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Real estate investment company DWS launched "Project Energy Saver" to improve energy performance consistently across its entire portfolio, including the least-efficient buildings that are not eligible for ENERGY STAR or LEED certification, but represent the greatest opportunities for improvement.
Eastman has hydrogen plants covering 118,000 square feet at its Kingsport, Tennessee facility that use high-pressure natural gas as a raw input to create hydrogen gas for polymer production.
The City of Denver implemented comprehensive energy improvements at the Richard T. Castro Building including sealing the building envelope, upgrading the building automation system, installing four new high efficiency boilers, and more. These sustainability improvements yield 36% in annual energy savings.
BioStar Renewables is a renewable energy investment firm that specializes in energy infrastructure projects and companies.
Sparkfund is a technology-based financing company that funds small- and medium-sized energy efficiency projects for commercial customers.
The 2014 water and energy retrofit project at NHT/Enterprise Preservation Corporation's Friendship Court boasts a 3-4 year payback.
NHT reduced operating costs in multi-family buildings by installing solar systems helping them sustain affordable housing costs for low-income families which generates 300,000 kw/year.
Johnson Controls developed a scalable program to provide suppliers with energy management tools, training and on-site assistance, amounting to $60K in annual savings.
JBG Smith upgraded aging building systems at the 836,500 square foot L’Enfant Plaza East in Washington, DC to achieve 31% energy savings and annual cost savings of $920,000.
Nuveen Real Estate utilized low-cost and no-cost strategies to reduce utility consumption at 801 Brickell. By enhancing the building's HVAC controls, performing water balancing for the HVAC system, installing and adjusting VFDs, and implementing lighting retrofits, the efficiency projects yielded 32% annual energy savings.
Laboratory facilities are very energy intensive—using about three times more energy than an average office building. Operating a single lab fume hood can result in as much energy use as three typical homes! Explore opportunities for saving energy in labs and learn about actual implementations, including a highly successful campus-wide program.
Prolonging the lives of buildings through reuse not only retains a sense of place, but also promotes energy conservation. Hear how RUPCO turned an abandoned factory in Kingston, NY, into a vibrant anchor for the arts community with housing and galleries, while yielding significant energy savings. Other case studies explore the intersection of preservation and sustainability at the University of Virginia and nationally.
The lease is a powerful tool for tenants and landlords to achieve sustainability and corporate social responsibility goals. So why aren’t more organizations putting green leasing into practice? This presentation will provide a primer on commercial green leases and showcase successes and challenges faced by leading organizations that are implementing lease clauses to accelerate and achieve energy performance goals.
Contributers from Harbec, North Carolina State University, and Clark Financial Service describe how CHP has supported their portfolio energy reduction goals and resiliency concerns.
Industrial customers have much to gain from partnering with their utilities on energy efficiency, but a series of barriers have led to lower industrial participation rates in utility programs relative to other sectors. This panel will highlight effective utility programs for industrial customers, identifying key attributes that drive greater industrial participation and lead to significant energy and cost savings.
This presentation will showcase recent developments and successes of selling energy efficiency loan portfolios to secondary markets, as well as how to address the continued need for consistent data across programs to create investor confidence.
Better Buildings Residential Network members discuss a vision for the coming year, and participaing GUEP communities will discuss the competition and share challenges, strategies for success, and ways to maximize the impact of achieving energy goals.
In this presentation, states, local governments, and water and wastewater utilities discuss how they overcame some of the persistent barriers to deploying energy efficiency and renewable energy at their facilities and the tools needed to increase deployment nationwide.
Learn how cities, states, campuses, and businesses are strengthening the climate resiliency of their communities and operations by harnessing energy efficiency, renewable energy, and district energy systems.
How do I know if my project is right for an ESPC? What EM&V procedures should I specify? Learn how your peers have addressed these questions by applying best practices in ESPC project development and negotiation, including assessing audit results, leveraging available resources to benchmark energy conservation measure packages, preparing for ESCO selection, and defining reliable and costeffective EM&V approaches.
