Mike Zatz

Mike Zatz is the manager of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR® Commercial Buildings Program. In this role, he oversees the development and implementation of activities aimed at improving the energy efficiency and reducing operating costs of a wide variety of building types, including offices, multifamily residences, K-12 schools, retail stores, and others. Mr. Zatz is also responsible for oversight of ENERGY STAR’s Portfolio Manager® benchmarking tool, which is actively used by over 320,000 properties across the U.S., Canada to evaluate and track their energy, water, waste, and greenhouse gas emissions, and he manages the ENERGY STAR Certification program which recognizes the most energy efficient commercial buildings in the U.S. Prior to EPA, Mr. Zatz spent 14 years with ICF, where he worked with governments and local and multinational companies around the world to identify and implement methods for reducing the impacts of their operations on the environment.