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Empowering the Market: How Building Energy Performance Policies Encourage U.S. Energy Efficiency

There is tremendous potential to achieve energy and greenhouse gas reductions in the U.S. building stock. Today, U.S. policymakers are turning their attention to existing buildings, where opportunities for greater energy efficiency are abundant but fraught with barriers that continue to severely impede progress. This paper examines how mandatory rating and disclosure policies can help … Continued

The Future of Building Energy Rating and Disclosure Mandates: What Europe Can Learn From the U.S.

Worldwide, commercial building energy rating and disclosure mandates are becoming more common as policymakers target the building sector in energy and climate protection policies. Although the United States has no policy equivalent to the European Union’s Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), rating and disclosure policies are beginning to appear in states and local jurisdictions. … Continued

White Paper: Rating and Disclosing the Energy Performance of Buildings

With climate protection and energy security issues at the forefront of global politics, improving the energy efficiency of existing buildings is emerging as a central goal for policymakers. In the United States, buildings account for nearly 40% of greenhouse gas emissions,1 about half of which are from existing commercial buildings… (Continue reading by downloading the … Continued

Pine Harbor Apartments: Case Study

The Impact of Energy Costs on Multi-Family Residential Building Value This case study presents the impact of energy savings from retrofits and of energy costs generally on the value of Pine Harbor Apartments, a 208-unit subsidized apartment complex in downtown Buffalo, N.Y. First published in August 2004.   Related Case Studies: Telergy Office Building, The … Continued

Morrison Manor Apartments: Case Study

The Impact of Energy Costs on Multi-Family Residential Building Value This case study describes the energy savings from retrofits and their impact on the value of Morrison Manor Apartments, an 83-unit market-rate student-housing apartment complex in Troy, NY. The complex is privately owned and primarily serves students of nearby Hudson Valley Community College. First published … Continued

Telergy Office Building: Case Study

The Impact of Energy Costs on Commercial Building Value This case study presents the impact of energy costs on the value of the Telergy building, a 120,000 square-foot Class A office building in a suburb of Syracuse, N.Y. First published in March 2003.   Related Case Studies: Morrison Manor Apartments, The Impact of Energy Costs … Continued

Retrocommissioning Report: Long-Term Care Facility A

Portland Energy Conservation Incorporated (PECI) in conjunction with the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) performed a retrocommissioning evaluation on the 30,244 SF Facility A long-term care facility in Clearlake, California. The retrocommissioning process has involved a coordinated effort between PECI and the building operating staff. Documents were provided for … Continued

Retrocommissioning Report: Long-Term Care Facility B

Portland Energy Conservation Incorporated (PECI) in conjunction with the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) performed a retrocommissioning evaluation on the 45,372 SF Facility B long-term care facility in Stockton, California. The retrocommissioning process has involved a coordinated effort between PECI and the building operating staff. Documents were provided for … Continued