Empire State Realty Trust
New York,
New York
Partner of the Year - Sustained Excellence - Energy Management
Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT) is a real estate investment trust. ESRT has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to energy management and ENERGY STAR®, leveraging its partnership to promote best practices and undertaking several new initiatives as it executes its decarbonization strategy. Key 2023 accomplishments include:
- Achieving ENERGY STAR certification for 10 buildings.
- Benchmarking energy, water, and waste for 100% of its portfolio in ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager®.
- Expanding on the Empire Building Playbook in collaboration with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, the Clinton Global Initiative, and other New York City-based building owners to demonstrate the technically sound and economically viable path toward decarbonization and net zero. The Playbook now includes large commercial and multifamily buildings.
- Piloting a range of innovative technologies, including energy-generating window installations, real-time energy management software solutions, machine learning-based energy management systems, artificial intelligence-enabled water detection software, and circadian LED lighting.
- Committing to net zero by 2035 and supporting New York City’s 80% greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal by 2050. Its targets also include achieving a 75% waste diversion rate by 2030 and a 50% site energy reduction and 30% water intensity reduction by 2035.