Called HinesGO (Hines Green Office), the program enhances thesustainable features and space operations developed by thecompany's 1,100 properties worldwide. These initiatives range fromthe sophisticated--motion sensors to turn off lights--to therelatively simple--double-sided printing.

"Hines has been very involved in energy savings from the verybeginning," of its construction projects, Ilene Allen, vicepresident of corporate operations services of Hines, tellsGlobeSt.com. The company works closely with the US Green BuildingCouncil LEED program and Energy Star. "We said, 'We do such a greatjob with that, how can we bring it inside?'"

With offices in more than 100 cities in 16 countries, andcontrolled assets valued at approximately $25.6 billion, Hines isone of the largest sustainable real estate organizations in theworld, the company says.