Wright Runstad & Company is a leader in sustainable development and operations, with over 4.7 million square feet of developed and/or managed space that achieved LEED certification.

Five buildings in the Wright Runstad & Company portfolio have achieved an Energy Star rating of 75 or higher, indicating that they are among the top 25% of facilities in the country for energy performance as certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Our 36-acre Spring District development in Bellevue achieved LEED-ND status for Neighborhood Development in 2021, and in 2022, our 1201 Third Avenue Building, built in 1988, was recertified at LEED-OM Gold status.

Wright Runstad & Company has partnered with BetterBricks, an initiative of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, in the development of a comprehensive sustainable operating program. Through BetterBricks, we were one of the companies to beta test a carbon footprint tool designed to measure the carbon output of a building.

Additionally, Wright Runstad & Company has joined with other downtown property owners and managers to share utility data to create a Seattle 2030 District. Goals of this initiative, both achieved and ongoing, are:

• a 10 percent reduction for operating energy, water consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions of auto and freight in existing buildings by 2015, and start increasing to a 50 percent reduction by 2030;
• for operating energy of new and renovated buildings, an immediate 60 percent reduction with the focus being to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030;
• in new and renovated buildings, an immediate 50 percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions of auto and freight, and water consumption.