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Douglas County and Lawrence Case Study

Case Study: Creating a Cost-Effective and Energy-Efficient Douglas County and Lawrence, Kansas, with ENERGY STAR

Last Updated: 
12-7-2016

Use this four-page case study to learn about the work Douglas County and Lawrence, Kansas, have done in partnership with ENERGY STAR over the last several years to improve the energy efficiency of their municipal buildings. Local governments can use these approaches and best practices to drive savings in their buildings and enhance their ability to invest in services for their communities.

Topic: 
Energy management guidance
Resource type: 
Success stories
Market sector: 
State & local government
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Case study: Creating a cost-effective and energy-efficient Kansas City with ENERGY STAR

Last Updated: 
9-9-2016

Use this case study to learn about the work Kansas City has done in partnership with ENERGY STAR over the last several years to improve the energy efficiency of its municipal buildings. Local governments can use these approaches and best practices to drive savings in their buildings and enhance their ability to invest in services for their communities.

Topic: 
Energy management guidance
Resource type: 
Success stories
Market sector: 
State & local government
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pro bono municipal building

Cost free ENERGY STAR verification for your state or municipal building

Last Updated: 
9-9-2016

Find a licensed professional providing cost-free ENERGY STAR verification for your municipal building.

Market sector: 
State & local government
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DataTrends: Energy Use in Courthouses

DataTrends: Energy Use in Courthouses

Last Updated: 
11-18-2016

This 2-page factsheet summarizes the energy, operational, and property characteristics of courthouses benchmarking in Portfolio Manager. Other statistics are also presented in an easy-to-read format.

The factsheet is part of the Portfolio Manager DataTrends series, which uses the data available in Portfolio Manager to examine benchmarking and trends in energy and water consumption in hundreds of thousands of U.S. commercial buildings.

Topic: 
Portfolio Manager
Resource type: 
Research and reports,
DataTrends
Market sector: 
State & local government
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DataTrends: Energy Use in Wastewater Treatment Plants

DataTrends: Energy Use in Wastewater Treatment Plants

Last Updated: 
11-18-2016

This 2-page factsheet summarizes the energy, operational, and property characteristics of wastewater treatment plants benchmarking in Portfolio Manager. Other statistics are also presented in an easy-to-read format.

The factsheet is part of the Portfolio Manager DataTrends series, which uses the data available in Portfolio Manager to examine benchmarking and trends in energy and water consumption in hundreds of thousands of U.S. commercial buildings.

Topic: 
Portfolio Manager
Resource type: 
Research and reports,
DataTrends
Market sector: 
State & local government,
Utilities/ Energy efficiency program administrators
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DMPS Financing Case Study

Des Moines Public Schools Financing Case Study

Last Updated: 
9-9-2016

Learn how Des Moines Public Schools, a school district with more than 32,000 students and 70 facilities encompassing almost six million square feet of space, was able to improve its facilities and maximize energy savings by financing energy efficiency improvements through revenue bonds.

Topic: 
Financial
Resource type: 
Success stories
Market sector: 
Higher education,
K-12 schools,
State & local government
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Easy Access to Energy Improvement Funds in the Public Sector

Easy Access to Energy Improvement Funds in the Public Sector

Last Updated: 
5-22-2017

This two-page primer provides an overview of two of the most popular mechanisms for financing energy efficiency projects in the public sector: performance contracts and tax-exempt lease-purchase agreements. Both mechanisms provide effective alternatives to traditional debt financing, and both may allow you to pay for energy efficiency upgrades by using money that is already set aside in your utility operating budget – allowing you to draw on dollars saved from future energy bills to pay for new, energy-efficient equipment and projects today.

Topic: 
Financial
Market sector: 
State & local government
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ENERGY STAR® Performance Contracting Best Practices

Last Updated: 
9-9-2016

This 19-page primer is designed to establish best practices for energy service companies (ESCOs) that are implementing energy performance contract (EPC) projects by integrating several publicly available Web-based ENERGY STAR tools that the U.S. EPA has designed and provides free-of-charge through ENERGY STAR. EPA believes that the use of these tools will help make the results of EPC projects more actionable and understandable to building owners, tenants, policy makers, and the general public.

Topic: 
Financial
Market sector: 
Higher education,
K-12 schools,
State & local government
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Energy-Efficient County Buildings

Last Updated: 
9-9-2016

In May of 2012, the National Association of Counties and the Institute for Building Technology and Safety (IBTS) launched a study to learn more about how counties use energy in their buildings. Their goal is to help counties identify strategies to increase their energy efficiency by tracking energy use in their facilities and creating a plan for energy-saving improvements. Read this 15-page report for a summary of findings about county buildings and their energy use based on an analysis of data in ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager.

Resource type: 
Research and reports,
Third-party resources
Market sector: 
State & local government
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Financing Energy Efficiency Projects

Last Updated: 
9-9-2016

This five-page article introduces energy performance contracts and the corresponding benefits of using tax-exempt lease-purchase agreements as the underlying financing vehicle. It explains how to use the energy inefficiencies buried in your current operating budget to pay for energy-saving equipment.

Topic: 
Financial
Market sector: 
K-12 schools,
State & local government
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