2025 Highwoods Corporate Resiliency Report | ESG, Sustainability & Real Estate Performance - Flipbook - Page 28
ENVIRONMENTAL
2 0 2 5 CO R P O RATE RESI LIENCY REPORT
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20 25 CORPORATE RESILIENCY REP ORT
CONTRIBUTING TO THE RESILIENCY OF OUR CLIMATE
ENERGY AND CARB
Highwoods is committed to transitioning to a lower carbon
future. This journey began over 20 years ago with the
hiring of engineers who were on the forefront of deploying
microprocessors to closely monitor energy consumption.
As technology advanced, we began benchmarking our
energy performance using ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager
and created an energy command center to monitor energy
usage in real-time.
We measure our GHG emissions as Scope 1 or 2 emissions.
GHG sources include the on-site combustion of natural
gas and fuel oil for heating and back-up power generation
PARK WEST | NASHVILLE
CHILLER PLANT AND
BUILDING MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM UPGRADES
Optimizing building performance requires a proactive
approach. At Highwoods, we are continually evaluating our
portfolio for opportunities to upgrade aging infrastructure and
improve energy efficiency, contributing to our commitment to
a low carbon future and supporting our sustainability goals.
In 2025, we made significant capital investments in energy
efficiency across our portfolio, including a new chiller plant at
Park West in Nashville.
At Park West in Nashville, we upgraded legacy cooling systems
with new high efficiency magnetic bearing chillers and a new
building-wide Alerton Building Management System (BMS).
Beyond immediate noise mitigation compared to the legacy
system, this project significantly reduced building energy usage
by optimizing chiller efficiency through the close monitoring
of chilled water temperatures and flow by the Alerton BMS.
The magnetic bearing chiller design also features a highefficiency ‘inverted’ winter mode that leverages cool ambient
