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Equity Based Compensation Plans Summary of stock options activity (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Shares [Roll Forward]      
Beginning balance, outstanding 695,488us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber 623,434us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber 415,020us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
Granted 42,518us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriod 150,325us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriod 263,113us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriod
Assumed - Merger 133,766ess_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantedDuringPeriodResultingFromBusinessCombination 0ess_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantedDuringPeriodResultingFromBusinessCombination 0ess_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantedDuringPeriodResultingFromBusinessCombination
Exercised (185,387)us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised (52,970)us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised (41,603)us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised
Forfeited and canceled (21,600)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriod (25,301)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriod (13,096)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriod
Ending balance, outstanding 664,785us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber 695,488us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber 623,434us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
Options exercisable at year end 395,986us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableNumber 300,632us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableNumber 250,620us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableNumber
Weighted-average exercise price [Abstract]      
Outstanding at beginning of year (in dollars per share) $ 133.37us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice $ 125.96us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice $ 109.71us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice
Granted (in dollars per share) $ 176.65us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice $ 153.54us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice $ 143.95us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
Assumed - Merger (in dollars per share) $ 121.03ess_SharebasedCompensationArrangementsbySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantedDuringPeriodResultingFromBusinessCombinationWeightedAverageExercisePrice $ 0.00ess_SharebasedCompensationArrangementsbySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantedDuringPeriodResultingFromBusinessCombinationWeightedAverageExercisePrice $ 0.00ess_SharebasedCompensationArrangementsbySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantedDuringPeriodResultingFromBusinessCombinationWeightedAverageExercisePrice
Exercised (in dollars per share) $ 113.72us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice $ 102.43us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice $ 77.21us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
Forfeited and canceled (in dollars per share) $ 144.29us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice $ 135.25us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice $ 128.36us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice
Outstanding at end of year (in dollars per share) $ 138.78us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice $ 133.37us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice $ 125.96us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice
Options exercisable at year end (in dollars per share) $ 133.99us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableWeightedAverageExercisePrice $ 119.09us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableWeightedAverageExercisePrice $ 107.12us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableWeightedAverageExercisePrice