Contact: Virva Aryan (aryan.virva@epa.gov)
DENVER (March 26, 2024) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 8 is honoring eight ENERGY STAR® partners for their outstanding leadership in support of the clean energy transition. ENERGY STAR Award Winners represent the program’s top partners and will be recognized at an event in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, April 25.
“President Biden’s Investing in America agenda creates unprecedented opportunity to build a clean energy economy, and private sector partners through programs like ENERGY STAR are leading the way,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. “I congratulate this year’s ENERGY STAR award winners for their innovation and leadership, in delivering cost-effective energy efficient solutions that create jobs, address climate change, and contribute to a healthier environment for all.”
Today’s awards recognize leaders among the thousands of industrial, commercial, utility, state, and local organizations—including nearly 40% of the Fortune 500®—that partner with EPA through the ENERGY STAR program. For every $1 EPA spends to administer ENERGY STAR, these partners collectively add $230 of their own investment. The result is: millions of ENERGY STAR certified products, homes, apartments, buildings, and industrial plants across the nation; utility rebate programs reaching 95% of American households; 4 billion tons of greenhouse gas reductions; and $500 billion in cost savings.
Here are the 2024 ENERGY STAR Award Winners in Region 8:
Conservice (River Heights, UT): a utility information services provider, benchmarked nearly 16,000 properties in ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager and promoted ENERGY STAR through enhanced services and at client and industry events. Sustained Excellence winner for 1 year.
EEI (Lakewood, CO): a facility consulting firm, featured ENERGY STAR tools and resources to guide clients to lower carbon emissions while facilitating 97 ENERGY STAR building certifications.
EnergyLogic, Inc. (Berthoud, CO): a home energy rating company, certified more than 1,500 homes as ENERGY STAR in 2023, for a total of more than 40,000 homes since 2001. Sustained Excellence winner for 13 years.
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver (Denver, CO): a nonprofit, affordable home builder and volunteer organization, has constructed more than 490 ENERGY STAR certified homes since joining the program in 2002, and trained all design, construction, and volunteer field staff on ENERGY STAR program requirements throughout the design, preconstruction, and construction process. Sustained Excellence winner for 10 years.
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. (Denver, CO): a healthcare real estate investment trust, doubled the number of ENERGY STAR certified properties to 126 in 2023, for a total of 389 properties since 2011. Sustainbed Excellence winner for 1 year.
Northwood (Denver, CO): a commercial real estate firm, leveraged ENERGY STAR tools and resources to communicate with internal and external stakeholders and achieved ENERGY STAR certification for 67 properties.
Touchstone IQ (Denver, CO): a full-service energy management solutions provider, supported the benchmarking of nearly 570 properties using ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager and facilitated 60,000 benchmarking data submissions for nearly 20 local and state government clients.
Xcel Energy (Denver, CO): an electric utility and natural gas company, supported the construction of more than 1,800 ENERGY STAR certified homes, and hosted meetings with the community, builders, and energy rating companies to answer questions about rebuilding, energy efficiency, and available incentives.
Read more about the ENERGY STAR Awards and all 2024 ENERGY STAR Award Winners’ achievements.
About ENERGY STAR
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 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 $500 billion in energy costs and achieve more than 4 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas reductions. More background information about ENERGY STAR’s impacts can be found at www.energystar.gov/impacts