Institute for Building Efficiency: Expert Analysis & Resources

Why Net Zero Energy? Lessons from Successful Projects

Net zero and nearly zero energy building projects pose challenges, but European owners and project managers who have completed them are largely pleased with the outcomes. Interviews with owners explore their motivations, the obstacles they overcame, and the lessons they learned – including the power of occupant engagement and the need for integrated design.

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Low-Carbon Cities in China: Case Studies Explore the Role of Building Efficiency

Low-carbon city projects are part of China’s effort to meet energy and carbon goals set in the 11th and 12th Five Year Plan. This analysis looks at five projects – their status, planning processes, approaches to building efficiency, difficulties, and lessons learned. It shows that low-carbon city plans emphasize building efficiency in rough proportion to the city’s degree of post-industrialization.

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50001 Reasons to Improve Energy Performance

Management systems can help almost any organization continuously improve energy efficiency. The basic disciplines and the Plan-Do-Check-Act process outlined in the new ISO 50001 standard can provide a framework for an effective energy program. This new paper explores the issue and provides case study examples.

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Corporate Energy Management Survey

The Institute for Building Efficiency and CoreNet Global are collaborating on an annual survey to offer insight into current trends in corporate energy management.

Information about how companies and organizations manage energy can be a basis for organizational benchmarking, in addition to providing policy makers and academics insights useful to their research and planning.

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Which policies will drive energy efficiency in your company?

Help influence delegates, NGOs, and businesses in their discussions at Rio +20, the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development June 20-22, 2012.

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Meet our Network of Experts

Meet our contributors and advisors who are providing input on current issues and collaborating with us on research topics of common interest.

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Resources & Tools

A collection of key resources and tools spotlighting issues, providing big-picture perspective, and offering sage advice on how to get started on clean energy projects.

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