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Energy Performance Optimization: A Guide for Tenants & Building Owners

Energy Performance Guide For Tenants And Building Owners

Tenant spaces account for more than half of a commercial office building’s energy use. Now The Energy Performance Optimization Guide from the Natural Resources Defense Council Center for Market Innovation gives in-depth instructions to help tenant design teams evaluate and carry out energy efficiency projects that bring significant cost savings.

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Global Codes: Common Criteria And Best Practices

Buildings Sector Can Have Major Impact on Emissions

Energy use in buildings accounts for more than 30 percent of global CO₂ emissions, and more efficient buildings can play a major role in climate change mitigation. A new study says that to reach the full potential of emissions reductions in buildings, today’s best-practice buildings must become the standard in less than 10 years. It outlines best-practice building codes and policies that can point the way.

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ACEEE: Policy Recommendations Advance Energy Efficiency

The United States has made substantial progress in energy efficiency. Energy use today is about half what it would have been without improvements made over the past 40 years. Still, there are opportunities to do a great deal more by adopting available and emerging energy technologies, according to a March 2013 report from the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. The report suggests 16 policies that would help remove some of the market barriers to moving forward.

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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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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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