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 four consecutive years, Transwestern has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as an ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year (2004, 2005) and as a Sustained Excellence Partner (2006 - 2008) for our outstanding contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions through leadership in energy management. We proactively embraced the ENERGY STAR® benchmarking program in 2002 as an additional way to reduce property operating costs and to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

Since 2002, our energy management practices—including low-to no-cost operational adjustments, strategic capital improvements and energy procurement—have consistently reduced operating costs by 20% to 30%. Increased energy efficiency across our managed portfolio is largely attributed to streamlined benchmarking and energy performance improvements. Our integrated approach allows us to quickly evaluate the performance of new buildings and, despite the shortened ownership windows of today’s investors, enables continuous improvements in the energy performance of the properties we manage regardless of the age or class of the building.

Our goal is to make sustainable building practices standard business practices in the commercial real estate industry. Contact us about how the Transwestern team is the industry leader in green initiatives.

For more information Transwestern's Energy Star® program, please email us at greeninfo@transwestern.net.