Energy: Reduce Your Building’s Use!
Additional Energy Resources
Financial incentives
The federal government provides tax deductions for commercial buildings that save at least 50% of the heating and cooling energy of a building that meets ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2001. To learn more, visit the ENERGY STAR website.
Also visit the Clinton Climate Initiative and the Chicago Climate Exchange websites for additional financing opportunities and incentives.
Other Resources
The Building Owners & Managers Association offers webinars entitled Sustainable Operations Series. This series “offers practical solutions for greening building operations”, tailored to property managers.
Profiles of buildings that have earned an Energy Star rating are helpful for seeing examples of measures that have worked.
Energy Management and Investor returns: Real Estate Sector is helpful for making the case for efficiency investments to others in your organization.
The ENERGY STAR Building Manual provides more detailed and in-depth information on many of the energy performance measures presented in Commercial Real Estate: Best Practices to Improve Energy Performance.
Energy Star also offers trainings on a number of other topics which may be helpful, including power management for computer monitors, and purchasing energy efficient equipment. For a listing of trainings offered, see the online calendar.