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State government buildings alone consume 1.1 quadrillion Btus each year, and have the potential to save $2.1 billion annually through a 20% improvement (U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2016). Conserving energy in their buildings enables states to shift funds spent on utilities to other public priorities and demonstrate good stewardship of taxpayer dollars. |
Maryland hosted the first-ever Better Buildings virtual site visit, showcasing the state's energy efficiency strategies and a virtual tour of the upgraded Western Maryland Railway Station. See photos, videos, and more on the Beat Blog.
Watch all previously recorded webinars in the On-Demand Webinars library sorted by popular topics such as resilience, zero energy buildings, and more.
To date, the 900+ Better Buildings partners have saved more than 2.5 quadrillion Btus, saving more than $15 billion and 155 million tons of CO2.
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State of Maryland: Western Maryland Railway Station Showcase Project The State of Maryland renovated the Western Maryland Railway Station to address occupant comfort issues which resulted in a 21% annual energy savings and an annual cost savings of $12,100.
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Watch this webinar to discover how different communities can use energy efficiency and renewable energy as resilience measures for mitigating the impacts of natural disasters and learn about tools, partnerships, and strategies that can make your energy resilience projects a reality. |
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ESPC Webinar Series Webinar Collection The ESPC Webinar Series is based on the Energy Savings Performance Contracting Toolkit, a collection of resources compiled from the work of the Better Buildings ESPC Accelerator.
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Wastewater Energy Management Toolkit Toolkits This toolkit helps water resource recovery facilities establish and implement energy management and planning by collecting best practices and innovative approaches used by wastewater facilities who partnered with DOE's Sustainable Wastewater Infrastructure of the Future (SWIFt) Accelerator.
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State Government Meet-Up 2019 Better Buildings Summit Fellow states and experts discussed effective frameworks for making energy efficiency "business as usual." Attendees broke out into small groups to discuss specific suggestions on how to support those frameworks via policy and action.
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Savings highlighted in the introductory blurb are from the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) 2016 CBECS Survey. Here is a link to the table that the savings figures were drawn from - https://www.eia.gov/consumption/commercial/data/2012/c&e/cfm/c1.php.