Residential real estate

Residential energy programs built to scale.

From senior living to affordable housing communities, we help owners identify, fund and deliver improvements that lower operating costs, enhance resident comfort and strengthen portfolio value.

✓Ensure tenants have a safe, healthy place to call home

✓Reduce climate and regulatory risk exposure

✓Find value-accretive upgrades that cut costs and grow NOI

Asset types we serve

Different residents. Different value levers.

Who pays the utility bill, how long residents stay and how spread out the portfolio is all change the math. We start from how your properties operate and where the value sits.

Multifamily

With utilities split between owner and resident, common-area savings and green leases let both sides share the benefit.

Single family

Thousands of scattered homes need repeatable programs and clean, structured ways to share portfolio data.

Senior living

Around-the-clock operations turn every efficiency gain into NOI.

Student housing

Well-lit paths, parking and common areas keep students safe and communities competitive.

Affordable

Grants and incentives fund upgrades that lower resident bills.

What is changing

Residential value is being redefined

Operating costs

Portfolio programs that maximize capital efficiency

Phasing upgrades by power cost, equipment useful life and regulation maximizes value potential across a portfolio program.

Reporting

Repeatable data programs to strengthen reporting

Scalable processes for capturing utility data help overcome fragmented accounts and resident turnover, improving portfolio coverage and simplifying reporting.

Resident demand

Better tenant experience drives retention

Comfort, safety, indoor air quality and lower bills add up to a better experience for your tenants, and they stay longer.

How we help

Sustainability built into every phase of the asset lifecycle

Assess

Know where the value is before you spend.

✓Portfolio screening and capital planning

✓ASHRAE Level I to III audits

✓Utility data and benchmarking

✓Regulatory compliance pathways

✓Pre-acquisition due diligence

Deliver

Execute projects that achieve your goals.

✓LED lighting and controls

✓HVAC and water upgrades

✓Electrification and heat pumps

✓EV charging

✓Rooftop and community solar

✓Financing and as-a-service models

Verify

Prove performance to investors, residents and other stakeholders.

✓GRESB submissions and scoring

✓BREEAM, ENERGY STAR and others

✓Benchmarking and compliance reporting

✓Impact reports

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Residential results

Residential projects with measurable returns

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Case study · Senior living portfolio

Senior living portfolio achieves $38M value increase with energy upgrades

Energy upgrades across 120 assets and 21 million square feet turned operating savings into measurable asset value.

$38M

value increase

120

assets, 21M sq ft

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Single family

How FirstKey Homes scaled sustainability with GRESB

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Student housing

Harrison Street: lighting the way to safer student housing

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Assisted living

Maryland senior living facility upgrade delivers 2.5-year payback

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Let’s build the financial case for your portfolio.

Tell us about your properties and goals. A GreenGen residential expert will follow up with where we see the value.

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