Practice Focus: Leadership experience in commercial real estate, ESG, decarbonization, energy management, and environmental sustainability.
Deborah Cloutier, CRE, has over 30 years of experience positioning companies as leaders in sustainability. She is the President and founder of RE Tech Advisors, LLC, a Blackstone preferred provider of consulting services to decarbonize and improve ESG performance of investment portfolios. RE Tech’s interdisciplinary team of energy, sustainability, and technical experts guides commercial real estate owners, private equity investors, manufacturers, corporations, and national and local governments and designs and deploys award-winning ESG strategies, net zero master plans, and energy engineering services to create a cleaner future, improve asset and fund performance, and comply with the evolving landscape of regulation. Deborah is also the Chief Sustainability Officer of Legence, an Energy Transition Accelerator™ that provides advisory services and implementation focused on financing, designing, building, and servicing complex systems in mission-critical and high-performance facilities. She serves on several industry boards, is a nationally recognized speaker, and has authored publications highlighting the financial impacts of strategic energy management and sustainable business practices to enhance the asset value of property. Deb began her career at the American Institute of Architects supporting the Committee on the Environment, where she had the distinct pleasure of supporting the Greening of the White House under the Clinton Administration.