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Kilroy Realty's Sara Neff: How Might Office Buildings Change Post-Pandemic?

With ‘nonessential’ businesses in California shuttered for two months on May 19, commercial building owners and operators are sifting through the operational and economic impacts of shelter-in-place restrictions on their tenants and businesses. TPR, looking to share experienced thought leadership and operational expertise, reached out to Kilroy Realty’s Senior Vice President on Sustainability, Sara Neff, for insight into the challenges, solutions, technologies, and trends emerging in commercial office spaces to accommodate public health requirements and restore trust in shared workspace as governments begin to ease social distancing orders.

Sustainable Infrastructure Investments Can Aid the Post-COVID Recovery 

The economic fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing governments around the world to come up with policies for stimulating the global economy. Many are considering a tried-and-true method to boost economies in the short term and provide wide societal benefits in the long term: infrastructure investment.

In a First, Renewable Energy Is Poised to Eclipse Coal in U.S.

The United States is on track to produce more electricity this year from renewable power than from coal for the first time on record, new government projections show, a transformation partly driven by the coronavirus pandemic, with profound implications in the fight against climate change.

Webinar: Building HVAC Operations and COVID-19

The economic fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing governments around the world to come up with policies for stimulating the global economy. Given this opportunity, it is imperative that when the nations of the world look to embark on infrastructure investment programs, they strive to provide infrastructure that is sustainable, technologically advanced and resilient.

LADWP’s Director of Efficiency Solutions David Jacot on COVID-19 Strategy

“One of our guiding principles is to help decarbonize the economy and do it equitably...as well as help establish job opportunities for the local and regional work force. It’s a key strategy across all of our commitments.”