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant Funds and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Funds to fund lighting upgrades at public works facilities.

Completed a Greenhouse Gas Inventory.

INNOVATIONSAdopted Climate Action Plan.

Providing curbside recycling to all single-family residential households.

Completed lighting audits at Public Works and City Hall.

Created a Cool Cities Committee.

City of Alton, IL101 E. Third Street

Alton, IL 62002www.alton-il.com

Green Team Contact:Matthew H. Asselmeier, MPA, AICP

Deputy Director of Development and [email protected]

“The City of Alton continues to explore opportunities to engage in efficient energy practices in order to maintain our current standard of living and in order to preserve resources for future generations.

Mayor Brant Walker


ACCOMPLISHMENTSCollected and recycled two 55-gallon drums of fluorescent bulbs from county buildings.

Collected and coordinated the incineration of more than 1,225 pounds of unused prescription medication through the Rx Takeback program.

Hosted three community clean-up projects for underserved communities within Madison County.

Partnered with nine organizations to host the 5th Annual Air & Health Forum, a free program for both the public and local representatives.

Collected 15,000 pairs of shoes as part of two county-wide community shoe collections in partnership with county schools and the Shoeman Water Project to aid in local and global humanitarian programs as well as keeping usable shoes out of local landfills.

Partnered with five regional organizations to present the 5th Annual Sustainability Institute for Educators.

Provided the Madison County Green Schools Program, partnering with over 100 county public, private, and parochial schools and impacting over 19,000 students on sustainability initiatives.

Partnered with the Lion’s Club and county schools to collect eyeglasses, cell phones and keys.

INNOVATIONSAwarded $252,714 in grant funds to 20 local government agencies for environmental and sustainable projects, including energy efficiency building upgrades and other similar projects.

Awarded $16,117 in grant funds to nine county schools for sustainable projects including solid waste management, air quality initiatives, energy efficiencies, and stormwater projects.

Collected and recycled 668.54 tons of recyclables at seven collections sites located throughout Madison County.

Offered three county-wide school-based competitions focusing on air quality, stormwater, and solid waste-related issues.

Worked with the US EPA to initiate the Air Quality Flag program in county schools.

Madison County Planning157 North Main StreetEdwardsville, IL 62025www.co.madison.il.us

Green Team Contact:Emily Fultz

Sustainability [email protected]

““The Sustainability Program is an important element to the success of Madison County. Supporting our local governments, businesses, and residents through innovative sustainable programs will lead to a better future for Madison County and for our region.”

Alan J. Dunstan,Madison County Board Chairman

ACCOMPLISHMENTSSustainability Commission meets monthly, comprised of volunteer business owners, residents, city councilperson and staff.

Sustainability Policy developed.

Single-stream recycling provided for residents.

Recycling services for Special Business District provided on Marietta Parking Lot.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory updated.

INNOVATIONSAchieved EPA Green Power Community status through solar installations on city and business buildings and purchase of Renewable Energy Credits.

First Green Dining District in the nation, with 12 locally-owned restaurants certified by the St. Louis Green Dining Alliance.

A variety of public events promote local businesses and sustainable offerings.

Walkability survey conducted.

LEED certification in progress for new fire station.

“The City of Maplewood takes its role as a steward of the environment seriously. Our businesses, residents, city officials and staff work together to make our city more sustainable. We have created a Sustainability Commission, sourcing the citizen expertise in our community, to help us determine how we should move forward in the most responsible manner.”

Mayor James White

City of Maplewood7601 Manchester

Maplewood, MO 63143

City Size: 1.5 Square Miles

Green Team Contact:Rachelle L’Ecuyer

[email protected]

MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS CITY OF MAPLEWOOD, MISSOURI


ACCOMPLISHMENTSContinued the growth of the St. Charles City Employee Green Team made up of city employees from various departments with the goal of improving green initiatives.

In 2010 the City of St. Charles City Hall conducted a lighting retro-fit. During this process, the lights used in the City Hall parking garage were replaced with LEDs and the lights in City Hall, originally T12 bulbs, were upgraded to T8 energy efficient light bulbs.

City Hall has numerous recycling bins on each floor and in each department of the City.

INNOVATIONSThe City opened its New Public Works Facility in November. This facility includes energy efficient features and equipment that benefits water quality and stormwater management.

Bike racks have been installed in front of City Hall in addition other areas on Main Street

Updated out of date appliances in employee lounge to a higher standard of energy efficiency.

Continued educating city employees, business owners and residents about the benefits of sustainability and green initiatives.

Updated Green Point Rating System for contractors from it’s original 2009 copy.

Green Cities Challenge: Eleanor Schmerler

Department of Administration

St. Charles City Hall 200 N. Second Street St. Charles MO, 63301

[email protected] “The City of St. Charles is dedicated in seeking new ways to improve sustainability in all of our City opera ons.”

Bruce Evans Interim Director of Administra on

ACCOMPLISHMENTSRecycling Ambassadors: A four week trial run with recycling ambassadors at Sunset Fridays, 370 Lakeside Park during concert events with food trucks on site. 187 lbs diverted from trash. 151 lbs recycled (cans and bottles) and 36 lbs composted

Clean Streams Day: Green Team members monitored composting and recycling containers to educate participants. 335 volunteers helped clean 6,460 lbs of litter from St. Peters streams. 1,280 pounds were recycled and 90 lbs were composted.

Shred It and Forget It: 426 cars dropped off 23,564 pounds of documents (enough to save 144 trees) for shredding and recycling while the Parks Department gave out 400 seedlings for Arbor Day to encourage people to “save a Tree and Plant a Tree”.

Recycle City Library: A grant from the St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management District was used to develop a library of learning materials to loan out to educators and improve the tour room at Recycle City.

INNOVATIONSRecycle Trucks: The first Recycle Truck hit the St. Peters streets. Prominent signage on solid waste trucks to shift focus from trash to recycling.

STAR Communities: St. Peters was part of a USDN project team that met at the USGBC headquarters in Washington DC to work on development of a Leading Star Communities Indicators subset and dashboard.

Junk Mail Initiative: 116 mailings have been cancelled citywide and tracked by department.

No If, Ands or Butts (Cigarette Recycling) – Encouraging employees to responsibly dispose of their butts. 6 bags have been recycled through TerraCycle’s “Cigarette Waste Brigade” (@ 3,000 butts/bag so about 18,000 butts).

City of St. PetersOne City Centre DriveSt. Peters, MO 63376www.stpetersmo.net

“St. Peters is grateful to be a part of the Green Business Challenge again this year and proud to be the first City to participate at the Champion Level. There is always more to learn and do but we are committed to working in partnership with our residents and the community at large for the protection and restoration of the world we live in.“

St. Peters Mayor Len Pagano 500,000 total Ft2 of municipal buildings

Green Team Contact:Debra Knoble


CITY OF ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI


ACCOMPLISHMENTSDistributed emails with recycling tips and reminders to City employees.

Distributed reminders to all City employee fleet users about the no-idling policy.

Sent recycling educational flyers with refuse bill to all University City residents.

Installed combination trash/recycling containers at golf course and swimming pool.

Replaced inefficient lighting generating an estimated annual savings of over 100,000 kWh per year.

Installed raingardens and permeable pavers in parks and parking lots.INNOVATIONSUniversity City enacted an energy efficiency, renewable energy and greenhouse gas reduction ordinance requiring University City to invest in projects that provide a return on investment to the city at either a 15-year payback or a better investment rate than the yield on the reserve fund.

University City recently passed an ordinance enabling commercial property owners to take advantage of Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) funding. PACE is an innovative program providing owners of commercial, multifamily and industrial properties low-cost, long-term financing for energy-efficiency, water conservation and renewable energy projects.

