Transwestern is taking action to reduce its environmental footprint by educating our team members, and providing our clients with sustainable, energy efficient solutions for their real estate. For more information e-mail greeninfo@transwestern.net.

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.

As seen in Milwaukee Business Journal:
Transwestern management team at Milwaukee Center Office Tower, in the process of pursuing LEED-EB certification, has discovered that the benefits to sustainability have surpassed expectations.

TRANSWESTERN MANAGED WELLINGTON E. WEBB BUILDING IN DENVER AWARDED LEED®-EB GOLD CERTIFICATION
The Transwestern managed Wellington E. Webb building in Denver, Colorado has been certified by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) as LEED®-EB Gold Certified. As an active member of the USGBC, Transwestern has now achieved gold certification for two buildings and has over 51 buildings registered in a LEED-EB portfolio pilot across its managed portfolio. The firm plans to submit nearly 20 buildings for certification by the end 2007.

GREEN INITIATIVES UPDATE:
Transwestern furthers role as industry thought leader by co-chairing BOMA International’s Energy & Environment Committee
In addition to helping lead Transwestern’s green initiatives, Al Skodowski will co-chair the BOMA International Energy and Environment Committee. This prominent committee focuses on energy and climate change issues that are facing the commercial real estate industry. The committee consists of 35 voting members responsible for establishing BOMA’s policy and position statements on these issues. The committee also forms task forces to carry out the committee’s strategic plans and initiatives. Skodowski begins his two-year term this summer following BOMA International’s 100th Year Conference in New York. Leading Transwestern’s commitment to make sustainable building practices standard business practices, our sustainability experts effects change in the industry through membership in The Real Estate Roundtable’s Environment and Energy Policy Advisory Committee, Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Sustainable Development Council, BOMA’s National Advisory Council and Environmental Initiative Task Force, and Pension Real Estate Association (PREA).

Skodowski is a LEED Accredited Professional and has been responsible for the first LEED Gold certification of an existing building in the state of Illinois—the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) headquarters building, the LEED Commercial Interiors (CI) certification for the Transwestern Chicago office at 200 West Madison and the Gold certification of the Webb Building for the City and County of Denver. Skodowski has developed and currently oversees all of Transwestern’s internal LEED training.