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Campus health and energy usage
Continually optimizing our Securian Financial Center 400 and 401 headquarters buildings is a pillar of our environmental stewardship.
Our 401 building became Fitwel certified in 2020 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, joining ranks with our previously certified
400 building.
Both buildings received ENERGY STAR certification in 2020, signifying their contribution of about 35 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions as similar buildings.1
We contracted with District Energy St. Paul for the 36th year to heat and cool our 1-million- square-foot campus with renewable energy sources. District Energy’s biomass-fueled combined heat and power system utilizes nearly 45 percent renewable energy, and in 2019 they completed their decade-long project to retire the use of coal, reducing carbon output by nearly 70 percent since 2000.2
Looking ahead
We’ll work with a greenhouse gas consultant in 2021 to help us set our pathway to net zero emissions as part of signing the A4S Net Zero Statement of Support.
FITWEL & Design is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). Participation by The Center for Active Design and/or any other organization does not imply endorsement by HHS. Outside the United States, the FITWEL service marks are owned by the Center for Active Design, Inc.
ENERGY STAR® and the ENERGY STAR mark are registered trademarks owned by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1. “Media FAQs about ENERGY STAR for commercial and industrial buildings,” energystar.gov, May 2020.
2. Ever-Green Energy 2019 Impact Report, ever-greenenergy.com.
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We completed a campus-wide project that began in 2018 to retrofit all of
our 8,000+ fluorescent overhead light fixtures to energy efficient LED lighting. As a result, we expect to reduce
our electrical consumption by more than 1.3 million kilowatts annually, or approximately $150,000 in savings. To enhance sustainability efforts, we also installed occupancy/vacancy sensors, daylight harvesting and building automation controls.
8,000+
light fixtures retrofitted to energy efficient LED lighting
$150,000
in expected annual electrical savings