EPA Updating ENERGY STAR Scores, Advisor Says

Cindy Jacobs, senior advisor with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR program, joined REIT.com for a video interview at NAREIT’s 2016 Leader in the Light Working Forum at the Ritz Carlton – Coconut Grove in Miami.

ENERGY STAR is a voluntary program that promotes energy efficiency measures for businesses and individuals.

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REITs Outpace Broader Market in January

REITs lost ground in January as global macroeconomic concerns exerted downward pressure on the sector, but they still outperformed the broader equity market.

The total returns of the FTSE/NAREIT All REIT Index fell 3.5 percent in January, while the S&P 500 Index lost 5.0 percent.

“Even though REITs were clearly impacted by everything that was going on in the broader market, they outperformed on a relative basis,” said Jeff Langbaum, senior REIT analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence.

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