Although the very first set of standards for National Green Building construction was published in 2008, portions of the methods, techniques, materials, and systems encapsulated in the NGBS (national green building standards) were widely known and talked about as early as 1980. Thus, starting with our very first project in the year 1984, Hawthorne has been implementing several aspects of the green building standards in all its projects. To begin with, a number of these projects were a renovation, rehabilitation, restoration and repurposing of existing buildings, which is a major scoring point in the NGBS.All of Hawthorne’s buildings chosen for renovation were in a major transportation corridor. Over time, the use of recycled materials has increased in all of Hawthorne’s projects, thus contributing to resource efficiency.When we combine the Green rating (per NGBS) with the principle of Net Zero, we achieve a dynamite combination of ‘green construction’ with green energy production at a site for the entire project.