Six Strategies to Accelerate the Adoption of Strategic Energy Management

Strategic Energy Management (SEM) is a tool to engage businesses in energy management. It leverages data-driven learning and behavioral science to teach to create and perpetuate a workplace culture that supports energy reduction. This report presents six strategies states can use to accelerate adoption of SEM: incentivizing the adoption of energy management systems with tax incentives; mandating the adoption of SEM to participate in energy efficiency programs; making SEM a pathway for achieving building performance standards, and more.