Energy Benchmarking 2025: What You Need To Know
The trajectory of utility benchmarking and performance mandates across the country continues to rise. As we enter 2025, the number of mandatory annual disclosures community owners and operators must navigate continues to grow in complexity and breadth. This remains a challenge for even the most experienced teams and can be outright daunting for those just getting started on their journey.
Having the right tools and strategies, along with an effective communication platform, can help to mitigate an increasingly stressful annual exercise. When done right, this obligation can lead to a host of benefits, including cost savings, risk mitigation and more. In this webcast, Pete Zadoretzky, Senior Director of Sustainability at RealPage®, and Madeline Robertson, Director of Sustainability at Greystar®, will discuss the latest developments in benchmarking, tips and tricks for success and how to leverage these obligations into competitive advantages.
From simple data disclosures to increasingly complex – and sometimes conflicting – performance targets, tune in to learn more about:
- The full landscape of reporting, including green loans, water, and more
- What’s new in 2025, and what we’re keeping our eyes on in years to come
- Messaging to internal & external audiences
- Data access & quality
- New construction
- Best practices, lessons learned, and more
This RealPage webcast will help you prepare for the 2025 benchmarking season and show you ways to easily address an ever-changing list of regulations and mandates.
Madeline serves as Greystar’s Director of Sustainability, focused on tracking and improving Greystar’s 3,500+ multifamily community portfolio’s environmental footprint. Madeline oversees Greystar’s US energy benchmarking compliance efforts, Building Performance Standard tracking, sustainability education and data quality processes.
She holds a BS in Environmental Studies – Sustainability from DePaul University in Chicago and received an Executive Education certificate in Sustainability Leadership from Harvard University.
Madeline is an agent for sustainable change in the real estate industry, working to build bridges between multifamily owners' sustainability goals and their realization on-site.
Pete Zadoretzky
Senior Director, Sustainability, RealPage, Inc.Pete is responsible for strategy development, implementation and communication of RealPage’s sustainability services and products. This includes guidance on a wide variety of property-specific to portfolio-wide efforts, including decarbonization, water and energy reduction, and resident engagement.
Pete brings more than 20 years of experience in real estate, with a unique perspective from the fields of design, private equity, construction, development and property management. Prior to joining RealPage, he served as Senior Director, ESG at LivCor and earlier as Vice President, Sustainability, for Bozzuto Management Company.
Pete received a BA in Landscape Architecture from the College of Design at North Carolina State University and an MBA in Real Estate and Urban Development from George Washington University. He lives with his wife and daughter in Severna Park, MD.
