Transwestern’s leadership role in protecting the environment stems from a deep commitment in doing the right thing, as well as a long-term view business strategy. We regularly educate our tenants on the importance of energy conservation, participate on the development teams of several energy organizations and provide training and greater awareness to our employees, clients, and industry peers.
For five consecutive years, Transwestern has been recognized by the EPA as an ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year (2004, 2005) and as a Sustained Excellence Award Winner (2006 - 2008) for our outstanding contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions through leadership in energy management.
READY…SET…GREEN: TRANSWESTERN CONTINUES COMMITMENT TO CONSERVE ENERGY, MANAGE COSTS
Transwestern is furthering its commitment to conserve energy and manage costs by implementing a new sustainability program across its national portfolio of managed properties. Working in partnership with fellow ENERGY STAR® award winner Sylvania, Transwestern initiated its Ready…Set…GREEN program.
Transwestern begins benchmarking buildings during the California energy crisis in 1999
2004-2005 EPA Partner of the Year awards
2006-2008 EPA Sustained Excellence winner
224 currently benchmarked properties in the program
1000+ buildings benchmarked in the last nine years
Average ENERGY STAR® score across Transwestern portfolio: 77 on 43MSF of property; 75 is the minimum for individual building ENERGY STAR® certification