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Making the Business Case for Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings

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Energy to Finance: Understanding the CFO and Translating Metrics Other

This training workshop provided by the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) features CFO role insights, hands-on exercises, case studies, and guidance to help commercial partners get from project idea stage to implementation.

Building the Financial Business Case for Resilience Fact Sheet Fact Sheet

This fact sheet reviews key components for building the business case for resilience including the challenges of resilience, understanding and measuring risk, talking to your CFO, and how to get started building a resilience roadmap.

Speaking the CFO's Language: Building the Case for Energy Efficiency with Financial Decision-Makers Video

In this Better Buildings Webinar Series presentation, Better Buildings Challenge Partners USAA Real Estate Company; University of California, Irvine; and Kohl's shared their best practices for communicating the value of building energy efficiency projects and working with financial decision-makers to make those projects happen.

Succeed with Submetering: How to Make the Business Case Webinar

On this webinar partners from both the public and private sectors discussed how to make a compelling business case for the value of submetering.

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Kohl's Strategic Approach to Energy Finance Implementation Model

Kohl’s embedded members of the Finance Department into the Energy team to expedite communication of financial benefits and approval of energy efficiency projects.

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Affinius Capital: Building Upgrade Value Calculator Implementation Model

Affinius Capital developed a calculator to convert the results of energy efficiency upgrades into metrics that are meaningful for financial decision makers, resulting in more projects funded and increased portfolio-wide energy savings.