Learn strategies to effectively communicate with and motivate behavior change from the people who hold resource consumption in their hands every day, including specific language, techniques for gaining buy-in, and even an app!
Plug-in electric vehicle charging access at the workplace has nearly doubled in the last two years as employers of all sectors and sizes are increasingly offering workplace charging. Learn from a few of these employers how workplace charging is helping them to attract and retain talented employees, and demonstrate leadership in their communities.
Commercial space conditioning (heating, cooling, and ventilation) accounts for about 7.0 quads of primary energy per year, or about 40% of total commercial use in the United States. Learn about new research into the next generation of HVAC equipment and how proper technology planning can lead to incredible savings. Part 1 focuses on packaged HVAC systems that are treated as individual equipment with minimal maintenance.
Commercial space conditioning (heating, cooling, and ventilation) accounts for about 7.0 quads of primary energy per year, or about 40% of total commercial use in the United States. Learn about energy-savings opportunities through managing large, complex HVAC systems and proper staff training. Part 2 focuses on central plant HVAC systems.
Low-cost sensors, ubiquitous Internet connectivity, and other technological advances are opening new doors for energy efficiency in homes, buildings, and factories. Sometimes called “intelligent efficiency,” this network-based, high-tech approach could cut the nation’s energy use by 12% to 24% according to some experts. This presentation discusses new opportunities, developments, and challenges in this emerging field.
The full value of energy efficiency and high-performance homes has yet to be represented in the market; however, a number of “green” real estate industry initiatives are emerging. Energy efficiency programs are beginning to get involved at specific points in the real estate transaction chain. Learn the first three key steps program managers can take to engage the real estate industry.
A select group of Better Buildings Challenge partners are working with DOE to set water-saving goals, track progress, and share solutions with their peers. This presentation features a cross-sector group of organizations sharing early results and key insights on strategies they have used to improve water efficiency.
There are numerous milestones in the building life-cycle in which energy efficiency can be integrated—refinancing, aesthetic renovations, environmental compliance, etc. Learn how innovative organizations are leveraging these opportunities to drive energy savings, improve project payback, and infuse efficiency into the DNA of their organizations.
Learn how these companies and organizations have implemented strategic energy management programs to improve energy efficiency and reduce costs.
Across the country, states are working with policy-makers, regulators, utilities, and end users to accelerate the adoption of energy efficiency and combined heat and power (CHP). Learn from State Energy Office representatives about their goals and recent strategies for driving deployment of CHP and energy efficiency in the commercial, institutional, and industrial sectors.
ESPCs traditionally use the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP) to measure project energy savings. Given the flexibility of IPMVP options, does saying a project used IPMVP tell us what we need to know about how the savings were measured? This presentation explores the nitty-gritty details about ESPC M&V and identifies key things building owners should be asking for from these projects.
This presentation addresses the challenges encountered while implementing energy efficiency improvements in existing data centers within multi-use buildings.
DOE’s national labs are powerful engines for clean energy innovation. In this presentation, representatives from the national labs describe how the private sector can engage with labs to improve energy efficiency, enhance competitiveness, and lower carbon pollution.
Building owners and operators are increasingly using smart meters and apps to encourage occupants to cut energy consumption. Learn from the commercial, multifamily, and educational building sectors on how to promote energy efficiency behavior through technology.
Laboratory facilities are very energy intensive—using about three times more energy than an average office building. Operating a single lab fume hood can result in as much energy use as three typical homes! Explore opportunities for saving energy in labs and hear about actual implementations, including a highly successful campus-wide program.
Manufacturers typically subject energy efficiency projects to strict return on investment and payback rules. While many companies only fund projects that pay for themselves in 2 years or less, manufacturers represented in this presentation will share mechanisms they have employed to stretch or work around conservative energy efficiency investment rules.
Limited funding does not need to exclude investing in energy efficiency improvements. This presentation will demonstrate how Public Housing Authorities can use Energy Performance Contracts and the Rental Assistance Demonstration program to support their energy commitments.