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The Power of Information to Motivate Change: Communicating the Energy Efficiency of Today's Commercial Buildings

November 9, 2010
American Institute of Architects
Washington, DC

EPA convened the second Power of Information workshop to discuss how to best support the growth in local and state government energy benchmarking and disclosure policies. During the full day workshop, participants heard from a range of speakers from across the energy efficiency spectrum, including industry, state and local government, federal agencies, utilities, and others. Speakers discussed the importance of having easy access to verifiable energy use information and the role of ENERGY STAR tools and resources in providing it.

Final Report (1.38MB)

Agenda (175KB)

Participants (233KB)

State and Local Governments Leveraging ENERGY STAR (114KB)

ENERGY STAR Snapshot Fall 2010 (715KB)

Presentations

Evidence for the Power of Information

• Translating Energy Performance Benchmarking into Organization-Wide Savings (785KB)
  Christian Magliano, Citi Realty Services
• Evidence from the Residential Sector (686KB)
  Jeremy Kirsch, OPOWER

Status of Activity across the Country

• Benchmarking Mandates (5.1MB)
  Jayson Antonoff, City of Seattle, Washington
• Local Government Competitions (106KB)
  Christina Webb, Orange County, Florida
• Federally-Funded Activities (172KB)
  Keith Dennis, U.S. Department of Energy

Portfolio Manager Update

• Portfolio Manager Update (584KB)
  Leslie Cook, EPA

Panel Discussion: The Role of Utilities

• Opportunities and Challenges (74KB)
  David Pickles, ICF (Moderator)
• Providing Data and Maintaining Privacy (284KB)
  Kevin Bricknell, ComEd
• Experience in California (63KB)
  Doug Mahone, Heschong Mahone Group

Moderated Discussion

• Verifying the Information (212KB)
  Moderated by EPA
• Implementers’ Exchange (742KB)
  Moderated by Institute for Market Transformation

December 9 and 10, 2008
National Press Club
Washington, DC

The first Power of Information workshop was designed to help policy-makers understand the power of energy efficiency information to motivate change and to discuss how to meet the increasing demand for public disclosure of this information. On the first day, participants learned about the many voluntary and legislative initiatives across the country to give the public better information about the energy efficiency of commercial buildings. On the second day, participants discussed priorities for EPA to prepare for the challenges — and tremendous opportunity — that these initiatives present.

Final Report (1.7MB)

Agenda (560KB)

Participants (571KB)

Example Energy Statement (JPG - 503KB)

Presentations

• Benchmarking Toward Energy Efficiency (2.15MB)
  Council Rock School District
• Campaigns to Improve Energy Efficiency (195KB)
  BOMA International
• ENERGY STAR: Changing Our World at JCPenney (599KB)
  JCPenney
• EPA ENERGY STAR and Portfolio Manager (3.4MB)
  U.S. EPA
• The Economics of Green (14.1MB)
  CoStar Group
• DC Energy Act and ENERGY STAR (108KB)
  Institute for Market Transformation
• Benchmarking CA State Buildings (40KB)
  Heschong Mahone Group
• Benchmarking New York City's Buildings (811KB)
  City of New York
• FTC's Appliance Labeling Rule (1.0MB)
  Federal Trade Commission
• Revising the MPG Window Sticker (187KB)
  U.S. EPA
• Energy Rating and Labeling Systems in Canada (430KB)
  Natural Resources Canada
• Deciding on the Information (280KB)
  U.S. EPA
• Data Verification Needs for Disclosure (65KB)
  U.S. EPA
• Making Information Accessible (588KB)
  U.S. EPA