EPA Recognizes Crescent Real Estate as ENERGY STAR Leader

September 14, 2010

Improves energy efficiency more than 10 percent FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency named Crescent Real Estate Holdings LLC an ENERGY STAR 2009 Top Performer. Crescent is one of only six commercial real estate companies in the U.S. and one of only two in Texas to be recognized by EPA for improving energy efficiency more than 10 percent. Each of Crescent's 35 premier office buildings totaling 17 million square feet in select markets throughout the United States are enrolled in the ENERGY STAR Leader energy efficiency program. Crescent led the Houston, Dallas and Las Vegas markets with ENERGY STAR label office buildings. In Houston, Crescent qualified 16 office buildings totaling more than 10.3 million square feet. In Dallas, Crescent qualified three buildings with more than 3.6 million square feet. In Las Vegas, Crescent qualified the largest office building in Nevada as ENERGY STAR Label. EPA established the ENERGY STAR Leader program to encourage building owners across the country to improve energy efficiency and reduce pressure on U.S. power systems, help businesses, governments, and other organizations save money, and protect the environment. If energy efficiency in every commercial and industrial building nationwide improved by 10%, Americans would save about $20 billion on energy costs each year while preventing greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 30 million vehicles, according to EPA.

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