Notable highlights from UDR’s 2018 Corporate Responsibility Report include:
- Set initial targets to reduce energy consumption by 15% between 2015 and 2025, procure 10% of common area electricity through renewable energy sources by 2025, and reduce water consumption intensity by 10% between 2015 and 2025.
- Will invest approximately $3.7 million to generate 1.0 million kwh of solar power in California and Washington, D.C. in 2019.
- Completed 41 LED lighting retrofits in 2018 that reduced common area electrical usage by 19% at targeted communities.
- Participated in 12 Demand Response Events in New York, NY and Boston, MA in 2018 that reduced electrical demand by 1,100 KW during periods of high energy use.
- Invested $750,000 in electrical panel upgrades at our communities in 2018 with expected electrical savings of 1.1 million kwh annually.
- Since 2010, the Company has developed or redeveloped 21 communities, comprising 6,788 homes, which have obtained sustainability certificates.
- UDR Associates completed over 60,000 hours of training in 2018, or approximately 40 hours per Associate.
- UDR Associates volunteered 2,041 hours in 2018, a 17% increase over 2017
- 4% of UDR Associates would recommend the Company as a great place to work
Additional details can be found in the Company’s 2018 Corporate Responsibility Report.
