ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT METRICS

TO BUILD PROSPEROUS AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE ECOLOGICAL LIMITS OF OUR PLANET, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE WITH DISCIPLINED AND THOUGHTFUL DEVELOPMENT.

We have adopted environmental sustainability principles, practices, and processes to both sustain the environment and support thriving economies. We seek to inspire our colleagues, residents, tenants, and the broader development community to make positive changes that enable ecosystems to flourish.

MEMBERSHIP IN ULI GREENPRINT

Crescent Communities is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Greenprint Center for Building Performance. A global alliance of leading real estate owners, investors, and strategic partners, ULI Greenprint is committed to improving the environmental performance of the global real estate industry.

Impact

In our last annual report, we shared environmental performance data for our communities for the first time. We included limited energy, water, and waste metrics for our multifamily and commercial communities in development. This year, we are pleased to present a more robust set of 2022 performance data, and we look forward to expanding our metrics in future years.

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Energy Use Intensity (EUI) is a building’s energy use as a function of its size and is expressed as energy per square foot per year. EUI = kBtu/ft2. Water Use Intensity (WUI) is reported as all indoor water sources divided by the building size. WUI = gallons/ ft2. Weighted measures are a standard industry methodology to calculate the aggregate EUI and WUI across a portfolio based on a weighted average by square foot of intensity. Averages are based in Energy Star Portfolio Manager’s US. National Median Reference Values. Improved YOY EUI can partially be attributed to the capture of more complete metrics in 2022. In 2021, 17,646 tons of waste were diverted.