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2015 Energy Benchmarking Report: San Francisco Municipal Buildings

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source San Francisco Water Power Sewer

Policy Areas Energy, Community Development, Public Spaces, Environment & Natural Resources

This fifth annual report details the energy performance of 468 San Francisco municipal facilities encompassing nearly 49 million square feet of building area during calendar year 2015. San Francisco began to benchmark its properties in 2011, when the San Francisco Existing Commercial...

2012 Seattle Ordinance 123993

Type Ordinance

Year 2012

Level City or Town

State(s) Washington

Source Seattle City Council

Policy Areas Energy

This ordinance adds amendments to the 2010 Seattle Ordinance 123226 which requires owners of non residential and multifamily buildings to measure, report, and disclose energy efficiency performance. ...

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances on Building Energy Benchmarking

Type Ordinance

Year 2012

Level City or Town

State(s) Minnesota

Source Minneapolis City Council

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Energy

This act establishes the Minneapolis building energy benchmarking program. In particular, each city-owned building and covered building shall be benchmarked for the previous calendar year. Such information shall be made available to the public, including summary statistics on the...

Food Incubator Energy Systems Innovation

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town, Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) All States, Illinois

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Energy, Food, Economic Justice

Potential energy savings practices in food facility services, restaurants, food manufacturing and incubation industries. Provides sustainable recommendations for building envelopes and metering, HVAC systems, appliances, cold storage, water, lighting, and other sustainability issues....

Regional Green Building Case Study Project: A post‐occupancy study of LEED projects in Illinois

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2009

Level State

State(s) Illinois

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Transportation & Mobility, Housing

The Regional Green Building Case Study Project analyzes the post‐occupancy performance and costs and benefits of 25 LEED projects in Illinois related to: measured energy and greenhouse gas emissions, water, commute transportation, construction and operating costs, green premium, health...

Retrofitting Institutions

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2012

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source COWS

Policy Areas Energy, Community Development, Public Spaces, Environment & Natural Resources, Economic Justice, Civil Rights

Governments everywhere are looking for ways to create new, quality jobs, despite restricted budgets. Although many have enacted programs that facilitate energy efficiency retrofits for the residential and commercial sectors, retrofit of public buildings has garnered little policy...

Liquid Assets: How Stormwater Infrastructure Builds Resilience, Health, Jobs, & Equity

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Environment & Natural Resources, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Energy, Finance & Procurement, Environment & Natural Resources

Southern California’s water supply is precarious, and our current practices are unsustainable. Of the roughly 500 billion gallons used annually in the L.A. Basin, only one-third comes from local groundwater; the majority of our water is transported from hundreds of miles away, at...

Chicago Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance

Type Ordinance

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) Illinois

Source Ordinance For The City Of Chicago

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Energy

This act establishes the Chicago building energy benchmarking program. Each building owner shall report benchmarking information including building identification number, address, square footage, energy performance score, energy use intensity, and annual greenhouse gas emissions....

2013 Boston Building Energy Reporting and Disclosure Ordinance

Type Ordinance

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) Massachusetts

Source City of Boston

Policy Areas Energy, Environment & Natural Resources

This ordinance amends the Air Pollution Control Commission Ordinance in relation to reporting and disclosing the energy and water efficiency of buildings. ...

Investigating City Commitments to 100% Renewable Energy: Local Transitions and Energy Democracy

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Institute for Local Self-Reliance

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources

Renewable energy serves as a viable solution to replace fossil fuel generation to create a healthier environment. A number of cities across the United States are pledging to reach community-wide goals of 100 percent renewable energy, in order to combat the social, environmental, and...

The Benefits of Benchmarking Building Performance

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Institute For Market Transformation

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Energy

It is relatively easy to make the connection that tracking and disclosing a building's energy usage will promote energy savings, but in fact, there are many other benefits that go far beyond simply kilowatt hours. While benchmarking brings building owners' attention to energy efficiency,...

Energy-Efficiency Benchmarking and Disclosure

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) Illinois

Source National Resources Defense Council

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Energy, Environment & Natural Resources, Democracy & Governance

Fact sheet supporting Chicago's energy benchmarking program....

The Energy Conservation Audit and Disclosure Ordinance

Type Ordinance

Year 2008

Level City or Town

State(s) Texas

Source City Of Austin

Policy Areas Energy, Community Development, Public Spaces, Environment & Natural Resources

The Energy Conservation Audit and Disclosure (ECAD) ordinance requires commercial building owners to benchmark and report their energy use rating by June 1st each year. The ordinance applies to commercial buildings 10,000 sf or larger that are located within the Austin city limits...