Combination trash/recycling public space containers will replace all trash only containers in the Delmar Loop as part of the County grant Commercial Recycling project.

The City obtained a grant from the St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management District to upgrade its recycling deposit center. The center accepts sorted as well as all single-stream recyclables and textiles, and is also developing a plastic film collection area.

In addition to permeable pavers, bio-swales, amended soil, raingardens, and retention ponds installed for stormwater management, the City requires downspout disconnections to sewers and discharge to daylight on the property for construction projects.

ACCOMPLISHMENTSReduced paper consumption by exploring image technology and electronic reporting. Since 2008 we have reduced total paper consumption over 40%.

Continued to reduce energy consumption through the implementation of our comprehensive Energy Management Plan. Since 2008 we have reduced consumption of electricity over 26%.

Reduced water consumption 20% year over year, and down 9% over the past two years. Savings reflected a variety of conservation measures enacted by the Corporate Facilities Group.

Increased recycling of all consumables company-wide. In 2014 we will recycle 700 tons of paper, ½ ton of aluminum cans, ¼ ton of plastic, and over 1,200 pieces of electronic equipment. Since 2008 we have recycled 14,000 tons of electronic equipment and computers, 5,400 tons of paper, 5 tons of aluminum cans and 3 tons of plastics.

INNOVATIONSExplored green technologies in all facets of our operations. In 2015 we completed the upgrade of our exterior lighting to LED at 50% of our facilities. Since 2008 we added the first LEED certified bank branch in Missouri, added a hybrid vehicle to our fleet, participated in community partnerships to install electric vehicle charging stations at 3 of our branches, added solar panels at 13 branches and installed our first geothermal system.

Commerce Bank8000 Forsyth Blvd.Clayton, MO 63105

www.commercebank.com

Owner: 189,000 Ft2

Green Team Contact:Vernon Carter

[email protected]“

In pursuing Project Green sustainability principles, Commerce Bancshares, Inc. will ensure that our Corporate Mission to create long-term value for our shareholders is honored. Consistent with the Corporate Mission, we will consider environmental and sustainability factors in all facets of our business and will measure our progress. We will encourage our customers, employees, suppliers and communities to do likewise.”

City of University City6801 Delmar Avenue

University City, MO 63130

Green Cities Challenge: Jennifer Wendt

Project [email protected]

CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY, MISSOURI


ACCOMPLISHMENTSFormed CAM’s first company-wide Green Team, with lots of interest.

Created a company sustainability policy, demonstrating for the first time in writing CAM’s commitment to sustainability.

Established a no idling policy in our loading dock area.

Established a company-wide green purchasing policy and began to implement the policy for all office and janitorial products.

INNOVATIONSReplaced more than half of gallery lighting with LED bulbs and fixtures, moving towards 100% LED lighting in all gallery spaces. Implemented a “trash can challenge,” eliminating 30% of staff desk-side trash receptacles.

Completed a lighting audit with Graybar to assess CAM’s lighting in our administrative spaces and plan for future updates.

Established and implemented a policy to reduce paper or plastic servingware in company meetings and events, eliminating all disposable cups, bottles, plates, and utensils from meetings of less than 25 people and all public events.

Contemporary Art Museum3750 Washington Blvd.

St. Louis, MO 63108www.camstl.org

Owner: 5,000 Ft2

“The Green Business Challenge gave us the guidelines and tools to solidify our commitment to sustainability. Forming the “CAM Green Team” was a fun and creative way to get people excited about getting involved.”

Unitey Kull, Director of Marketing and Audience Development

Green Team Contact:Melanie Nguyen

Assistant to the [email protected]

ACCOMPLISHMENTSFormed a Green Team with both field and office staff.

Direct reporting model cuts commuting by 75% for over half of our staff.

Improved fleet efficiency by purchasing two (2) new Ford F-550 Clean Idle trucks and implementing a no-idle policy.

Implemented Single Stream Recycling at the office.

INNOVATIONSUsing Scythe® (an environmentally friendly herbicide made of natural fatty acids) on projects that require a chemical-free approach.

Recycling plastic pots & plug trays through MOBOT’s program.

Restored over 500 acres in the St. Louis Metropolitan area to a more “natural” habitat.

Community involvement centered around native plants and habitat enhancement, e.g. donated native milkweed & nectar bearing plants for Urban Harvest STL/Food Roof’s Milkweed for Monarchs garden, donated seed for a prairie restoration project at EarthDance & volunteered at a Forest Releaf planting day.

“DJM Ecological Services, Inc.

2205 Ebert LaneWentzville, MO 63385

www.djmecological.com

DJM specializes in ecological restoration, a trade that by its very nature requires a certain consciousness when it comes to sustainability. DJM participated in the Green Business Challenge because it’s a great exercise for prompting us to check in on our core tenets as we continue to evolve.”

Doug Bauer, President

Office: 1,000 Ft2 Campus: 15 acres

Green Team Contact:Christy Cunningham

Business [email protected]


ACCOMPLISHMENTSEdward Jones successfully expanded our 4th Annual Arbor/Earth Day event to a 2-day event in order to include both North and South Campus St. Louis locations.

Edward Jones’ food vendor, Aramark, has donated 173 meals to Operation Food Search this year.

Established Edward Jones Sustainability Policy.

INNOVATIONSWe evaluated the disposable packaging that can potentially leave the café, to determine approximately how much of it is recyclable, compostable or landfill trash…40% is recyclable…33% is compostable…27% landfill trash.

Edward Jones replaced 277 metal halide light fixtures with LED fixtures in our Manchester West garage. This brings about a utility/maintenance savings of approximately $35,000/year, with a 3.5 year ROI.

Edward Jones has incorporated two dual “Schneider” electric car chargers in our new North Campus garage (Dorsett & 270).

Edward Jones has recently rolled out cameras to over 14,000 Financial Advisors, across the U.S. and Canada, allowing them to now use WebEx for meetings, training, or presentations via the internet.

Edward Jones has now incorporated E-sign Onboarding (of allowable documents) – transitioning clients away from traditional pen-and-paper signing for account opening and services authorization documents to electronic signature, reducing print and mailing costs.

Edward Jones12555 Manchester

Des Peres, MO 63131www.edwardjones.com

Owner: 1,978,000 Ft2

Green Team Contact:Lisa Johnson

[email protected] Adams

[email protected]

“While conservation is woven throughout the fabric of our rich culture, the authenticity of its significance is realized when a tangible sacrifice is required. It truly requires a long term investment – one we’re willing to make.”

Jodi Foltz Gay, General Partner, Facilities

ACCOMPLISHMENTSHeld 2nd Annual “Shift Your Commute” challenge which resulted in an increase in employee participation. Employees were encouraged to take alternative forms of transportation every other Friday for 12 weeks.

Five dedicated employees shifted their commute to alternative modes of transportation for 40% of the work commutes in September.

Participated in the St. Louis Cardinals “4-A-Greener Game” initiative.

Assisted in Park(ing) Day event with SWT design to transform a parking stall on Manchester Road in Maplewood into an educational node.

Posted daily Clean Air Updates.

Held monthly center meeting presentations that promoted sustainability practices at home.

INNOVATIONSProvided quality data to show employees the impact that their efforts have in shifting their commute. This data included monetary, environmental, and health benefits.

Farnsworth Group20 Allen Avenue Suite 200

St. Louis, MO 63119www.f-w.com

Tenant: 17834 Ft2

“Farnsworth Group is excited to once again participate in the Challenge with a new team who set their sights high and had fun at the same time. The team’s enthusiasm and hard work helped raise awareness of the value of sustainability.”

