Going-and Staying-Green
Windsor seeks to be an industry leader for sustainable apartment community management and operations through innovative technologies and best practices. We’re achieving green building certifications, implementing sustainability policies, and working with our residents, partners, and local communities for optimal impact.
Our Environmental Targets
We’re striving to provide our residents healthy living environments and to act as good neighbors. To do that, we’re focusing on best practices, initiatives, policies, and procedures that promote energy efficiency, water conservation, reduction of greenhouse gas (carbon) emissions, and waste diversion.
Energy Use
Reduce our water use intensity by 20% by 2027 from a 2017 baseline
Water Use
Reduce our water use intensity by 20% by 2027 from a 2017 baseline
Carbon Emissions
Reduce our carbon emissions intensity by 20% by 2027 from a 2017 baseline
Waste
Increase our annual Waste Diversion Rate to 50% by 2027
Environmental Initiatives
Slashing Energy Use
Windsor regularly upgrades and retrofits equipment to reduce energy consumption and save residents money. For example, we install ENERGY STAR certified washers and dryers, dishwashers, refrigerators, and hot water heaters in new communities and while renovating current apartments. We’re also replacing fluorescent lighting with high-efficiency, longer-lasting LED bulbs.
Reducing Water Consumption
Windsor is updating plumbing fixtures and fittings with water-saving models during property renovations. We’re implementing smart irrigation systems that water landscaping only when it’s needed and immediately detect any leaks—saving millions of gallons of water per property annually.
Cutting Carbon Emissions
Energy from renewable sources produces little or no greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. That’s why Windsor installed solar energy systems at several properties in 2020. They’re now producing more than a million kWh of electricity yearly. Swapping in LED bulbs for fluorescent lighting is also eliminating many metric tons of C02-equivalent GHG emissions across multiple Windsor communities.
Paring Waste
Windsor recycles items like furniture, exercise equipment, and kitchen cabinets as we renovate, and provides recycling programs and education for our residents. We have begun offering composting options to residents in multiple communities and hold electronic device recycling drives at several locations.
By the Numbers
As of the end of 2021, Windsor sustainability achievements Included:
15 LEED Certified
Communities
17 ENERGY STAR Labeled Communities
27 Communities certified by IREM, NAHB NGBS, and Others
276 EV charging stations at 76 properties
399 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions eliminated by retrofitting LED bulbs in 8 properties
1+ million kWh of emission-free electricity generated by four on-site photovoltaic systems
Nearly 10 million gallons of water saved and nearly 6 million gallons of loss to leaks averted through smart irrigation at three properties
99% of Windsor properties with recycling programs
Residential ESG Operations
We create sustainable communities with our residents' health and well-being in mind.
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