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 2022 accomplishments include:
- Achieving ENERGY STAR certification for 13 buildings.
- Benchmarking energy, water, and waste for 100% of its portfolio in ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager®.
- Achieving carbon neutrality across its portfolio and re-establishing its commitment to net zero by 2035.
- Releasing the “Empire Building Playbook” in collaboration with NYSERDA, the Clinton Global Initiative, and other NYC-based building owners to show the proven technically-sound and economically viable path toward decarbonization and net zero for commercial 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.