OVERVIEW
Since 1992, the Energy Star program has certified energy-efficient products, homes, and commercial buildings. The program, administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has developed important benchmarks for everything from lighting to data centers, driving innovation and helping save energy and water.
In commercial real estate, owners and managers achieve Energy Star certification by tracking and reporting their actual energy and water use through the Energy Star Portfolio Manager tool. These steps have been shown to result in positive outcomes across large building portfolios.
IN-DEPTH
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Benchmarking Savings Add Up Quickly, Says EPA
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Portfolio Manager to Cross Canadian Border, Learn French
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Portfolio Manager to Add "As Built" Asset Rating
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DOE will pair Portfolio Manager with a new asset rating program for commercial buildings.
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DOE's Asset Rating Program to Complement Portfolio Manager
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DOE will pair Portfolio Manager with a new MPG-type rating program for commercial buildings.
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Key Energy Data Hit Hard by Federal Budget Cuts
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Followers of the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) have been rocked by two recent announcements about the state of the survey, a program of the Energy Information Administration (EIA) at the Department of Energy. The 2007 survey has been abandoned, and the 2011 survey is in question.
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Data Centers Now Eligible for Energy Star Rating
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EPA's Portfolio Manager Slated for Improvements
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EPA will update its Portfolio Manager tool for managing building energy performance, including new ratings for a variety of building types and new fields for renewable energy generation.