Bob Polk, PE, LEED AP Principal/ Center Manager

Green Team Contact:Zachary Carter, EIT, LEED BD+C

Electrical [email protected]


ACCOMPLISHMENTSWe co-chaired the Federal Reserve System’s first national conference, sustainability matters, discussing sustainability across business lines.Hosted a series of diverse green-

relevant lunch n’ learns and upcycle/recycle collection events.

We won the Workplace Grand Prize for Trailnet’s Shift Your Commute September Challenge.

INNOVATIONSTo address our largest un-divertible source of landfill waste, we created a graphic to encourage reduced consumption of paper towels and posted them in every restroom in our building.

We integrated a custom paperless solution using our existing technology infrastructure for one of our Treasury support functions. This solution will save annually an estimated 35,000 sheets of paper and reduce the costs of toner and office equipment usage.

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis1 Federal Reserve Plaza

St. Louis, MO 63102www.stlouisfed.org

Owner: 542,000 Ft2

Green Team Contact:Anna Hart

Vice President of Human ResourcesDirector of [email protected]

“We have made great strides to integrate sustainability into our many daily decisions. Our greatest opportunities lie ahead as we sharpen our focus on metrics and measurement.”

Anna Hart, VP of Human Resources, Director of Sustainability

ACCOMPLISHMENTSInstalled recycling collection sites throughout the workplace.

Replaced 10% of our low-efficiency lighting with high efficiency lighting.

Installed rain gardens and native landscaping to reduce storm water runoff and increase biodiversity.

Donated over 417 pounds of old uniforms to Remains, a local company that will be sending the shirts overseas to be used as clothing for a second lifecycle, earning our Green Team its first monetary reward for good practice.

Established a regular partnership with St. Louis Earth Day to reduce landfill waste at FPF events, including a diversion rate of over 90% at the recent Fall Family FunFest. INNOVATIONS

Our green workforce development program, Nature Works, impacted close to 600 students and 160 teachers through hands-on experiential conservation education both in classrooms and in the Park.

Installed new energy efficient LED lighting above Art Hill.

Reimagined a parking lot into the Festival and Park Plaza at the Upper Muny, which now includes 25,000 SF of new green space, 5,000 new plantings and 100 new trees, sustainable rain gardens, high-efficiency LED lighting, new pedestrian walkways, safe pedestrian refuges, additional ADA parking and access, 751 smooth parking spots, and bike parking.

Forest Park Forever5595 Grand Drive in Forest Park

St. Louis, MO 63112www.forestparkforever.org

Tenant: 10,000 Ft2

“We are proud to join the growing list of businesses participating in the Green Business Challenge and are looking forward to learning best practices from our counterparts around the region.”

Lesley Hoffarth, Executive Director

Green Team Contact:Colleen AutryGardener II

[email protected]


ACCOMPLISHMENTSData from ENERGY STAR benchmarking shows a 14.3% decrease in natural gas consumption and 2.4% decrease in water consumption in 2015 over 2014.

Implemented a Warehouse Management software System (WMS) within Distribution & Production Departments.

Surveyed employees for Biodiversity tips and summarized these tips for internal publication.

Created Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Compliance Procedure.

INNOVATIONSBecame a Certified Sustainable Green Printer through the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP).

Completed Continuous Improvement Project to decrease sublimation ink waste by 2%.

Purchased a digital solvent ink printer to digitally print decals, window clings, bumper stickers, etc, which reduced quantity of screen printed decal products used.

Global Products Inc.21 Cherokee Drive

St. Peters, MO 63376www.gpii.com

Owner: 28,000 Ft2

Green Team Contact:Jay Weyrich

Director of [email protected]

“Through the STL Green Business Challenge and the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership, Global Products, Inc has experienced many benefits to sustainability practices such as decreases in utilities and waste, as well as a positive impact to our employees and community. The STL Green Business Challenge offers unlimited networking and resource opportunities not available elsewhere in the community.

Jan Weyrich, Direct of Operations

ACCOMPLISHMENTSUpgraded to LED lighting in portions of the Bel Ridge facility to enhance overall energy efficiency.

Upgraded to LED lighting and added lighting controls to the Centerpoint parking lot to improve light quality, safety, and energy efficiency.

Hosted the first Green Fair at the Bel Ridge Facility in order to further educate Graybar employees on sustainable practices in the office and at home.

Entered the 2nd year of the companywide Graybar Green Branch Challenge.

Achieved LEED certification with the completion of the Los Angeles Service Center.

INNOVATIONSGraybar’s St. Louis based PowerSmart team completed 200+ energy projects with local customers enhancing the overall energy efficiency of their facilities. This resulted in over 16 million kW/h reduced for those facilities.

Graybar became one of 300 organizations nationally to be recognized as a member of the ENERGY STAR Certification Nation.

Graybar completed the new Raleigh, NC branch that was designed as an ENERGY STAR Facility.

Graybar Electric Company8170 Lackland Rd

Bel Ridge, MO 63114www.graybar.com

Owner: 375,000 Ft2

Green Team Contact:Tom Epps

Mgr, PowerSmart [email protected]

“The Green Business Challenge has helped Graybar improve our sustainability practices while also serving as a mentor to businesses throughout the region. We will continue to find new ways to reduce our environmental footprint here in St. Louis as well as in our more than 260 locations nationwide.”

Tom Epps Manager, PowerSmart Business


ACCOMPLISHMENTSAssisted building owner in bench-marking building with Sitton Energy Solutions.

Nominated September as ‘Green Month’ in the office and hosted a different green activity each week in addition to sending out weekly green strategy shares via email.

Developed a ‘Summer Sustainability Series’ in which we hosted a lunch & learn once a month over the summer on the following topics: Intro to Energy 101, Intro to RideFinders, Intro to Biodiversity, and Intro to Metromarket.

Volunteered at three Cardinals games with ‘4 a Greener Game’ and hosted a rest stop during ‘Bike to Work Day.’INNOVATIONS

Rolled out a pilot test of an energy performance based computer program called Sefaira on a few of our projects to seek energy efficient solutions and strategies for new and existing buildings.

Held a Grocery Bag Exchange event where employees had the opportunity to bring in at least 10 plastic grocery bags in exchange for a reusable one with our Green Team logo. Six full trash bags of grocery bags were recycled at the local grocery store and nearly 100 reusable bags were distributed.

Created a zip code carpool map for the office with hopes of taking it to the next level with RideFinders in 2016.

Hosted a green fair for all tenants in our 12 story building with vendors and representatives who take pride in their sustainable products and services.

Jacobs501 N Broadway

St. Louis, MO 63102www.jacobs.com

Tenant: 44,000 Ft2

Green Team Contact:Megan Kinsinger

Visual Media [email protected]

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Sustainability is a standard in our every day business - in and out of the office. For example, we strive to meet LEED requirements on every project whether we’re actually able to obtain certification or not. It’s used as a guideline regardless. “

Megan Kinsinger & Laura Vierrether,JACOBS Green Team Leaders“

ACCOMPLISHMENTSHeld several successful electronics recycling drives for building tenants.

Year round toner, inkjet, battery, cardboard, florescent tube, ballast, machine oil, and shoe recycling.

Composting program with tenants launched in 2011 along with continuing our Single Stream Recycle efforts.

Reduction to trash compactor pulls from weekly to every 10-12 days.

VFDs were installed on the cooling tower.

Changed our aerators to reduce water usage on touch-free faucets.

Installation of drip irrigation in all plant beds.

INNOVATIONSCompleted lighting retrofit for the largest tenant in our building, from MR16s (2,600) to LEDs.

