CLEVELAND, April 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Forest City
Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: FCEA) today announced that the company
has received the 2018 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award for
outstanding efforts in energy management. Forest City's
accomplishments will be recognized by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy at a ceremony
in Washington, D.C. on
April 20, 2018.
"Our strategic focus on environmental, social and governance
(ESG) performance is driven by leveraging best-in-class systems and
programs like ENERGY STAR to help create sustainable value for all
of our stakeholders," said David J.
LaRue, Forest City president and chief executive officer.
"This ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award recognizes our
associates' daily efforts to manage and reduce energy usage across
our high-quality portfolio and their shared commitment to our core
values."
Forest City integrates ENERGY STAR into all aspects of its
portfolio, from specifying efficient appliances in new construction
to benchmarking 100 percent of its properties in Portfolio Manager,
ENERGY STAR's energy management and tracking tool.
"The 2018 ENERGY STAR Partners of the Year have demonstrated
real leadership, showing how American families and businesses can
save energy, save money, and reduce air emissions," said
Bill Wehrum, EPA Assistant
Administrator for Air and Radiation.
Forest City earned recognition for promoting energy efficiency
and ENERGY STAR, both within and outside its organization. The
company has distinguished itself by integrating ENERGY STAR scores
and training modules into its internal energy management platform,
property energy dashboards and apartment positioning and leasing
training materials.
Key 2017 accomplishments include:
- Improving our average portfolio ENERGY STAR score by 6 percent
over 2016.
- Achieving ENERGY STAR Certification for six office and four
multifamily residential properties.
- Requiring 100 percent of new homes built in its Stapleton
community to be ENERGY STAR certified, representing the largest
ENERGY STAR community in Colorado.
- Participating as a charter tenant in the ENERGY STAR Tenant
Space pilot program with its new company headquarters in
Cleveland, Ohio.
For more information about Forest City's Partner of the Year
award, visit
https://www.energystar.gov/about/content/forest_city_realty_trust_inc.
For a complete list of 2018 winners and more information about
ENERGY STAR's awards program, visit
www.energystar.gov/awardwinners.
About Forest City
Forest City Realty Trust, Inc. is a
NYSE-listed national real estate company with $8.1 billion in consolidated assets. The Company
is principally engaged in the ownership, development, management
and acquisition of commercial and residential real estate
throughout the United States. For more information, visit
www.forestcity.net.
About ENERGY STAR
ENERGY STAR® is the
simple choice for energy efficiency. For over 25 years, EPA's
ENERGY STAR program has been America's resource for saving energy
and protecting the environment. Join the millions already making a
difference at energystar.gov. More background information about
ENERGY STAR can be found at energystar.gov/about and
energystar.gov/numbers.
Thousands of industrial, commercial, utility, state, and local
organizations—including more than 40 percent of the Fortune
500®—rely on their partnership with the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) to deliver cost-saving energy efficiency
solutions. Together, since 1992, ENERGY STAR and its partners have
helped save American families and businesses over $450 billion and over 3.5 trillion kilowatt-hours
of electricity while also achieving broad emissions reductions—all
through voluntary action.
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