Commercial Buildings
360 Perspective on Federal Deep Energy Retrofits
Deep energy retrofits, which can save upwards of 50 percent or more of a building’s energy consumption, hold the key to enabling significant building energy use reductions and operational cost savings. They could also bring federal agencies into compliance with federal energy efficiency mandates. While this opportunity has long been…
Tapping Deep Retrofit Value
To assess a deep retrofit project, a professional must evaluate the outcomes of a deep energy retrofit on a given value element and then address how the outcomes create business value. But professionals need not evaluate and present each of the nine value elements. It may make most sense to…
Executive Summary: Workshop Report; 360 perspective on Deep Energy Retrofits
Deep energy retrofits, which can save upwards of 50 percent or more of a building’s energy consumption, hold the key to enabling significant building energy use reductions and operational cost savings. They could also bring federal agencies into compliance with federal energy efficiency mandates. While this opportunity has long been…
Next Generation Energy Management: A Roadmap to the Next Level of Performance Phase One Report
CoreNet Global and Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) have established a new research and engagement collaboration to help corporations develop and execute next generation energy management plans to drive corporate energy performance to the highest possible level; transforming corporate real estate energy use away from fossil fuels through increased investment in…
Using Contracting to Improve Building Project Delivery and Achieve Sustainability Goals
Several interrelated problems with traditional building project delivery inhibit building project teams from achieving aggressive sustainability goals. This document will describe how contracting can address these problems and help teams achieve goals.