Completed exit light fixture with LEDs retrofits.

Completed retrofitting 2 of 3 stairwells, marketing center, art wall and parking garage lights to LEDs.

Replaced FO28s to LEDs in 24 elevator cabs.

Metropoloitan Square, LLC/JLL211 North BroadwaySt. Louis, MO 63102

www.us.jll.com

Owner: 1,040,829 Ft2

Green Team Contact:Susn Nielsen

Christina DavisMark Keim

[email protected]“As a part of our commitment to create real value in a changing world, we are determined to hold ourselves accountable for the social, environmental and economic impacts of our operations, and we are committed to developing policies, business practices and services which drive change in our industry.”


ACCOMPLISHMENTSMallinckrodt has focused water savings at its largest water resource site.

Employee engagement: Survey filled out by employees to identify skill sets and interests related to Biodiversity.

Developed pilot EHS Participation program in FY2015 and scaled up in FY16.

INNOVATIONSMonitored water usage and fixing leaks has dropped the water usage in some areas to over 50%.

Donating program for labware and office supplies.

Launched EHS participation to all employees in operations and R&D to get involved in EHS at work and in the community.

Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals675 McDonnell Blvd

Hazelwood, MO 63042

Owner: 489,000 Ft2

Green Team Contact:Melissa FischerEHS Associate

[email protected]“Green Business Challenge provides a comprehensive tool to measure sustainability, but more importantly it provides an opportunity to learn from other companies to be more sustainable.”

ACCOMPLISHMENTSHosted a Lunch ‘n Learn on April 29, 2015 with Wanda Evans of the Saint Louis Zoo as the guest speaker.

Hosted a Green Vendor Fair on May 13, 2015. Employees, tenants, Green Business Challenge participants, and neighboring businesses we all invited to both events.

Hosted an Electronics and Metal Recycling event on May 14, 2015.

Hosted a Bike to Work Day station at Maritz in coordination with Trailneto.

Hosted a Fenton Campus walkabout for Maritz Motivation employees and their children on July 22, 2015. The attendees learned about the Wetlands and Beehives on the Fenton campus, and were able to make recycled bird feeders.

Hosted a Sustainable Investing Lunch ‘n Learn on November 11, 2015 with Jake Barnett of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.

INNOVATIONSWe are installing a new system, called Storm Tech, to disperse groundwater. It accomplishes the same thing as pervious asphalt but allows us to useconventional asphalt and is approved by the Metropolitan Sewer District.

Martiz1375 North Highway Drive

Fenton, MO 63099www.maritz.vom

Owner: 1,600,000 Ft2

Green Team Contact:Ellie Hall

Business Manager I/[email protected]“

“The Maritz Green Team’s mission is to foster an environment within Maritz to engage and inspire our employees, as well as our clients, encouraging all to live more sustainable lives. Creating better business and better lives.” Our purpose is to en-courage employees to become active in making Maritz a greener place.


ACCOMPLISHMENTSAdded numerous native perennials.

Mentored a business in our industrial park several occasions.

Replaced plumbing and sewers multiple times.

New coffee system uses less cups.

Replaced copy machines energy efficient models.

INNOVATIONSAdditional lighting inside and out with energy efficient bulbs.

Replaced furnace in office wing with New York 5 Ton, 100,000 BTU.

New IT system Netsuite saves paper and time with easier applications.

New white reflective roof.

New heating cooling (4) HVLS4- 5 ton.

New Dock Pads on loading docks (draft plates conserve energy).

Identified lighting that had no on/off switch corrected that with new switch, with Dura Green bulbs 45W BR30.

Markwort Sporting Goods1101 Research BlvdSt. Louis, MO 63132www.markwort.com

Owner: 80,000 Ft2 “We are a small company, but are very proud of our achievements in the Challenge over five years of our participation.”

Green Team Contact:Brett Markwort

General [email protected]

ACCOMPLISHMENTSMetro Lighting stocks more than 300 SKUs of ENERGY STAR certified lighting fixtures, ceiling and ventilation fans, recessed LED lighting and LED and CFL bulbs.

Metro Lighting retrofitted our three main distribution warehouses’ HID lighting to LED, and continues to retrofit incandescent bulbs to ENERGY STAR certified LEDs in our showrooms saving 221,260 kWh.

Metro Lighting and its partners helped business save 8,343,883 kWh of electricity.

According to a new estimate from Ameren Missouri’s Pure Power program Metro Lighting has removed 285,714 pounds of CO2 emissions. Metro joined the program in 2009 and our partnership extends much further than just RECs. (Cumulative savings of 2 million pounds of CO2; which is equivalent to 17.8 homes’ electricity use for one year).

INNOVATIONSThe Earth Day Challenge sponsored at the St. Louis Earth Day Festival. Metro donated Philips ENERGY STAR certified LED bulbs for the challenge. Installed eletric vehicle charging station at Brentwood store.

At Missouri Botanical Garden’s Green Homes Festival, Metro Lighting’s sustainability director presented Easy Ways to be Energy Efficient. The presentation highlighted options to make your home energy-efficient, the value of purchasing ENERGY STAR certified products, saving money on your bills, utilizing utility rebates, and how implementing these easy changes can help fight climate change.

Metro Lighting929 Hanley Industrial Court

Brentwood, MO 63144

Owner: 60,000-70,000 Ft2

Green Team Contact:Nicholas Frisella, Project Manager

Dorector & [email protected]

““More and more of our customers are looking for products that save money and protect the environment. By offering products that have earned the ENERGY STAR we are working to fulfill our customers’ needs and saving them energy dollars, while helping address needed changes that help our environment.”

Niccholas Frisella, Project Manager


ACCOMPLISHMENTSHeld company wide electronics recycling drive.

Hosted a waste free company event.

Successfully completed B Corporation re-certification.

Co-sponsored Maplewood’s EPA Green Power Community Challenge, the most successful challenge in Missouri to date.

Completed installation of occupancy sensors throughout the office.

B Corp Best for the Environment Honoree nationally.

Worked with our office supply company to consolidate office supply purchases and deliver supplies in reusable totes.

INNOVATIONSEmployees partnered with the USGBC Green Schools Quest program to provide mentorship to local schools.

Partnered with First Watch Cafe to host Bike to Work Day rest stop.

Worked with landlord to install insulation in uninsulated wall cavities.

Established a program to allow online monitoring of print usage.

Partnered with several of our not-for-profit clients to provide volunteer assistance and clean their solar arrays.

Microgrid Energy8001 Forsyth Blvd Fl. 2

St. Louis, MO 63105www.microgrid-solar.com

Tenant: 4,300 Ft2

Green Team Contact:Steve O’Rourke

VP of Operational [email protected] “

The Green Business Challenge continues to push Microgrid Energy’s green efforts to higher levels, and plays an important role in our Triple Bottom Line approach to doing business.”

Chad Schubert, Director of Triple Bottom Line

ACCOMPLISHMENTSPresented sustainability Education and Training for employees at home and office.

Held employee canned food drive to support local community.

Established composting locations and recycling bins to encourage recycling.

Using 100% recycled paper in office.

Certified again to the R2/RIOS standard and level 4 with Department of Natural Resources.

INNOVATIONSExperimenting with new ideas to process Styrofoam for recycling.

Developed new ways to cut down on packing material by reuse.

Utilized zone heating to concentrate heat to smaller areas when and where employees spend most of their time.

Host of municipal and community electronic recycling events throughout the state of Missouri and employee recycling events for companies around the St. Louis region.

Through sustainable fundraising, MRC has provided cell phone recycling drop boxes at many locations with 50% of proceeds paid to charitable organizations.

