Building Energy Performance Benchmarking

clock June 7, 2011 04:36 | commentComments (0)
Your goal is to reduce the energy or, perhaps, the environmental (emissions) footprint of your buildings. Your budget is limited, and you need bang for the buck. Where do you start? A process that benchmarks building energy performance can steer you in the right direction, fast. The process is easy to accomplish and offers many advantages, including: achieving a quick performance read on your buildings identifying the high, medium, and low performers within a portfolio so you know where t... [More]
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Need a Tool to Measure Building Energy & Water Consumption? Leverage the EPA's Portfolio Manager Tool

clock February 14, 2011 09:34 | commentComments (0)
The ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager is the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) interactive energy management tool that allows you to track and assess energy and water consumption of your buildings. It generates weather-normalized energy intensity (kBtu/sq. ft.) and greenhouse gas emissions metrics for all buildings, as well as a percentile energy performance score for many eligible building types. Custom reports and graphs also allow users to see time trending information and compare facilitie... [More]
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You Can't Manage What you Don't Measure!: DC Green Building Policies Require Benchmarking

clock February 2, 2011 10:46 | commentComments (0)
 Washington, DC and other cities have instituted green building polices that require benchmarking to measure improvements in their buildings.  The new green builiding polices has given Washington the most buildings per capita using ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager (ESPM) in the nation.  There has been a rapid increase in buildings using Porfolio Manager over the last 5 years as a direct and indirect impact of District legislation including the Green Buil... [More]
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