Corporate Operations - Conserve and Innovate
Sony Pictures is committed to reducing its environmental impact at the workplace through all our facilities operations. Initiatives include energy, materials, water, and green building projects, to name a few.
ENERGY
- SPE's renovation of a central plant on the lot was recently expanded to incorporate another building saving $200,000 and avoiding 1.1 million pounds of CO2 annually.
- Sony Pictures is using 100 percent renewable energy in its Arizona data center which will help reduce its carbon footprint by up to 1,200 tons over the next three years.
- The studio is saving energy by employing energy efficient computer servers, desktops and laptops and installing motion detector lighting and compact fluorescent bulbs.
- In 2010 the studio started replacing all its old Exit Signs with new LED signs. All together, this change will help reduce energy consumption in all buildings.
- Sub meters on the majority of buildings on the studio lot help the company to effectively measure and track the savings associated with energy efficiency improvements.
- Lighting retrofits for our stages were completed in 2009 and 2010, reducing the electrical consumption for the stages by half.
- The installation of solar photovoltaic cells on top of the Jimmy Stewart Building cut annual CO2 emissions by more than 180 tons each year.
MATERIALS
- Sony Pictures has reduced exposure to harmful chemicals by using more water-based paints and coatings, "greener" adhesives, sealants and carpeting and eliminating the use of halon in all our fire suppression systems and extinguishers.
- The studio has drastically reduced its bottled water and plastic water cooler consumption through the purchase of water filtration systems across the lot.
- Over 90 percent of construction material in the new Harry and Jack Cohn buildings was recycled.
WATER
- Across the lot and nearby offices, the studio is saving water by using lower flow faucets and toilets, waterless urinals, drought resistant plants and new cleaning equipment. In 2010 a total of 63,149,900 gallons were saved
GREEN BUILDINGS
The Lot and Office Transformation (LOT) Project is a Gold certified U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) building. The LOT Project buildings, Harry and Jack Cohn, are currently being run off of a state of the art, highly efficient central heating and cooling plant. Among the environmental initiatives associated with the completion of the project include:
- The Jack Cohn and Harry Cohn buildings, which were designed for Sony Pictures by Gensler Architecture with developer Georgetown Company and general contractor CW Driver, were recognized for a number of factors including:
- the use of local and recycled building materials as well as diverting over 93 percent (16,128 tons) of construction waste material from landfills;
- the incorporation of onsite filtration system for storm water runoff and low-flow toilets and urinals;
- the use of low-emitting carpeting, paint, sealants, adhesives and wall coverings;
- the installation of motion detector lights and energy efficient light bulbs;
- the implementation of “Green Housekeeping” building maintenance standards; and
- the availability of preferred parking for low emitting and fuel efficient vehicles as well as car pools and van pools.
To further its commitment to green buildings, SPE has created an environmental check-list for all facilities that will establish a green performance baseline for our properties.