Midwest Recycling Center3751 Old Hwy M

Imperial, MO 63052www.midwrc.net

Owner: 51,000 Ft2

Green Team Contact:Shane Brown | Greg Cooksey

St. Louis Green Team [email protected]@midwrc.net

“The Green Business Challenge has once again proved to be very valuable. The ability to share ideas with other businesses across multiple industries is a priceless opportunity. Through continuous improvement our commitment to sustainability embraces creativity while conducting our business in an environmentally responsible and ethical manner. Promoting recycling and leading by example we build trust and value with our customers.”


ACCOMPLISHMENTSAs part of a program to reduce energy usage by 25% by 2020, the Missouri American Water Service Center is installing a new energy-efficient HVAC and hot water system, with a projected savings estimated to exceed $42,000. Across our water treatment operations, pump replacements and operational enhancements are helping to reduce energy usage.

Missouri American Water worked with the Missouri Comprehensive State Energy Plan to include a section on the water-energy nexus – the relationship between how much water is used to generate and transmit energy, and how much energy it takes to collect, clean, move, and dispose of water. As a result, the state plan calls for reducing the energy intensity of water and wastewater operations across the state.

Reaching out to more than 340,000 customers through their water bills, the Green Team shared good ideas on a variety of topics through simple brochures (printed on recycled paper), including:

• Information on protecting watersheds and supporting organizations that help preserve our rivers.

• Conserving water by fixing leaks and protecting internal plumbing from cold winter weather.

• Encouraging customers to reduce waste by signing up for paperless billing, which increased by ten percent this year.

INNOVATIONSWings Over Water. In partnership with the World Bird Sanctuary, Missouri American Water brings watershed protection education to community events – from St. Louis Earth Day to the St. Louis Science Center. Birds of prey, up close and in flight, illustrate the importance of protecting our rivers – to protect drinking water quality and wildlife.

Prescription Drug Disposal. Missouri American Water helped start the Missouri Prescription Pill & Drug Disposal (P2D2) program – a nonprofit organization dedicated to keeping unneeded medicines “out of our rivers and off of our streets.” This year, drop-off boxes are available at 14 police departments in St. Louis County for residents to dispose of unneeded prescription and over-the-counter drugs.

Water Matters educational sponsorship. In collaboration with The Nature Conservancy and Nine Network of Public Media, Missouri American Water is a sponsor and active participant in Nine Network’s “Water Matters” series, focusing on the importance of protecting and preserving our state’s water resources.

Missouri American Water727 Craig Road

St. Louis, MO 63141www.amwater.com

Owner: 830,000 Ft2

Green Team Contact:Traci Lichtenberg

Supervisor, Water Quality [email protected]

“Every day our team interacts with the water environment to deliver up to 400 million gallons of water to St. Louis County customers daily. The Green Team program gives our employees a roadmap to continuously improve our environmental performance -- from energy-efficient operations to community volunteerism.”

Cheryl Norton, President, Missouri American Water

ACCOMPLISHMENTSHosted monthly employee lunch & learn programs (Grub ‘n Green) focusing on a wide range of practical sustainability topics.

MBG team participated in Trailnet’s Shift Your Commute September Challenge coming in 4th overall for highest percentage of commutes.

Implemented upgrades to main campus energy management system, adjusting temperature setbacks, reducing hours of operations and improving overall efficiency of HVAC system.

Benchmarked all Garden gas and electric meters in EPA ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager.

Achieved over 90% waste diversion associated with food-related activities during the Lantern Festival, Japanese Festival and Best of Missouri Market.

INNOVATIONSEarned ENERGY STAR certification for the Commerce Bank Education Center with 91 points.

Hosted the annual Green Homes Festival at the Butterfly House in Faust Park with nearly 100 vendors and over 4000 attendees.

Produced two large lighting exhibits - Lantern Festival and Garden Glow - utilizing energy efficient LED lamps, some powered by solar energy and all of it offset with Renewable Energy Credits.

Led the BiodiversityCity St. Louis community-wide initiative to promote, protect and plan for greater biodiversity throughout the region.

Recycled and/or repurposed over 85% of the 2015 Lantern Festival displays which included lighting and electronics, silk, metal, wood and porcelain.

Missouri Botanical Garden4651 Shaw Blvd

St. Louis, MO 63110www.missouribotanicalgarden.org

Owner: 32,000 Ft2“The Green Business Challenge continues to be a key driver for engaging and empowering businesses in advancing the ways they incorporate sustainability into their daily operations”. Deb Frank, VP Sustainability

Green Team Contact:Deborah Frank

VP, [email protected]


ACCOMPLISHMENTSBegan a cycling campaign for staff by handing out individual recycling bins and educated staff on what can go into single stream recycling.

Participated in Trailnet’s Shift Your Commute; hosted National Bike to Work Day.

Reduced our paper usage by 10%.

Worked with Forest Park Forever to provide showing facilities for our staff who cycle to work.

Reduced our junk mail by 55%.

INNOVATIONSPiloted a recycling program for our Twilight Tuesday concerts, with the help of Recycling on the Go. Our visitors diverted 4,372 pounds of waste from going into landfills during our 12 concerts of the year.

Hosted our 6th staff Supply Swap, where our Green Committee gathers unwanted/unused office supplies and furniture to find new homes in other staff’s offices.

Started promoting Meatless Monday in our Bixby’s restaurant.

Distributed bamboo utensil sets to staff to eliminate usage of plastic utensils.

Held our 2nd Annual Summer Transportation Challenge for staff and grew participation by 50% and included a mini challenge for staff working Fair St. Louis.

Missouri History Museum5700 Lindell Blvd

St. Louis, MO 63112www.mohistory.org

Owner: 233,000 Ft2 “The Missouri History Museum is a place of collecting, studying and learning within a greater environment. It is a small, vital community that assumes responsibility for its role in the environmental stewardship of local, regional and global communities.”

Green Team Contact:Nicole Smith

Lead Public Service Representative

[email protected]

ACCOMPLISHMENTSDuring the annual Earth Day celebrations at Creve Coeur and Chesterfield, Milkweed, Purple Cone Flower and Black Eyed Susan plants were handled out to employees to plant at home.

In September two Milkweed Gardens were planted by employees at both the Chesterfield and Creve Coeur sites.

3.3 acres of manicured lawn was replaced with a prairie at the Chesterfield site.

Monsanto employees, contractors and families volunteered over 330 hours to the 2015 Operation Clean Stream event.

A household electronics collection event was hosted for employees, resulting in more than 15,000 pounds of electronics being recycled.

INNOVATIONSIn 2015, Monsanto announced a multi-year commitment to helping Monarch Butterflies. As part of this commitment during our Earth Day celebrations, we passed out native seedlings which included Milkweed and information about protecting the Monarch. In September, small Milkweed gardens were planted at both Creve Coeur and Chesterfield campuses. One of the volunteers raises Monarchs and released several in celebration of the event.

Monsanto purchased new trash/recycle bins for both campuses. With this investment, we are hoping to see a decrease in the contamination of our single stream recycling.

Monsanto was one of the first companies to sign the American Business Act on Climate Pledge. Our GHG Operational Footprint Goal is to reduce crop protection greenhouse gas emissions by an additional 22% on a per product basis by 2020 (baseline 2010). This represents a cumulative reduction of 45% from 2002. We also committed to increase irrigation water efficiency across operations, saving 30 to 80 billion gallons of fresh water every year by 2020 (baseline 2010).

After our successful pilot of installing three water bottle filling stations last year, it is now standard practice for all new construction and any water fountain updates to become water bottle filling stations.

