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Chicago Proposes Energy Benchmarking Law for Buildings

Posted by David Segan on Tue, Jul 02, 2013

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Tags: Energy Benchmark, Energy Star Portfolio Manager, Energy efficiency, Energy Disclosure, Energy Star Web Services

Energy Star Portfolio Manager Upgrade: What Is It?

Posted by David Segan on Fri, Jun 07, 2013

EPA Investing in New Energy Star Portfolio Manager Web Services   The EPA is closing in on the scheduled release of their newly upgraded Energy Star Portfolio Manager that will make benchmarking building energy efficiency more, for lack of a better word, efficient.   The upgrade will include changes to the database architecture, system processing, web services, and user interface.  All changes are being made with an overarching purpose of improving functionality and usability for all parties.  Most notable for the Portfolio Manager user, is that the web services, formally known as Automated Benchmarking Services (ABS), will have a new software design to simplify the process of exchanging data with Portfolio Manager.

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Tags: save energy, save money, Energy Benchmark, Energy Star Portfolio Manager, Energy Disclosure, Energy Star Web Services

Is Mandatory Energy Benchmarking a Good Thing?

Posted by Barun Singh on Thu, May 23, 2013

We provide tracking and benchmarking services to a lot of multifamily and commercial buildings throughout the US. As leaders in this space, we often get asked what we think of energy benchmarking and disclosure laws. Recently, this debate came to our backyard, with Boston's consideration of the Building Energy Reporting and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO). The ordinance passed a vote of the Boston City Council vote only two weeks ago.

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Tags: epa portfolio manager, BERDO, Energy Benchmark, Energy efficiency, energy star