A help center provides buildings owners with one-on-one assistance and guidance in meeting the requirements of building energy performance policies. Help centers also serve as information hubs from which city government can distribute information that supports improved energy management in buildings, such as training events and technical resources.

This document provides guidance for integrating equity into the development and implementation of benchmarking and transparency ordinances. Guided by the experiences and questions of local government staff and policy experts, the guide provides city examples, summarizes key concepts and issues related to the intersection of equity in building policies, and contains important steps, areas of […]

This document presents sample language that can be used by jurisdictions interested in drafting a comprehensive existing building performance policy that encompasses provisions for benchmarking, as well as additional actions beyond benchmarking. The text has been annotated extensively to describe the rationale behind some of the recommendations and to provide additional background on some of […]