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COLORADO REAL ESTATE JOURNAL
— April 20-May 3, 2016
Property Management News
Denver earned a spot in the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agen-
cy’s annual list of U.S. metropoli-
tan areas with the most Energy
Star-certified buildings. The Top
Cities list ranks cities according to
how many buildings in their area
earned Energy Star certification in
2015. To qualify, a building must
outperform 75 percent of similar
buildings nationwide by earning
a score of 75 or higher on a 1-100
scale.
Denver took ninth place on
the list, with 215 buildings in the
metro area earning the rating in
2015, and the city ranks fifth for
total certified square footage per
capita. Denver continues to pro-
vide building owners andmanag-
ers with the technical guidance,
best practices and training they
need to make their buildings
more energy efficient, savemoney
and reduce carbon emissions.
“We are fully committed to
working with our local business
leaders to reduce our carbon foot-
print, spend less on energy and
continue to lead the nation toward
a more sustainable future,” said
Denver Mayor Michael B. Han-
cock. “This work is critical to our
own sustainability goals here in
Denver, and we’re proud to have
that work recognized by being
named a top 10 cities for energy-
efficient buildings.”
Energy Star certification inDen-
ver has been bolsteredby theDen-
ver City Energy Project, which
launched in late 2014 and aims to
unlock $1.3 billion in energy sav-
ings by encouraging commercial
and multifamily building owners
and managers to benchmark their
buildings’ energy use using Ener-
gy Star’s Portfolio Manager tool.
“EPA is pleased to recognize
Denver among America’s top cit-
ies paving the path toward amore
energy-efficient economy,” said
Jean Lupinacci, chief of the Ener-
gy Start Commercial & Industrial
program. “Denver and the other
top cities continue to demonstrate
the economic, public health and
environmental benefits of simple,
cost-effective reductions in energy
use.”
To date, the Denver City Energy
Project benchmarking program
has 109 enrolled buildings rep-
resenting 21 million square feet
of commercial and multifam-
ily space in Denver. However, the
city is just beginning to tap into
the city’s potential. Current par-
ticipants still account for only 5.4
percent of the square footage of
buildings over 10,000 sf in the
city. A list of DCEP enrollees can
Denver Metro BOMA’sWatts to
Water programalso offers training
to building owners and managers
on how to use Portfolio Manager
and offers updates on the most
recent rebates and incentives for
energy and water conservation.
The Denver 2030 District, an inter-
disciplinary public-private-non-
profit collaborative, is working to
create a high-performance build-
ing district in downtown Denver.
More than 27,000 buildings
across America earned EPA’s
Energy Star by the end of last year.
These buildings saved more than
$3.8 billion on utility bills and pre-
Penny Gettler, CAM,
joined
Griffis/Blessing
as a district
manager for the Multifamily
Property Services group. Get-
tler originally was hired as a
property manager, but quickly
was promoted to district man-
ager when a position became
available.
She is responsible for the
property management ser-
vices, including operational
and financial aspects, on-site
pe r sonne l
d e v e l o p -
ment, com-
p l i a n c e ,
m a i n t e -
nance and
capital plan-
ning
for
nine com-
munities in
C o l o r a d o
Springs.
“Ms. Gettler brings over 21
years of multifamily experi-
ence to the position and her
breadth of knowledge of the
industry will be an asset to
the Griffis/Blessing team,”
said Patricia Stanforth, CPM,
senior vice president, Multi-
family Property Services.
Previously, Gettler was the
Albuquerque area manager
for a property management
company in New Mexico.
s
Penny Gettler
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