Cushman & Wakefield
Chicago,
Illinois
Partner of the Year - Sustained Excellence - Energy Management
Cushman & Wakefield is a global real estate services firm. Cushman & Wakefield has maintained its longstanding commitment to energy conservation and decarbonization across its portfolio and leverages ENERGY STAR® tools and resources to communicate with internal and external stakeholders. Key 2023 accomplishments include:
- Achieving ENERGY STAR certification for 289 buildings.
- Completing more than 59 energy audits to evaluate building energy performance and provide low- to no-cost energy conservation measures, as well as capital cost suggestions. These audits resulted in an average of 19% energy savings during 2023.
- Hosting regular training sessions on ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager® through its Energy & Sustainability Services team, providing prerecorded trainings on the company intranet, and staffing a help desk and weekly office hour to train property managers and engineers on benchmarking.
- Achieving a 33% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, making substantial progress toward the Science Based Targets initiative’s Corporate Net-Zero Standard, which calls for reducing absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions across its corporate offices and operations by 50% by 2030 from a 2019 baseline.