Fostering the Future

A legion of companies committed to making the spaces we occupy healthier and more sustainable, Legence offers an integrated suite of services designed to drive building performance, decrease costs, and overcome any project challenge.

“I am Chief Sustainability Officer at Legence, which is an end-to-end solution provider to decarbonize the built environment,” Deb Cloutier begins. “I am also President and Founder of RE Tech Advisors, one of our business units. I started RE Tech many years ago while working within the space where the built environment and sustainability meet. I lead our ESG advisory services business and have been working within this sector for the entirety of my career. So, for a little over 30 years now, I’ve been trying to help integrate sustainability and environmental social governance, although we didn’t call it that at the time.

“I’ve had a long career working with the American Institute of Architects, assisting on their first committee on the environment, which focused on the environmental impacts of the different materials and resources to potentially be used by architects and designers. I then transitioned to work on the first public-private partnership that the US Environmental Protection Agency created. Known today as ENERGY STAR, its focus is on strategic energy management, reducing building operating expenses, and increasing asset value.

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