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This month’s Top Partner Solutions feature real-world, replicable solutions for improving efficiency, managing energy data, measuring building performance, and more! Check out the lineup to learn how our partners are overcoming barriers and accelerating progress. Redaptive and AT&T…
An essential element of DOE’s Better Buildings Initiative is convening leaders to discuss ongoing challenges and opportunities related to energy efficiency and decarbonization. Peer exchanges enable organizations from different sectors of the economy to learn from each other and share best…
The September Top Partner Solutions are in! Check out this roundup of real-world solutions for improving water efficiency, implementing decarbonization projects, engaging the workforce, and more.MGM Resorts International’s Mega Solar Array Delivers Mega Energy Savings and Carbon ReductionMGM…
As a partner in DOE’s Better Buildings Challenge since 2013, multifamily organization National Housing Trust (NHT) has committed to reducing its energy use by 20% over ten years. NHT is building on its commitment by joining the Better Climate Challenge (BCC) with a goal of reducing portfolio-wide…
Through the Better Buildings Initiative’s Integrated Lighting Campaign (ILC), DOE recognizes the use of advanced lighting by building owners and managers for increased building efficiency and comfort. This year, the ILC recognized 14 organizations for leading the adoption of advanced lighting…
The August Top Partner Solutions are here! Explore this roundup of real-world solutions for improving efficiency, saving water, decarbonizing facilities, and more. Read on to find out if your organization could leverage these successful strategies. Iron Mountain Teams with Redaptive for…
The July Top Partner Solutions are here! Dive into the roundup of real-world solutions to learn how partners are overcoming barriers to efficiency, decarbonization, engagement, and more to achieve major savings. Check out the solutions below! Charter Steel Reaps Widespread Benefits of…
This summer, our energy experts are hitting the road to explore how Better Climate Challenge partners Nissan, Chemours, and Whirlpool are reducing emissions across their manufacturing plants. As partners, these three companies have set portfolio-wide goals to reduce emissions by at least 50% within…
More than 800 attendees gathered at this year’s Better Buildings, Better Plants Summit, with a strong presence from the industrial manufacturing sector. Partners shared solutions and discussed future opportunities in decarbonization, energy and water efficiency, and waste reduction.
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Commercial real estate (CRE) partners and allies discussed best practices, explored barriers in decarbonization and how to overcome them, and shared progress at the 2023 Better Buildings, Better Plants Summit.Commercial Sector Meet-up Partners in the CRE, hospitality, healthcare, higher…
The June Top Partner Solutions are here! This collection of real-world solutions covers many sectors and strategies – dive in to learn how our partners are saving energy, cutting costs, and accelerating decarbonization, and find out how your organization could follow suit! Retirement Housing…
Thank you to all of our speakers and attendees for joining us at the 2023 Better Buildings, Better Plants Summit! We hope you enjoyed the event, were able to reconnect with colleagues and peers, and gained valuable resources and insights to inform your work ahead.
Summit convened thought leaders…
Parkway School District exceeded its Better Buildings Challenge goal in 2020, achieving 25% reduction in energy intensity across its portfolio. Continuing its leadership in efficiency, Parkway has since set an additional goal of 35% reduction in energy intensity by 2025. DOE recently visited the…
This month’s Top Partner Solutions feature real-world examples from our partners of successful efficiency upgrades, decarbonization projects, waste reduction strategies, and more! Read on to learn how different sectors are tackling common yet challenging barriers to improving sustainability in…
For the first time in four years, building tours were back at the 2023 Better Buildings, Better Plants Summit! These tours showcased innovative energy, decarbonization, and water efficiency practices at a variety of D.C.-area properties. Attendees learned about the strategies and solutions these…
This month’s Top Partner Solutions include real-world examples of project financing, efficiency retrofits, decarbonization strategies, and more! Explore the roundup to learn how organizations across sectors are approaching – and overcoming – common yet challenging barriers to efficiency,…
Actionable pathways to emissions reduction are key to accelerating decarbonization across the U.S. economy. Through the Better Climate Challenge, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a Framework for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Planning to help organizations develop and…
The annual Better Buildings, Better Plants Summit convenes leaders and experts from public and private organizations around the country to explore the latest in emerging technologies and share innovative strategies in energy efficiency, decarbonization, water, and waste reduction.
Each year, the…
Through the Integrated Lighting Campaign (ILC), a part of the Better Buildings Initiative, DOE recognizes the use of advanced lighting by building owners and managers. This year, DOE is expanding the categories to highlight the potential for new technologies, advanced lighting controls, and…
This month’s Top Partner Solutions feature real-world examples of partners’ successful renewable energy implementations, employee engagement strategies, energy retrofits, and more! Read on to learn about these organizations’ efficiency and decarbonization solutions across diverse sectors.Slipstream…