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USAA Real Estate Company:
Step 2 - Assess Performance
USAA Real Estate Company, a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of United Services Automobile Association (USAA), has more than $3.5 billion in assets under management and provides build-to-suit, management and leasing services for corporate and institutional investors. USAA was awarded ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year award in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.
Commercial Real Estate Partner Since 2001
Awards & Recognition
- Partner of the Year - Energy Management(2003,2004)
- Sustained Excellence(2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013)
Contact Information:
USAA Real Estate Company
9830 Colonnade Blvd., Suite 600
San Antonio, TX 78230-2239
800-531-8182
In Practice
2: Assess Performance
2.3: Benchmark
Until benchmarking its buildings with Portfolio Manager, US EPA's energy performance rating system, USAA Real Estate Company management believed its portfolio to be highly energy efficient. However, initial results indicated that USAA Real Estate Company had much room for improvement.
Recognizing the importance of rating the energy performance of their facilities, USAA Real Estate has invested in providing the most complete benchmarking results possible. USAA utilized the services of ABM Engineering, the company's national operating engineering services provider, to maintain the most current data within the EPA's Portfolio Manager. USAA Real Estate has also used ENERGY STAR training tools to create an in-house training program for all management, asset management and engineering team members to explain each step of the benchmarking process. Since 2004 the building energy performance rating has become one of USAA Real Estate's key performance metrics for its corporate real estate portfolio. A commitment to benchmarking led USAA Real Estate Company to benchmark one hundred percent of its eligible space and resulted in a 62.5 percent increase in average energy performance rating by the end of 2004.
