How you can benefit Click from Better To Edit Buildings Master Title Style Kristen Taddonio DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
By the end of this session, you will: 1. Know what the Better Buildings Program is and why it was created 2. Have access to an inside look at how leading companies are changing business practices to improve their buildings 3. Understand how you, too, can get involved 2
What is Better Buildings? In February 2011, President Obama, building upon the investments of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, announced the Better Buildings Initiative to make buildings 20% more energy efficient over the next 10 years and accelerate private sector investment in energy efficiency. 3
Why was it created? Question: how much does the U.S. spend to power commercial buildings each year? Answer: about $200 billion! Question: How much energy do buildings (residential and commercial) use as a percentage of total US energy use? Answer: about 40% Bonus: How much do people in the US pay to power manufacturing facilities? Answer: another $200 billion Bonus: How much electricity to residential and commercial buildings use as a percentage of the US total? Answer: about 70% 4 Every building can be better
What are the major program elements? Partnerships Better Buildings Alliance Better Buildings Challenge Accelerators Energy Data Access Also ESPCs, Industrial Workforce Information 5
Better Buildings Alliance Through the Better Buildings Alliance, members in different market sectors identify specific barriers and work with the U.S. Department of Energy s (DOE) to develop and deploy innovative, costeffective, energy-saving solutions that lead to better technologies, more profitable businesses, and better buildings in which we work, shop, eat, stay, and learn. Installation of night curtains Whole Foods Market, a BBA member, installed night curtains to cover the refrigerated produce cases when stores are closed. This strategy lowers the cooling load on the refrigeration case by about 40% during unoccupied periods. 6
Better Buildings Alliance: Who is Involved? >200 member organizations >500 individual participants > 10 billion sq ft Commercial Real Estate & Hospitality 7.1 billion sq ft 46% of sector Healthcare 450 million sq ft 14% of sector Retail, Food Service & Grocery 2.6 billion sq ft 19% of sector Higher Ed 242 million sq ft 17% of sector
Better Buildings Alliance: Commercial Real Estate Steering Committee Chris Magee MGM Resorts International Marla Thalheimer Liberty Property Trust Bert Etheredge ASHRAE Karen Penafiel BOMA International Michael Groppi CBRE Dave Pogue CBRE Carlos Santamaria CEES-Advisors John K. Scott Colliers International Eric Duchon Cushman & Wakefield Ari Frankel Deustche Asset & Wealth Management Kinga Porst U.S. GSA Mary Curtiss JLL Will Teichman Kimco Realty Malcolm Bryant The Malcolm Bryant Corp. Jennifer McConkey Principal Real Estate Investors Mason Sharpe Sharpe Properties Faith Taylor Wyndham Worldwide 8
Example Activity: Join a high-efficiency technology campaign Lighting Energy Efficiency in Parking Campaign Advanced RTU Campaign
Example activity: Use a procurement specification to purchase and install efficient products Lighting and Electrical High efficiency troffer lighting LED site lighting (parking lot) High efficiency parking structure lighting LED refrigerated display case lighting Plug and Process Loads Low voltage distribution transformers Space Conditioning Gas heaters Rooftop air conditioning units Refrigeration Ultra low temperature freezers Laboratories Laboratory fume hoods Commercial heat pump water heaters commercialbuildings.energy.gov/technologies
Example Activity: High-Performance ( Green ) Leasing BBA worked with GSA, NYU, RMI, BOMA, NRDC, IMT, and others to help launch content and resources in the Green Lease Library Successfully published case studies focused on overcoming barriers to green leasing Brandywine Realty Trust Pyramid Companies Now encouraging greater adoption through Green Lease Leaders 11 Building Technologies Program
2014 Green Lease Leaders Better Buildings Alliance Akridge Brandywine Realty Trust The Bullitt Foundation Empire State Realty Trust Jamestown, L.P. Kilroy Realty Corporation Kimco Realty Corporation Liberty Property Trust Oxford Properties PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP Regency Centers Government Properties Income Trust The Tower Companies Unico Properties
Better Buildings Challenge 13 The Better Buildings Challenge is a voluntary leadership initiative that asks leading CEOs and executives of U.S. companies, universities, and state and local governments to make a public commitment of energy efficiency. Through the Better Buildings Challenge, the U.S. Department of Energy is highlighting leaders that have committed to upgrading buildings and plants across their portfolio and providing their energy savings data and strategies as models for others to follow. -Better Buildings Challenge Frequently Asked Questions fact sheet
Better Buildings Challenge Who has signed up? Over 190 partners, including over 30 Commercial Partners Commercial Real Estate Hospitality Healthcare Retail Commitments of 5 million to 850 million square feet In total, partners and allies have committed over 3 billion sq ft 14