Monsanto800 N. Lindbergh BlvdSt. Louis, MO 63167

Owner: 3,610,000 ft2 5,752 Employees

Green Team Contact:Christina Allen, Environmental Specialist

[email protected] Prien, STL Site Environmental & Sustainability Lead

[email protected]

““Monsanto continually strives to create a culture focused on Sustainability that works to conserve our natural resources and improve the lives of our communities.”

Justin Prien


ACCOMPLISHMENTSDecreased use of plastic water bottles at events by using large water dispensers.

Continued building-wide recycling program for ninth consecutive year.

Continued use of staff coffee mugs and water tumblers to replace Styrofoam cups and plastic water bottles.

INNOVATIONSAlong with the Nature Conservancy, the Nine Network is leading an ongoing initiative titled Water Matters STL, working with more than 20 St. Louis area organizations and businesses committed to water. Through conversations, events and broadcast content, the effort is bringing focus to the connection between water and the health of our lands, people and economies.

The Nine Network held a free event for an episode of the national PBS series Sci Girls called “The Frog Whisperers”, featuring four St. Louis girls who volunteer for Frogwatch USA.

Nine Network’s American Graduate initiative provided PBS Kids Explore the Outdoors resources to City Academy students so they could engage in summer outdoor learning while planting chive seeds at school.

Landscaping in the new Public Media Commons includes plants native to Missouri.

Nine Network of Public Media3655 Olive Street

St. Louis, MO 63108www.ninenet.org

Owner: 58,000 Ft2 “Our commitment to sustainability means leading by example and promoting sustainable practices.”

Jack Galmiche, President and CEO

Green Team Contact:Matt Huelskamp

Director of [email protected]

ACCOMPLISHMENTSFormed a company-wide Green Team across all company functions.

Installed a number of single stream recycling and trash bin collection bins throughout the office.

Created a green purchasing policy in relation to office supplies and paper.

Created an ENERGY STAR purchasing policy for all qualifying computers, office, and kitchen equipment.

Established a company-approved no-idling plan at our loading dock.

Added a ‘Facilities/Green Corner’ to our company-wide quarterly newsletter.

Installed a bike rack for NISA employees to promote biking to work.

Provide Metro Link passes to all employees interested in utilizing public transit.

INNOVATIONSProvided our first ‘lunch and learn’ opportunity for employees to learn about sustainable practices and where waste goes.

Started a food waste composting program with Total Organics Recycling and have been composting an average of 168 gallons of food per week.

Installed four water bottle filling stations throughout the office.

Sponsored an electronic recycling day for all employees in partnership with DCAL Services, L.L.C.

Volunteered with the St. Louis Rams Green Team to assist with their in-game recycling initiatives.

Achieved LEED Gold certification for Interior Design + Construction for our recent buildout of our new headquarters in St. Louis.

NISA Investment Advisors, L.L.C101 S. Hanley Rd

www.nisa.com

Green Team Contact:Kyle Tiernan

Facilities [email protected]


ACCOMPLISHMENTSReduced energy by 10% in our office space by switching from the T12s to T8s and converting all incandescent bulbs to LED.

Benchmarked our office building through the EPA ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager.

Corporate use of dishes and ENERGY STAR dishwasher cut out 98% of paper and plastics dish usage.

Implemented recycling program in break room where everyone frequents daily, so employees can see the amount of recycling they are able to accomplish.

Implemented paper recycling at each desk; bins are picked up every two weeks.

Implemented cardboard recycling program; bins is picked up every two weeks.

INNOVATIONSInstalled an HD TV connected to network, along with wireless conference phones in conference rooms, to help eliminate paper and travel.

Instead of Computer and Monitor “Turn Off” request campaign we invested in and are RESELLING PC POWER Management Software Based on policies set by management we automatically put the PCs and monitors to sleep after 15 minutes of idle time. We now have a centralized and calculated view of all energy saved from this initiative.

RBO Print Logistix2463 Schuetz Rd

Maryland Heights, MO 63043

Owner: 30,000 Ft2

Green Team Contact:Jim Fritz

Manager Output [email protected]

“At RBO, we understand that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand. We are committed to doing everything we can to be environmentally conscientious and find every opportunity to share our sustainability best practices.”

Marilyn GleasonVice President Human Resources

ACCOMPLISHMENTSConversion to single stream recycling.

Hosted a electronics recycling day.

Increased ENERGY STAR rating 6 points from 2014.

Decreased total energy consumption.

Decreased green house gas emissions.

Implemented new programs to drastically cut down on paper usage.

INNOVATIONSEarth Week Employee Engagement Activities including:

• Making coffee sleeves out of old garments• “Turn Something Off” promotion• Employee trivia on Green-related topics• Printer Surrender Day

Partnership with Clean the World and contributed to recycling 288 pounds of soap and 192 pounds of bottled amenities that will be distributed world wide.

Offered Christmas light and extension cord recycling bins to employees.

Safety National1832 Schuetz

St. Louis, MO 63146www.safetynational.com

Owner: 146,050 Ft2

Green Team Contact:Matt McDonough

Senior Risk Control [email protected]

“Safety National strives to provide a more sustainable workplace and remain a good corporate citizen. The Green Business Challenge provided a platform to both benchmark and measure our efforts, while offering strategies to con-tinue to improve upon them.”

- Mark Wilhelm, CEO


ACCOMPLISHMENTSInstallation of nine solar arrays on campus.

Published first greenhouse gas inventory for SLU.

Ranked 3rd in US for e-waste recycling collected during RecycleMania this past spring.

Achieved STARS Silver Rating.

Princeton Review’s top green school, Sierra Club “Cool School”, and Tree Campus USA by National Arbor Day Foundation.

INNOVATIONSCreated Green Billiken Certificate Program to educate and inspire sustainable knowledge and actions across campus.

Labeled all interior recycling bins with instructional label for recycling.

Published updated sustainability map featuring water bottle refill stations, solar arrays, bike racks, compost containers, our Green Dining Alliance Certified café, and more.

Created a water bottle pledge to promote not using disposable water bottles.

Held Local Sustainable SLU Soccer Game which featured a recycling game at half-time, awareness programing, and recycling collection.

Saint Louis University1 North Grand Blvd.St. Louis, MO 63103

www.slu.edu

Owner: 7.5 Million Ft2

Green Team Contact:Abby Kansal

Sustainability CoordinatorGraduate [email protected]

“ Saint Louis University holds to strong ideals of what it means to be a Green Billiken as we extend our sustainability programs with achievements such as the installation of our 9 solar arrays and the implementation of engagement programs like the Green Billiken Certification. As a Jesuit, Catholic institution, we can connect our programs to our Jesuit mission of caring for creation and exemplifying stewardship of the environment on our campus and in our community.”

Brandon Verhoff, Director of Sustainability & Benchmarking

ACCOMPLISHMENTSEarth month volunteering included: Meramec Stream Clean-up and planting at the Florissant Pollinator Garden.

Sustainability Champions Award created by the Green Team to acknowledge and advance sustainability action by staff and volunteers.

Between May and September we had 6,263 miles of alternative commuting logged by staff and volunteers!

Signed on to the 25 x 20 Energy InitiativeReduced leaks throughout campus to save water & continued to install water meters to better track usage.

Performed waste audits to fine tune our waste management program.

INNOVATIONSA grant from Ameren provided funding to install our first electric vehicle charging stations- Available for free in the South Parking Lot.

First restaurant at the Zoo, Café Kudu, earned a 4 star Green Dining Alliance certification from St. Louis Earth Day: http://www.greendiningalliance.org/participants/ca-fe-kudu-st-louis-zoo/.

