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How does the second largest school district in the country target energy waste, while improving the learning environment for students? The Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LA Unified) first Better Buildings Showcase Project explores the work underway to upgrade their biggest energy-consumer,…
The NYC Mayor’s Office of Sustainability is inviting leading retail organizations with locations in New York City to join the NYC Carbon Challenge program. Started in 2007, the NYC Carbon Challenge is a groundbreaking public-private partnership between the NYC Mayor’s Office of Sustainability…
The presentations from the 2017 Better Buildings Summit are now available on the Solution Center for you to download, share, and reference. Nearly 250 speakers presented more than 100 sessions during the three-day Summit, on topics ranging from evaluating financing structures to marketing local…
The Hilton Austin Convention Center was a unique challenge for the Hilton team when it came to energy-saving upgrades; the space is a city-owned, mixed-use complex that contains the 801-room, 24-floor Hilton hotel, the Chamber of Commerce, 99 condos, and of course, a convention center. Mixed-use…
On May 16, the Energy Department recognized Johnson Controls as a goal achiever in the Better Buildings, Better Plants Challenge, exceeding its goal of 25 percent energy savings over the course of seven years.
Johnson Controls, a global multi-industrial company with established core businesses in…
The commercial real estate industry presents numerous barriers for improving a building portfolio’s energy efficiency, and The Tower Companies overcame those obstacles in resounding fashion. Committing nine buildings with 2.5 million-square-feet to the Better Buildings Challenge, The Tower…
Accumulating accurate and reliable energy data is very important for identifying cost-savings and energy-saving opportunities in industrial systems. Having the right equipment can be critical to making the demonstrable case to management that an investment in energy efficiency can boost…
The Top-10 Solutions in April delivered some riveting energy-savings opportunities, while May continued our Spring momentum with some fantastic solutions. Here are our Top-10 Solutions for May: 1. Better Buildings Financing Navigator The U.S. Department of Energy introduced a…
Stay tuned for more highlights from this year’s Better Buildings Summit Showcase Tours.
Better Buildings Challenge partner The JBG Companies led a group of Summit attendees on a tour of CEB Tower, located just outside Washington, D.C. in Rosslyn, Virginia. The 570,000-square-foot, 31-story trophy…
Stay tuned for more highlights from this year’s Better Buildings Summit Showcase Tours.
Better Buildings Local Government partner Arlington County hosted 15 Summit attendees at the Central Library, the county public library system’s headquarters, to showcase the innovative work being done to save…
The 2017 Better Buildings Summit brought nearly 1,000 of the nation's leading energy experts to Washington, D.C. May 15-17. Representatives from the Retail, Food Service, and Grocery (RFSG) sector came together in a number of different ways to share knowledge and insights from their store and…
As the first affordable housing multifamily group to reach its Better Buildings Challenge goal, JCHE is setting the stage for other housing groups to become more energy efficient.
JCHE leads the way through several projects, including its addition of solar electric and geo-thermal heating and…
At this year's Summit in Washington D.C., over 1,000 energy professionals (1,080 to be exact!) came together to tackle what the next big things will be when it comes to saving energy in our nation's homes, buildings, and manufacturing plants.Over the three-day event, attendees had…
In the United States, the buildings in which we work and live use roughly 40 percent of the energy in the U.S. economy at a cost of over $400 billion, and the City of Atlanta is highly motivated to help curb energy costs as a major U.S. city.
By participating in the Better Buildings Challenge SWAP…
This year the results are in - and they are better than ever.
View our infographic for all the updates!
In the past year, the Better Buildings Challenge gained 35 new partners representing the industrial, K-12 schools, financing, multifamily, commercial real estate, university and hospitality sectors. These partners are committed to 20 percent of greater energy improvements across their entire…
Do you ever look at a courthouse and think “energy efficiency?" Probably not. That should change, as one of the trends we at Better Buildings are seeing is the prevalence of courthouse retrofits as a money- and energy-saving solution for local governments. Three local government partners – Placer…
The Top 10 Solutions in March offered some pretty cool energy-savings opportunities, while April kept the momentum going with some amazing sustainability opportunities. Check out our Top-10 solutions for April:1. Better Buildings Challenge SWAP 3The Better Buildings Challenge SWAP…
Three Better Buildings Challenge (BBC) K-12 School partners recently participated in a panel at the 2017 Green Schools Conference & Expo in Atlanta, entitled “Follow the Leaders: What Leading K-12 Schools Have Learned When it Comes to Energy,” to share best practices in energy efficiency…
The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is the largest public housing authority in the United States, providing housing to 400,000 New Yorkers in 2,550 buildings. NYCHA is committed to energy efficiency improvements portfolio-wide, but every journey starts with a single step. 344 East 28th…