When you compare your building’s energy usage and efficiency with others, you get a sense of how your building is performing relative to other similar buildings. That’s really the basis for ENERGY STAR.
And you can do this with benchmarking and baselining. But what exactly do those two terms mean? Aren’t they the same? Well, […]
Over the next several bog posts I want to discuss ENERGY STAR and what it means to you, the building manager or owner. But to begin talking about ENERGY STAR, I’d like to talk briefly about the scoring system, its inputs, and the potentially fickle nature of the beast.
Now, anyone can go to energystar.gov […]
There are several no/low-cost ways to improve Energy Star Scores in commercial office buildings. They include having accurate inputs into the EPA’s Portfolio Manager System, effectively “segmenting” your building square footage when it’s advantageous to do so, and tightening-up the heating-AC (HVAC) systems operating hours.
Having accurate building use attributes in Portfolio Manager is extremely […]
June 1st of each year is the Reporting deadline for large commercial office buildings in Minneapolis to share building energy and water use information with the City. Next year that information will be made public to encourage “market forces” to motivate (i.e. “shame”) building owners and property managers who own/manage “inefficient” buildings to invest […]
The City of Minneapolis is requiring all buildings be Energy Star compliant by June 1. You may be asking yourself the question; How does this affect me? Should I be concerned? What do I need to do to be compliant?
If you are a Real Estate Professional responsible for commercial office or mixed use properties […]
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