St. Louis Jefferson Solid Waste Management District grant helped us reduce waste throughout the zoo: In-cluding at three largest special events, provided funding to purchase receptacles for Lakeside to start recycling and composting programs, and hire a Waste Reduction Liaison, for one year.

Ocean Project Grant received-Funds are supporting staffing and materials for Zoo Alive teen volunteers to create an information campaign around reduction of plastic bag use.

“The Saint Louis Zoo has a steadfast commitment to sustainability going right back to our mission statement. Our mission, to conserve animals and habitats around the world, starts with how humans interact with the world and natural resources. We must protect wildlife, biodiversity, and areas for wilderness to thrive, and we do this collectively, through responsible actions by individuals, businesses and governments around the world.”

Wanda Evans, Sustainability Coordinator

St. Louis Zoo1 Government Dr.

St. Louis, MO 63110

Green Team Contact:Wanda Evans


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ACCOMPLISHMENTSDiverted over 725 tons of waste, resulting in a diversion rate of 35%.

Hosted annual St. Louis Cardinals Green Week, highlighting various organizations in the region that contribute to greening and educating Cardinals fans about greening.

Recycled 25 tons in dedicated aluminum stream.

Knight FM Green Team at Busch Stadium was recognized by the US EPA for making a visible difference as a voluntary recycling effort.

INNOVATIONSProvided an interactive home energy efficiency display for guests during Green Week with help from US EPA and Missouri Botanical Garden.

Experimented with waste sorting during events, with the goal of pulling recyclable items out of waste receptacles.

Installed meters to monitor in real-time our energy consumption and efficiency of the chiller plant. The analytics are displayed on a dashboard that can be viewed by building operators to objectively view the building’s performance.

St. Louis Cardinals700 Clark Street

St. Louis, MO 63102www.stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com

Owner: 1,271,00 Ft2

Green Team Contact:Tony Valleroy

Stadium Operations [email protected]

“We face many challenges, obstacles, victories, and defeats as we focus on sustainability. Through all of this, it’s important to focus on the process and continue to move forward. By continuing to strive for sustainability, we can a make real, meaningful impact.”

Joe Abernathy, VP Stadium Operations

ACCOMPLISHMENTSCompleted a garage lighting project that replaced 300 of the 175 watt metal halide fixtures, which are in use 24/7, with high efficiency 50 watt LED fixtures. The projected cost savings is $30,000 per year, with a 125 watt per fixture reduction of energy consumption.

Remodeled a quarter of the space in one of our oldest academic buildings to create more efficient office, classroom and lab space. Older systems were upgraded including the strategic replacement of older sections of lighting systems with more efficient LED fixtures, repurposing of materials where possible, relocation of our network server center, and upgrading numerous components providing a more energy efficient in-row cooling system for the data center.

Upgraded a 13 year old building automation system to the newest platform with Johnson Controls, which created data points to analyze building efficiency and provide better building management.

INNOVATIONSSalvaged the gym floor from a previously existing building and repurposed the materials as an architectural focal point in our new Academic Research Building.

Included the Watt Stopper software in the new Academic Research Building, and worked with Guaranteed Electric to deploy Watt Stopper for exquisite, fine-tuned control over energy consumption in the building by utilizing control points in the software such as location, time and ilighting ntensity output.

We are a sponsor of the Missouri Prescription Pill and Drug Disposal (P2D2) program in partnership with the DEA, local police departments, and Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer Department in an effort to promote safe and responsible drug disposal.

St. Louis College of Pharmacy4588 Parkview PlaceSt. Louis, MO 63110

www.stlcop.edu

Owner: 80,000 Ft2

Green Team Contact:Eric Knoll

Assistant VP for College [email protected]

“The Green Business Challenge has allowed our institution to take a deeper look at our work practice habits and control systems enabling us to create a more sustainable work environment for our campus.”

Eric Knoll, Assistant VP for College Services


ACCOMPLISHMENTSCompleted an overhaul of the landscaping at our St. Charles, Missouri, office to include native plantings and repurposed rock for edging.

Performed a waste audit at our O’Fallon, Illinois, office that highlighted areas to improve on our recycling efforts.

SCI sponsored and had record employee attendance this year at Race for the Rivers to support water conservation programs in the St. Charles area. Three employees won awards in their divisions!

Started composing coffee grounds and vegetable scraps to reduce waste at our St. Charles office.

Held recycling drives throughout the year for electronics, metal, and holiday lights.

INNOVATIONSCreated a new electronic recording system for daily field reports:We eliminated paper use for daily field reports and compaction tests by developing a mobile app that allows field technicians to digitally report test results, cutting our paper use and waste.

Established a biodiversity monitoring program to record and evaluate the biodiversity of the site before and after our landscape improvements.

Through the replacement of exotic ornamentals with native plants, we hope to support native pollinators including Monarch butterflies and bees, cut back on water use, control storm water runoff and reduce pesticide/herbicide use.

SCI Engineering, Inc.130 Point West Blvd.

St. Charles, MO 63301www.sciengineering.com

Tenant: 19,000 Ft2

Green Team Contact:Rick GundlachProject Scientist

[email protected]

“Sustainability is an integral part of our practices at SCI, both in the services we offer and our office itself. I am happy to see that our green practices this year spanned multiple sectors from employee volunteering to office landscaping to recycling.”Scott Harding, CPSS/SC, Executive Vice President

ACCOMPLISHMENTSPurchased glass and china dishes to reduce waste in employee kitchen.

Recycled all electronic waste.

Utilized electronic document circulation internally and externally whenever possible.

Offered flex/telecommuting work scheduling and virtual conferencing to reduce cost & emissions.

INNOVATIONSVolunteered at the USGBC Energy Benchmarking event, November 2015.

Provided free energy benchmarking to nine Challenge participants.

Delivered energy education information at four events in 2015.

Sitton Energy Solutions1177 North Green Mount Rd.

O’Fallon, IL 62269www.sittoncg.com

Tenant: 2,000 Ft2

Green Team Contact:Marcia Lochmann

Direct of Client [email protected]

“Sitton Energy Solutions is committed to incorpo-rating sustainability principles into our core values and to sharing these principles with our clients. We look forward to continuing our partnership with St. Louis Green Business Challenge Participants to make St. Louis a greener place to live, work and grow. Doug Sitton, Sitton Energy Solutions, President


ACCOMPLISHMENTSWorked with US EPA to develop Sustainable Master Plan for 245 acre area of Old North St. Louis, planning for:

• Alternative energy sources.• Food production and urban agriculture.• Multi-modal transportation, enhanced connectivity.• Adaptive re-use of existing structures.

Hosted sustainable landscape maintenance and education event day with faculty, staff, and students of MICDS at their new STEM facility’s outdoor classroom and learning lab.

INNOVATIONSDesign and construction of The Commons at Cortex Innovation Community.

• Currently one of only seven innovation districts in the country.

• Implemented more than 1/4 acres of rain gardens and other stormwater management design elements.

• Worked with MSD to separate more than 6 1/4 acres of stormwater runoff and construct 2300 feet of new separate storm sewer within the City’s historic combined sewer overflow system.

Working with Great Rivers Greenway and the community of Wellston, MO to develop sustainable maintenance plan for the revitalization of Trojan Park.

SWT Design7722 Big Bend Blvd.St. Louis, MO 63119www.swtdesign.com

Owner: 7,000+ Ft2

“Our culture has embraced sustainable design and innovation for 20 years. We want to share this same passion with the communities in which we work – education and outreach of sustainable best practices has become a key tenant of who we are as a design firm. We look for these opportunities in every project, and in the daily interactions we have with our clients. If we can impart our passion for environmental stewardship to the public, that’s a key measure of success for us.”

