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BenchmarkMyBuilding makes it easy to see how a building's energy consumption compares against peers in terms of dollars, and to make the business case for performance improvement projects. To get started, users simply enter three inputs (building type, building size, and building location) to benchmark their buildings against Energy Star and DOE datasets representative of 68 billion square feet of commercial building space in seconds. If the user inputs optional information on annual energy cost and annual kBTU used, the tool compares the building's energy costs to other buildings of the same exact type, size and location.
This tool was created by Lucid in collaboration with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and the U.S. Department of Energy. Read about the tool in this blog with further details: https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/articles/lucid-leverages-doe-tools...
A variety of energy saving resources related to HVAC, including: High Efficiency Roof Top Unit Specifications, Repair or Replace Decision Guidance, Case Studies, and other technical and business resources.
These resources are created through the Better Buildings Alliance partner organizations along with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and DOE.
Through the Better Buildings Workforce Guidelines, industry now has national guidelines from which to develop high quality and nationally recognized training and certification programs, helping to address challenges found in the energy efficiency workforce with quality, consistency, and scalability across certification and certificate programs.
The Department of Energy worked with the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) and industry stakeholders to develop the Better Buildings Workforce Guidelines, voluntary national guidelines to improve the quality and consistency of commercial building workforce credentials for four key energy-related jobs: Building Energy Auditor, Building Commissioning Professional, Building Operations Professional, Energy Manager.
The Better Buildings Workforce Guidelines aligns all elements of the Better Buildings Workforce Framework, with the goal of supporting high-quality industry and government-recognized credentials for 4 key commercial energy-related job titles. Together, the Job Task Analyses (JTA) documents and the certification schemes comprise the content of the voluntary, industry-developed, and industry and government-recognized Better Buildings Workforce Guidelines.
This Fact Sheet provides an overview of the Better Buildings Workforce Guidelines project. The Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) are working with industry stakeholders to develop voluntary national guidelines that will improve the quality and consistency of commercial building workforce training and certification programs for five key energy-related jobs.
"Building Commissioning is the professional practice that ensures buildings are delivered according to the Owner's Project Requirements (OPR). Buildings that are properly commissioned typically have fewer change orders, tend to be more energy efficient, and have lower operation and maintenance cost."
Southface developed this Campus Benchmarking Guide to help colleges and universities assess the energy and water usage of both small and large buildings and compare them to ENERGY STAR’s index of average energy usage for over 80 relevant building types. This enables the buildings with the greatest opportunities for savings to be easily identified regardless of size.
Discovery Elementary School, a zero energy school in Arlington, Virginia, uses an age appropriate energy dashboard as a teaching tool for students and the community.
Energy dashboard: http://158.59.255.83/ or go to
https://discovery.apsva.us/ and click on Energy Dashboard in the left-hand menu.
The Fire Station Efficiency Solutions Package aims to assist municipalities nationwide to reduce carbon footprints, lower utility bills, and increase resiliency by selecting improvements that will reduce energy and water use in existing buildings by at least 20%. This toolkit is a product of a collaboration between the City of Atlanta and Southface Energy Institute. Through this solutions package, municipalities and fire departments will be equipped to plan and implement individual and portfolio-level upgrades.