Transwestern becomes first property management firm to partner with EPA in resource conservation program

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(August 18, 2006 ΓÇô Bethesda, MD) ΓÇô Transwestern Commercial Services was named an official partner in a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) program to conserve natural resources, in a ceremony held in Bethesda, Maryland.

Transwestern is the first property management company in Maryland to enroll in EPAΓÇÖs voluntary National Partnership for Environmental Priorities program. The program challenges businesses and manufacturers to become more environmentally aware and to adopt a resource conservation ethic that results in less waste, more recycling, and more environmentally-sound products.

ΓÇ£There is a national initiative underway called the Resource Conservation Challenge, which encourages companies to find flexible, yet more protective ways to conserve our valuable resources through waste reduction and energy recovery activities that will improve public health and the environment,ΓÇ¥ said Maria Vickers, EPA Deputy Director of the Office of Solid Waste. ΓÇ£Today, Transwestern has stepped up to the plate by committing to develop a comprehensive mercury recycling program for all their facilities in the Mid-Atlantic region.ΓÇ¥

Transwestern is the first property management company in the country to actively support the EPA by obtaining specific data on paper recycling and construction and demolition waste from the facilities they manage.

As a new waste minimization partner, Transwestern has been voluntarily finding new and better ways of making the buildings they manage greener. Specifically, Transwestern will establish a policy to recycle 100 percent of fluorescent lamps, ballasts, and batteries used in each of their participating facilities.

Transwestern Commercial Services, one of the largest privately held commercial real estate firms in the U.S., specializes in agency leasing, property and facility management, tenant advisory, development, investment sales and finance, and research for a broad range of property types including office, industrial, retail and multifamily. The firm oversees the leasing and management of over 740 properties representing more than 118 million square feet and, over the past two years, has leased in excess of 50 million square feet and has represented clients in $8 billion of investment sales and financing. In addition to numerous consulting and construction management assignments, Transwestern has developed over 50 projects totaling more than 10 million square feet over the past six years.

For information on the Resource Conservation Challenge

For information on the National Partnership for Environmental Priorities

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