Lean, Energy-Efficient Buildings: Seven Principles

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source The Project For Lean Urbanism

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Energy, Community Development, Housing

The built environment accounts for approximately half the energy use and carbon footprint of the United States. Lean Buildings reduce energy flows by tapping basic natural heating and cooling techniques and renewable energy sources in ways that are region-specific and climate-sensitive....

People, Water, and the Great Lakes: Ready for Change?

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2012

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources

The Smart Water for Smart Regions initiative offers a blueprint for the responsible and sustainable utilization of water in the Great Lakes states, working with communities to minimize leaks and reduce flooding through cost-effective, coordinated solutions including....

State Public Utility Commissions' Powers to Advance Energy Efficiency

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2012

Level State

State(s) All States

Source New York Law Journal

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Energy

Improving energy efficiency is widely acknowledged as the most economical way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the other adverse environmental impacts of fossil use. The United States lacks a comprehensive regulatory program for energy efficiency, although often overlooked are...

The Problems with LEED

Type -

Year 2014

Level -

State(s) All States

Source The Project For Lean Urbanism

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Energy, Housing

Analysis suggests LEED buildings perform no better, and in fact perform worse, than non-LEED buildings. Many recommended actions, especially those selected by users, have little to no effect. Too few of its standards are results-driven, with high pay-back in areas other than environmental...

Boston Benchmarking Law

Type Ordinance

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) Massachusetts

Source Boston City Council

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Energy

In order to reduce the emissions of air pollutants from energy production, encourage efficient use of energy and water, and develop further investment in building a green economy, this ordinance requires that the City and building owners disclose the previous year's energy and water...

Community Workforce Agreement on Standards and Community Benefits in the Clean Energy Works Portland Pilot Project

Type Ordinance

Year 2009

Level City or Town

State(s) Oregon

Source City Of Portland

Policy Areas Energy, Community Development, Public Spaces, Environment & Natural Resources, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Public Safety

Clean Energy Works Portland (CEWP) is an innovative effort to deliver affordable home energy upgrades by testing new ways of delivering energy efficiency to homeowners in Portland. The project is intended to save energy, reduce carbon emissions, improve home comfort and home values,...

Building a Greener KC: Transforming an Industry

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2009

Level City or Town, County

State(s) Kansas

Source Corporation for a Skilled Workforce

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Energy, Education

This report focuses on an association of city and county governments and metropolitan planning organizations which collaborate to identify new training needs of Kansas City area businesses attempting to adapt to sustainable energy and energy efficiency opportunities. Key findings...

RECONNECTING FORT WAYNE: Infrastructure Energy Efficiency

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2008

Level City or Town, County

State(s) Indiana

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Energy

Facilitating access to available energy efficiency technology as a strategy for reducing energy costs....

Water Main Geothermal: Could Existing Water Pipes Replace Dirty Energy Utilities?

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Institute for Local Self-Reliance

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Housing

Water main geothermal combines the efficiency and technical capability of ground-source geothermal in cold climates with costs competitive to fossil gas furnaces. This report shows that water main geothermal could provide a viable, cost-effective alternative to traditional home heating...

Creating a Chicago Regional Building Energy Efficiency System

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2009

Level City or Town, County

State(s) Illinois

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Energy, Community Development

Outlines a two‐track process for creating a Chicago Area Building Energy Efficiency System. The first track would identifies funding, including ARRA funds to quickly ramp up existing programs to launch significant weatherization initiatives in appropriate locations around the seven‐county...

Exploring Energy Efficiency: A Multi-Sector Survey on Energy Efficiency Tracking Platforms

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Sustainable Endowments Institute

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Energy

Numerous platforms and tools exist to help organizations across all sectors track, manage, and share the results of their sustainability practices and operational policies to reduce energy use. However, there is little information examining what users prioritize and what platforms...

Energy Disclosure & The New Frontier for American Jobs

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2012

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Institute For Market Transformation

Policy Areas Energy, Community Development, Public Spaces, Environment & Natural Resources

We have entered a new era of constrained spending, high unemployment and complex political turmoil, yet the question on everyone's mind is simple: How do we create jobs? Surprisingly, the answer is right in front of us. New laws in New York City, San Francisco and other large cities...

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