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20 Jul Hold on to your Benchmarks. New ENERGY STAR® scores are coming up and your Score might be going down.

Posted at 08:23h in Benchmarking, Commercial Buildings, Energy Efficiency Industry, ENERGY STAR by James Donson 0 Comments

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ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager will be shaking up the energy-use benchmark world by updating their scoring mechanism on August 26, 2018. The bad news is most building owners will see a drop in the current score. The good news is the update is long overdue...

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13 Jul Lies, Damned EUIs and Statistics – The Pitfalls of Relying on EUIs for Benchmarking

Posted at 08:14h in Benchmarking, Energy Efficiency Industry, ENERGY STAR by Jim Kelsey 0 Comments

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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. - Mark Twain. One of the big problems with energy efficiency is that it’s complicated. I feel like there’s a big need to simplify it for clients so they can make the most informative...

04 May Energy benchmarking, it’s the law in California. Here’s what you need to know.

Posted at 08:40h in Benchmarking, Commercial Buildings, Energy Audits, Energy Efficiency Industry, Energy Policy, ENERGY STAR, Retro-Commissioning by Kris Johnson 0 Comments

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‘You can’t manage what you don’t measure’ is a keystone of energy efficiency. Measuring your building’s energy use is so important that reporting it is now the law in California for many building owners. The first deadline is quickly approaching beginning on June 1, 2018....

10 Nov Is Benchmarking Labs Worth the Effort?

Posted at 13:57h in ENERGY STAR, Lab Sustainability by Alison Farmer 0 Comments

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Energy benchmarking is often the first step in a new energy efficiency program or sustainable design project. Benchmarking helps us to prioritize and focus attention; it also provides useful metrics for target-setting or gauging progress. Lab buildings need benchmarking more than most. At first glance, the...

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20 Jul Hold on to your Benchmarks. New ENERGY STAR® scores are coming up and your Score might be going down.

13 Jul Lies, Damned EUIs and Statistics – The Pitfalls of Relying on EUIs for Benchmarking

04 May Energy benchmarking, it’s the law in California. Here’s what you need to know.

10 Nov Is Benchmarking Labs Worth the Effort?

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