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Creating and Implementing Action Plans

Change a Light, Change the World — Informational Session

The ENERGY STAR Change a Light, Change the World Campaign is a national call-to-action from the US EPA and US DOE to encourage individuals to help change the world, one light — one energy-saving step — at a time. Hundreds of organizations across the nation are taking part in this year's campaign with a variety of activities and events designed to raise awareness on the importance of energy efficiency. This session will discuss how you can use the Change a Light campaign to engage your community in the campaign; educate students and employees; energize your organization during Energy Awareness Month in October; and promote what your organization is doing to preserve energy resources and reduce the risks of global warming.

Who should participate? Commercial real estate owners, property managers, and building engineers.

Pre-recorded training (Duration: 60 minutes)

Commercial Real Estate: Best Practices to Improve Energy Performance

This training covers strategies for improving the Energy Performance Ratings of office buildings. You will learn how to identify and quantify low-cost opportunities to improve building and portfolio-wide energy performance in operations and maintenance, occupants' behaviors, lighting, controls, and equipment. Estimated energy and financial savings are discussed throughout the training. An understanding of U.S. EPA's energy performance rating system is strongly recommended, however all participants are welcome.

Who should participate? Commercial real estate owners, property managers, and building engineers.

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Designing Top Energy Performing Buildings for Your Clients

This presentation illustrates the EPA tools and resources that can provide a competitive edge for your commercial new construction projects. The session demonstrates how to establish an estimated annual energy use target, and rank your design's energy performance against that of similar buildings. The session also shows you how to incorporate strategies that enhance energy performance through a series of management guidelines. Learn how to design top energy performing, cost-effective, sustainable buildings for your clients.

Who should participate? Architects, engineers, building owners, and energy consultants. AIA members can earn 1.0 AIA CES Learning Unit/Health, Safety, and Welfare. (Non-AIA members earn 0.1 CES Units.)

Improving Your Energy Performance Rating

This training identifies the major steps for improving energy performance across a portfolio of buildings. Topics include: using the ratings and other factors to identify facilities for investment; planning upgrades strategically; common issues that lead to poor performance; getting staff and tenants involved; and adopting an integrated approach to upgrades which addresses lighting, building tune-ups, load reductions, distribution systems, and heating and cooling systems.

Who should participate? Facility owners, managers and other staff interested in taking a strategic approach to improving portfolio-wide energy performance. This training assumes some familiarity with Portfolio Manager and is geared toward those seeking to improve a portfolio of buildings.

Pre-recorded training (Duration: 45 minutes)

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PC Power Management

This presentation describes an ENERGY STAR offering that is helping organizations realize substantial energy and financial savings available from computer and monitor power management. This training introduces an innovative software tool that enables monitor power management from a central location, as well as educational outreach material. Organizations utilizing this free software (which may be downloaded from the Web) can save $10 to $50 per computer.

Who should participate? IT staff, energy managers, building managers, and upper management.

Purchasing and Procuring Efficient Equipment

Purchasing products with the ENERGY STAR label can substantially reduce your organization's energy use and costs. This training includes information about EPA support to help your organization purchase products with superior energy performance; guidelines that define energy performance for numerous products; sample procurement language for stipulating energy performance attributes to vendors; lists of ENERGY STAR labeled products; and energy savings software that calculates the life cycle costs of ENERGY STAR products and their less efficient counterparts.

Certificates of Participation are available upon request for individuals wishing to pursue continuing education credits (CEUs). EPA and DOE make no guarantee that this course is eligible for CEUs. Please contact your accrediting organization to determine eligibility.

Who should participate? Purchasing officials, energy and sustainability officers, and budget/financial officials.

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