Jim Wolterman, Co-Founding Partner

Green Team Contact:Zach Snovelle

[email protected]

ACCOMPLISHMENTSFinished changing over 100% of light fixtures to CFLs in building.

Expanded our electronics recycling program.

Successfully completed four highway roadside clean-ups through Adopt-A-Highway.

Increaseed employee engagement in Green Team activities through Lunch and Learns and volunteer opportunities.

Had building energy benchmarked.

We were recognized by Ingersoll Rand (our parent company) as a Platinum level Green Team. We are 1 of only 2 teams in the entire corporation with this distinction.

INNOVATIONSHeld Earth Week Challenge where employees could earn points by doing green activities all week including spending time outside, participating a recycle-a-thon, testing their sustainability knowledge, and planting flowers.

Had school outreach day on Earth Day where we taught kids about the environment and did fun crafts.

Green Team sponsored food drive and collected six barrels of canned goods for St. Louis Area Food Bank.

Worked with the Operational Excellence team to improve energy efficiency.

Trane20 Corporate Woods Dr.

Bridgeton, MO 63044www.trane.com

Tenant: 265,300 Ft2

Green Team Contact:Mara Ferlisi

Green Team [email protected]

“Ingersoll Rand and our facility has been and continues to be committed to sustainability, and the St. Louis Green Business Challenge has truly opened our eyes to additional opportunities that we can capitalize on. Our facility has always struggled to find activities outside of our four walls, and the Challenge has assisted us with this endeavor. As a first time participant we look forward to improving our facility score in the future, and continuing to make a difference in the St. Louis metro area.”

Justin SimpsonResidential HVAC & Parts EHS Leader


ACCOMPLISHMENTSJoined EcoDistricts as a Founding Member, and hosted Rob Bennett, founding CEO, for a presentation to employees.

Conducted an employee transportation survey to gauge current transportation habits and identify barriers to alternative transportation methods.

Held a spring and fall recycling drive for employees, collecting cell phones, corks, batteries, writing instruments, and shoes for recycling, upcycling, or donation.

Held a spring and fall clothing drive for employees, collecting 370 pounds of clothing for donation to residents of low-income housing.

INNOVATIONSPartnered with LockerDome, Group 360, and Twain Financial Partners to fund a bike share program through Zagster, providing eight bikes for downtown employees.

In 2015, provided renewable energy tax equity to help finance more than 100 renewable energy projects with the capacity to generate more than 1.9 MW of clean energy.

Donated $50,000 to Urban Harvest STL to help launch the FOOD ROOF Farm in downtown St. Louis, the city’s first rooftop community supported agricultural farm.

U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation

1307 Washington Ave, Suite 300St. Louis, MO 63103

www.usbank.com

Tenant: 66.500 Ft2

Green Team Contact:Nicole BlumnerVice President

[email protected]

“As one the nation’s most active tax credit investors, U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation is committed to providing innovative financial solutions to transform communities, including critical investments that help turn renewable energy concepts into reality. Participating in the Green Business Challenge energized efforts to consider new initiatives and measure our performance on our path to improved sustainability.”

Zack Boyers, Chairman and CEO

ACCOMPLISHMENTSBecame ISO 14001 certified.

Reduced waste 40% from 2014 to 2015.

Reduced energy usage 6% from 2014 to 2015.

UniGrille moved from the 4-star level to the 5-star level with the St. Louis Green Dining Alliance.

Successful Earth Week celebration included donating 34 bicycles, 165 pieces of denim, 13 skids of recycled electronics. Handed out 500 trees and held walking tours of the campus to highlight biodiversity.

INNOVATIONSInstalled variable frequency drives on two HVAC chillers.

Performed baseline trash audit and then a second trash audit later in the year to recognize the area with most improvement.

Awarded UniGroup’s first Sustainability Challenge to United/Mayflower agents at the 2015 Learning Conference.

Created a Sustainability Network of 45 United/Mayflower agents who receive regular Sustainability information.

UnigroupOne Premier Dr.

Fenton, MO 63026www.unigroupinc.com

Owner: 458,000 Ft2“

After three years of participating in the St. Louis Green Business Challenge we continue to discover more ways to improve UniGroup’s Sustainability efforts.”

Green Team Contact:Rebecca Peterson

Director, Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability

[email protected]


ACCOMPLISHMENTSRetro-commissioning of buildings resulted in substantial energy and cost savings, surpassing benchmark goals.

Eliminated one steam boiler for smaller, more efficient models resulting in a 20% reduction of natural gas use for Maria and Loretto Hall with projected energy savings of $17,000 per year.

Installation of an Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station in the Garden Park Plaza parking garage.

E-waste recycling event fundraiser resulted in hundreds of electronic waste items safely disposed of with money back for the university.

INNOVATIONSThe 2015 Sustainability Conference brought together unlikely partnerships from several areas of expertise to collaborate on environmental, social, and economic issues.

Natural Area Retention Pond saw an increase in biodiversity, including 5 different frog species, over 10 different dragonfly species, over 150 monarch species and a Missouri mink.

Eliminated 67 physical power servers across multiple campuses, continuing to increase efficient electronic use in the IT department.

Webster University470 East Lockwood Ave.

St. Louis, MO 63119www.webster.edu

Tenant: 800,000 Ft2

Green Team Contact:Kelsey Wingo


“During 2015, Webster University added sustainability to its long-range strategic plan. This reflects our continuing and expanding commitment to advancing our academic mission, reduce our car-bon footprint, and enhance our financial bottom line.”

Dr. Greg Gunderson, Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

ACCOMPLISHMENTSEarned recognition as an EPA Green Power Partner by offsetting the company’s electricity consumption through the purchase of more than 4000 MWh of Renewable Energy Certificates and established an objective to reduce energy consumption by 25% by 2020.

Established a ‘No Idling’ policy at shipping and receiving docks.

The company partnered with ET Superior Facility Management Services and utilizes janitorial and break area paper products with 100% recycled material content.

WWT employees participated in several local environmental awareness events such as Operation Clean Stream, Trinity Trash Bash, and Cardinals 4 A Greener Game.

INNOVATIONSWWT Day of Caring -- All employees are encouraged to spend one work day each year volunteering in the community including activities supporting local environmental efforts such as community garden development, invasive plant removal, etc.

Established and implemented policy for use of electronic waste disposal service providers to maintain an EPA recommended environmental certification (R2 or e-Steward).

World Wide Technology60 Weldon ParkwaySt. Louis, MO 63043

www2.wwt.com

Owner: 200,000 Ft2

Green Team Contact:Andrea Eftimoff

Corporate Social Responsibility Manager

[email protected]

“As a first year participant in The Green Business Challenge, we discovered valuable guidelines and resources that enabled us to improve sustainability efforts in our everyday operations. Being able to directly share ideas, experiences and accomplishments with other businesses in the area that are also working toward greater sustainability has definitely facilitated advancements within our own program. We’re looking forward to learning more through participation in the Challenge program again next year.”

Ann Eftimoff,Corporate Social Responsibility Manager

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Special thanks to the sponsors of the 2015 St. Louis Green Business Challenge for Their generous support.

Presenting Sponsor

Sustaining Sponsor

This project was funded by in part the St. Louis Jefferson Solid Waste Management District and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

Green Cities Challenge Sponsors

Green Products and Services EXPO Sponsors

Award Celebration Sponsors

2015 Accomplishment Booklet Sponsor

For more information on the St. Louis Green Business Challenge, contact:Eric Schneider, St. Louis Regional Chamber, 314.444.1148 or [email protected]

Jean Ponzi, Missouri Botanical Garden EarthWays Center, 314.577.0246.www.stlouisgreenchallenge.com

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