ENERGY STAR

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Green Buildings-Regulatory and Legislative
Initiatives

• Jean Lupinacci
• EPAs ENERGY STAR Commercial and Industrial
• US Chamber of Commerce
• March 20, 2008

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ENERGY STAR
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Also ENERGY STAR
The Atrium Irvine, Irvine, CA
Shriners Hospital for Children Houston, TX
Westin San Francisco Airport Millbrae, CA
Twin Peaks Charter Academy Longmont, CO
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The ENERGY STAR for Buildings

• Over 4,000 buildings have earned the ENERGY STAR
  label for energy efficiency.
• ENERGY STAR labeled buildings use 40 percent less
  energy than average buildings.

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Is Your Building Performing Well?
Is 80 kBtu/SF/YR high or low for a building?
Energy Performance EPA Benchmarking
Fuel Efficiency MPG
Is 18 MPG high or low for an automobile?
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New Doesnt Always Equal Efficient

• Based on survey of 4,000 office buildings.
• Top performing buildings use 3 to 4 times less
  energy per ft2 than the worst performers.
• Newer buildings are equally represented in top
  and bottom quartiles.

39 of buildings in top quartile are less than 25
years old
35 of buildings in bottom quartile are less than
25 years old
Number of Buildings
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ENERGY STAR Rating for LEED Certified Buildings
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Washington, D.C. Green Building Act of 2006

• Sec. 3 (b)(1) A nonresidential project shall
• (A)(i) Be designed to achieve 75 points on the
  EPA national energy performance rating system . .
  . and be benchmarked annually using the ENERGY
  STAR Portfolio Manager benchmarking tool . . .
• (ii) . . . Benchmark and Target Finder
  scores and ENERGY STAR statements of energy
  performance for each building shall be made
  available to the general public within 60 days
  after they are generated . . .
• (C)(ii) Nonresidential projects . . . shall be
  verified as having fulfilled or exceeded the
  LEED-NC 2.2 or the LEED-CS 2.0 standard at the
  silver level.

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Example Local Regulation

• Denver Executive Order- October 2007
• "All applicable new City building construction
  and major renovations will be built and certified
  to at least the LEED-NC (New Construction) Silver
  standard, and achieve Energy Star status.
• Borough of West Chester, PA- December 2007
• "new commercial construction defined by the
  ENERGY STAR program shall earn the "Designed to
  Earn the ENERGY STAR" label as specified by EPA
  and be benchmarked annually to achieve the ENERGY
  STAR Label

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ENERGY STAR Moves You to the Top of the CoStar
Listings Database
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Value of Energy Efficiency in Commercial Real
Estate
Source CoStar
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Value of Energy Efficiencyin Commercial Real
Estate
Source CoStar
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BOMA 7 Point Challenge

• Decrease energy consumption by 30 percent across
  portfolios by 2012
• Benchmark energy performance and water usage
  through EPAs ENERGY STAR benchmarking tool
• Provide education to ensure that equipment is
  properly maintained and utilized
• Perform an energy audit and implement low-risk,
  low-cost strategies
• Improve operations and maintenance and ensure
  equipment operates as designed
• Impact community and planet by reduce industrys
  role in global warming and
• Position yourself and the industry as leaders and
  solution providers

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California Breaking New Ground with ENERGY STAR

• All state buildings to be benchmarked using EPA
  energy performance rating and Portfolio Manager
  by end of 2007.
• California AB 1103 became law in 2007.
• By January 1, 2009, upon the request of any
  commercial building owner, requires all utilities
  to make available data for uploading into
  Portfolio Manager.
• By January 1, 2010, requires the disclosure of an
  ENERGY STAR rating and energy use data as part of
  commercial real estate transactions involving the
  sale, lease, or financing of a whole building.

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DC Energy Bill of 2007

• Pending legislation
• Introduced by a majority of the City Council
• 20 million annually in new funding for energy
  efficiency
• All existing government buildings must
• Be ENERGY STAR benchmarked annually
• Private buildings
• Commercial buildings over 50,000 sf must be
  ENERGY STAR benchmarked annually
• All public and private benchmark scores must be
  publicly disclosed (similar to EU directive on
  building performance)

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• Partnership of businesses, agencies, non-profit
  organizations, congregations and individuals
  dedicated to take action now against climate
  change.
• Goal reduce CO2 emissions in the Washington D.C.
  metro area by one billion pounds the equivalent
  of taking 80,000 cars off the road!
• Collectively, the people and businesses of
  Washington D.C. CAN make a difference.
• Leverage ENERGY STAR to help

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