ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY 7 Environmental To reduce our communities’ carbon footprint we have 2022 Impacts of Using DIRTT been working with our local utility providers to provide Manufactured Construction: space for installation of electric vehicle charging stations. Responsibility Construction on our first site started this year with more • 4,767 lbs. of drywall waste prevented to follow in 2023. from entering a landfill Investing in Green • 47 lbs. of paint-based volatile organic Building and Construction compounds (VOCs) and 8 lbs. of drywall We support energy-efficient projects and investments. In mud tape-based VOCs prevented from 2022, we purchased $34 million in green investments— Maintenance off-gassing mortgage-backed securities that contain green- • 48% recycled content in wall solution certified properties—bringing our total amount of green Our construction department continues to do our part to • 84% recycled content in millwork solution investments to $580 million. minimize the environmental impact of building materials • 372 recycled pairs of denim jeans in and reduce construction waste. We are building more wall insulation A Green Business Certification designates the level of spaces with a sustainable wall system, which cuts down environmental friendliness for a specific property. on the amount of waste going into landfills. Our interior 2022 Impact of Redeployment of products, including but not limited to ceiling tiles, Existing Furniture: plumbing, lighting, walls, window treatment, paint and Energy Management flooring, are all tested and meet the latest environmental • 1,500 lbs. of waste prevented from requirements in their industries. entering a landfill We embrace our responsibility to be a good steward of our natural resources and have implemented a continuous Waste Reduction: improvement approach to energy management. Furniture, Fixtures • Through our enterprise-wide shredding In 2014, we established a system for analyzing energy and Equipment and recycling initiative to support waste reduction, our associates recycled over usage in our real estate portfolio, resulting in a 6% annual 1.5 million pounds of paper in 2022. reduction in total energy usage in 2022 compared DIRTT MANUFACTURED CONSTRUCTION to 2021. Manufactured Construction is the most sustainable Shredding and Recycling Impacts: building method, providing benefits such as reducing During the last eight years, we standardized our energy- to almost eliminating waste, reducing man-hours and • 293,400 gallons of oil saved efficient guidelines for HVAC and lighting systems, travel to site and using recycled and recyclable materials. • 13,196 trees saved installed smart HVAC thermostats, established a Reusing materials also eliminates the energy required • 3,088,420 kilowatts of energy saved centralized energy management system and launched to build new components and reduces landfill waste. • 2,316 cubic yards of landfill space saved an ongoing office and site lighting conversion to LED technology. • 5,404,735 gallons of water saved