Fourteen REITs have been named as 2024 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award winners, with 13 receiving a Sustained Excellence Award—the highest honor among ENERGY STAR Awards.
Each year, the EPA honors partners that have made outstanding contributions to protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency achievements in partnership with ENERGY STAR. EPA presents the Sustained Excellence Award to businesses or organizations that have already received ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year recognition for a minimum of two consecutive years and have gone above and beyond the criteria needed to qualify for recognition.
“Their sustained commitments are essential to meeting the challenge of climate change and enabling a transition to a clean energy economy,” the EPA said.
REITs that received the Sustained Excellence Award for 2024 include:
9th consecutive Sustained Excellence win:
Kilroy Realty Corp. (NYSE: KRC)
Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO)
7th consecutive Sustained Excellence win:
SL Green Realty Corp . (NYSE: SLG)
5th consecutive Sustained Excellence win:
Office Properties Income Trust (Nasdaq: OPI). The RMR Group LLC, which manages all properties owned by Office Properties Income Trust, was awarded its fourth consecutive Sustained Excellence win.
4th consecutive Sustained Excellence win: BXP (NYSE: BXP)
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc . (NYSE: HPP)
Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL)
2nd Sustained Excellence win:
Columbia Property Trust, Inc.
Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR)
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESRT)
Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR)
1st Sustained Excellence win:
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. (NYSE: PEAK)
Paramount Group, Inc. (NYSE: PGRE)
Physicians Realty Trust (now merged with Healthpeak Properties)
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:PDM)
REITs that were named a Partner of the Year award winner include:
Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. (NYSE:PK)