EPA Honors 2021 Energy Star Partners of the Year in D.C.
PHILADELPHIA (April 13, 2021) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Mid-Atlantic Region and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are honoring seven District of Columbia 2021 ENERGY STAR Partners of the Year for their outstanding leadership in reducing American energy bills and tackling climate change.
“ENERGY STAR award-winning partners are showing the world that delivering real climate solutions makes good business sense and promotes job growth,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. “Many of them have been doing it for years, inspiring all of us who are committed to tackling the climate crisis and leading the way to a clean energy economy.”
This year, ENERGY STAR is giving special recognition to award-winning partners for their year-over-year commitment to energy efficiency through the program’s highest honor: the ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award. To qualify for Sustained Excellence recognition, winners must have already received ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year recognition for a minimum of two consecutive years and gone above and beyond the criteria needed to qualify for recognition.
For more than 25 years, EPA’s ENERGY STAR program has been America’s resource for saving energy and protecting the environment. In 2019 alone, ENERGY STAR and its partners helped American families and businesses save nearly 500 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity and avoid $39 billion in energy costs. These savings resulted in emission reductions of nearly 390 million metric tons of greenhouse gases, roughly equivalent to 5% of U.S. total greenhouse gas emissions.
The 2021 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award winners in D.C. are:
- Boma International – This trade association for commercial real estate professionals continued its leadership in promoting ENERGY STAR resources to the commercial real estate industry.
- Cushman and Wakefield – This global real estate firm maintained its longstanding commitment to energy conservation practices and leveraged ENERGY STAR tools and resources throughout its portfolio.
- Fannie Mae – This federally funded financial institution for multi-family housing expanded its green financing to include single family homes and raised awareness of the benefits of ENERGY STAR programs.
- Institute for Market Transformation – This national non-profit dedicated to increasing energy efficiency in buildings expanded its integration and promotion of ENERGY STAR programs and practices.
- Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco) – This electric utility increased home energy savings by nearly 15% through a performance-based incentive program and surpassed its commercial savings goal with incentives for ENERGY STAR new homes which saved more the 1,300 megawatt-hours in 2020.
The 2021 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award winners in D.C. are:
- Portland Cement Association – This policy research and education organization serving America’s cement manufacturers, for promoting ENERGY STAR plant certification, and fostering a relationship between its membership and the ENERGY STAR Industrial Partnership.
- Urban Land Institute – This real estate industry group promoted the use of ENERGY STAR tools and resources through its robust network of real estate partners.
Read more about the ENERGY STAR Awards and Award Winners’ achievements.
ENERGY STAR® is the government-backed symbol for energy efficiency, providing simple, credible, and unbiased information that consumers and businesses rely on to make well-informed decisions. 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. Since 1992, ENERGY STAR and its partners helped American families and businesses avoid more than $450 billion in energy costs and achieve 4 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas reductions. More background information about ENERGY STAR can be found at: https://www.energystar.gov/about and https://www.energystar.gov/about/origins_mission/energy_star_numbers.