Billy Grayson, Director of Sustainability at Liberty Property Trust

MALVERN, PA—Liberty Property Trust has received the 2016 Sustained Excellence Award from the US Environmental Protection Agency. The award—the third consecutive win for the company—acknowledges Liberty's continued leadership in protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency. It's also the sixth consecutive year the company has earned the designation “ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year.”

Since 2003, Liberty has received ENERGY STAR certification on 145 office and industrial buildings and has increased its average Energy Star score from 55 to 77 since its 2008 benchmarking. With an aggressive campaign focused on high-impact energy efficiency upgrades, Liberty doubled its number of ENERGY STAR certified warehouses and distribution centers in 2015.

“Energy efficiency should not be limited to office buildings, and while we should certainly not stop trying to be as efficient a possible there, we believe it is just as important to be forward thinking about industrial buildings,” says Bill Grayson, director of sustainability at Liberty. “We are very excited and honored to be recognized both through the ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence and Partner of the Year Awards.”

The company is the top real estate investment trust in terms of ENERGY STAR warehouse and industrial certifications and has rapidly entered the top cohort of overall companies certifying warehouse and industrial buildings in the nation.

Coupled with Liberty's commitment to LEED in the industrial sector, ENERGY STAR measurement also underscores that the company has some of the most energy-efficient industrial space on the market. Based on energy models, commissioning and ENERGY STAR benchmarking, Liberty's LEED-certified buildings save tenants an average of $.11-$.22 per square foot per year in energy-related operating expenses when compared to the average industrial buildings in the same markets. This is an equivalent of an average 20 percent savings, much of which is passed to tenants in the form of lower utility costs.

“By continued collaboration with ENERGY STAR, Liberty Property Trust is helping Americans save money, save energy, and do their part to reduce our nation's greenhouse gas emissions that exacerbate climate change,” said EPA administrator Gina McCarthy. “I'm proud to recognize Liberty with the highest form of ENERGY STAR recognition, as the winner of the 2016 Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award. Liberty demonstrates a strong commitment to energy efficiency and to preserving a healthy planet for future generations.”

The 2016 Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Awards are given to a variety of organizations to recognize their contributions to reducing greenhouse gas emissions through superior energy efficiency. These winners have reduced greenhouse gas emissions by setting and achieving aggressive goals, and employing innovative energy efficiency approaches.

These awards recognize ongoing leadership across the ENERGY STAR program, including energy-efficient products, services, new homes, and buildings in the commercial, industrial, and public sectors. Award winners are selected from the 16,000 organizations that participate in the ENERGY STAR program.

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