Better Buildings Challenge: What partners agree to 1. Set a public goal (minimum 20% over 10 years*) 2. Share transparent examples describing: What they ve done (showcase projects): Buildings in which they have achieved significant energy savings How they ve done it (implementation models or playbooks ): realworld, successful approached they ve used to overcome barriers 3. Report on progress 15 *or 2% savings annually if eligible due to high portfolio turn-over
16 Better Buildings Challenge: Progress to date (as of spring 2014)
Better Buildings Challenge: Progress to date partner highlights Other examples: Sprint (19%) Kohl s Department Stores (12%) Staples (12%) Wyndham Worldwide (12%) The Tower Companies (10%) 17
18 An Inside Look: Prologis Playbook
19 An Inside Look: USAA s Playbook
An Inside Look: The Tower Companies Playbook 20
21 An Inside Look: Shorenstein s Playbook
22 You can find more insider resources online at eere.energy.gov/challenge
You can also get ideas and inspiration through our free webinar series Want to sign up for webinar notices? Email us at BetterBuildingsWebinars@ee.doe.gov 23 eere.energy.gov/betterbuildingsalliance/events/webinar-series
Recap: Better Buildings Challenge and Better Buildings Alliance Requirements and Benefits Better Buildings Alliance Commitment Recognition Support 2% annual encouraged Participate in at least 1 activity per year Available to organizations that join Better Buildings Challenge Eligible to participate in pre-defined working groups Information Webinars & Events Peer-to-peer exchange 20% by 2020 Transparency Facility level reporting Highest level DOE can confer Data Financing (via financial allies) Idea exchange Account management Plus all Better Buildings Alliance offerings
Better Buildings Energy Data Accelerator 25 Building owners need information about energy use in order to measure and manage it. However, many building owners cannot access this information. Through the Better Buildings Energy Data Accelerator local governments are joining forces with their local utilities to make it easier for building owners to get access to whole-building energy usage data for the purposes of benchmarking their buildings. Partners agree to demonstrate streamlined, best-practice approaches for building owners to access whole-building energy usage data with a specific focus on providing information for multi-tenant buildings. Throughout 2014 and 2015, Partners are convening local stakeholders to overcome key technical barriers, upgrading energy data systems, and designing and piloting systems in their areas. Through these efforts, Partners have committed to put systems in place to provide whole building data to at least 20 percent of commercial and/or multi-family building owners by the end of 2015.
Who has joined the Better Buildings Energy Data Accelerator?
List of All Partners Atlanta with Atlanta Gas Light Austin with Austin Energy Boston with NSTAR/Northeast Utilities Cambridge with NSTAR/Northeast Utilities Chicago with Commonwealth Edison Chula Vista with San Diego Gas & Electric Columbus with AEP Ohio Los Angeles with So. Cal Gas Minneapolis with Xcel New York City with National Grid Philadelphia with PECO Salt Lake City with Rocky Mtn. Power San Diego with San Diego Gas & Electric San Francisco with Pacific Gas & Electric 27 Houston with NRG/Reliant Kansas City with Kansas City Power & Light Los Angeles with L.A. Dept. of Water & Power Santa Monica with So. California Edison Seattle with Puget Sound Energy Washington, DC with Pepco
How you can get involved Better Buildings Challenge: contact Holly.Carr@ee.doe.gov to sign up Better Buildings Alliance: email BBA@ee.doe.gov or join online at eere.energy.gov/betterbuildingsalliance Better Buildings Energy Data Accelerator: Consider sending a letter of support. Contact Kristin.Field@nrel.gov or Kristen.Taddonio@ee.doe.gov for examples. 28
Re-cap Know what the Better Buildings Program is and why it was created Have access to an inside look at how leading companies are changing business practices to improve their buildings We hope that you, too will get involved! 29
Contacts Kristen Taddonio, Department of Energy Kristen.Taddonio@ee.doe.gov Holly Carr, Department of Energy Holly.Carr@ee.doe.gov Sara Schoen, Department of Energy Sara.Schoen@ee.doe.gov 30
Questions?
Additional Better Buildings Challenge FAQ Q. I d like to join but can t commit to 20% over 10 years due to building turnover. Is there an alternative option? A: Yes, if you experience more than 5% turn over a year on average you can sign up for an alternative goal of 2% per year average efficiency improvement Q. I own some buildings and just manage others. Do I have to include the buildings I manage too? A: DOE encourages but does not require you to include managed buildings if you do not pay the energy bills, have control over energy efficiency upgrades, and/or have access to energy use data. Q. I want to sign up but I m having trouble getting access to the energy consumption data paid directly by my tenants. Do I need to include these buildings? A. Contact DOE to discuss the situation and learn more about the Better Buildings Energy Data Accelerator which is working to help multitenant building owners secure access to aggregated whole-building energy consumption data so they can benchmark their buildings. 32
Green Lease Leaders Coverage and Support 33