NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Office
Properties Income Trust (Nasdaq: OPI) today announced that it
received the 2019 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award for its
outstanding efforts in energy management. This is the second consecutive
year that OPI has achieved this honor. OPI will be recognized by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy
at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on April 11, 2019.
Currently, 71 buildings in OPI’s portfolio are ENERGY STAR certified.
All properties owned by OPI are managed by The RMR Group LLC (RMR LLC),
the majority owned operating subsidiary of The RMR Group Inc. (Nasdaq:
RMR), which is responsible for providing all aspects of property
management services to more than 700 buildings that contain over 75
million square feet of commercial office, industrial, medical office,
life science and retail space. RMR LLC has also been honored as a 2019
ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award for its outstanding efforts as a
Service and Product Provider.
“Recognition from Energy Star for energy management for the second year
in a row underscores our commitment to environmental stewardship,
limiting our carbon footprint and continued efforts to uphold our
sustainability initiatives,” said David Blackman, President and Chief
Executive Officer of OPI.
“I applaud the 2019 ENERGY STAR Award Winners,” said EPA Assistant
Administrator for Air and Radiation Bill Wehrum. “Their innovation and
leadership enhance America’s economic competitiveness. Reducing costly
energy waste improves air quality and public health while protecting the
environment.”
The ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year award recognizes ENERGY STAR partner
businesses and organizations in good standing that demonstrate superior
leadership, innovation, and commitment to environmental protection
through energy efficiency and ENERGY STAR.
For a complete list of 2019 winners and more information about ENERGY
STAR’s awards program, visit energystar.gov/awardwinners.
About Office Properties Income Trust
Office Properties
Income Trust is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which primarily
owns properties located throughout the United States and leased to
single tenants and those with high credit quality characteristics like
government entities. OPI is managed by the operating subsidiary of The
RMR Group Inc. (Nasdaq: RMR), an alternative asset management company
that is headquartered in Newton, MA.
About The RMR Group Inc.
The RMR Group Inc. is a holding
company and substantially all of its business is conducted by its
majority owned operating subsidiary, The RMR Group LLC. The RMR Group
LLC is an alternative asset management company that primarily provides
management services to publicly traded REITs and real estate related
operating companies. As of December 31, 2018, The RMR Group LLC had
approximately $29.7 billion of total assets under management, including
more than 1,500 properties, and employed almost 600 real estate
professionals in more than 30 offices throughout the United States; the
companies managed by The RMR Group LLC collectively had over 50,000
employees. The RMR Group Inc. is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.
About ENERGY STAR
ENERGY STAR® is the government-backed
symbol for energy efficiency, providing simple, credible, and unbiased
information that consumers and businesses rely on to make well-informed
decisions. Thousands of industrial, commercial, utility, state, and
local organizations—including more than 40 percent of the Fortune
500®—rely on their partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) to deliver cost-saving energy efficiency solutions. Since
1992, ENERGY STAR and its partners helped save American families and
businesses nearly 4 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity and achieve
over 3 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas reductions. In 2017 alone,
ENERGY STAR and its partners helped Americans avoid $30 billion in
energy costs. More background information about ENERGY STAR can be found
at: energystar.gov/about
and energystar.gov/numbers.
A Maryland Real Estate Investment Trust with transferable shares of
beneficial interest listed on the Nasdaq.
No shareholder, Trustee
or officer is personally liable for any act or obligation of the Trust.
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Olivia Snyder, Manager, Investor Relations
(617) 219-1410
Source: Office Properties Income Trust