New Laws Require Energy-Efficiency Scores and Disclosures for Buildings
Series: Building Priorities Briefing
From: Denis Du Bois
Length: 00:30:01
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Related Pieces
Piece Description
Topics discussed:
- New laws require building owners to benchmark (score) their buildings on their energy performance -- and to publicly disclose those scores to potential tenants or buyers.
- What's driving these mandates, and how they affect building owners and tenants.
- Some building owners are making improvements now, to raise their energy scores before they're made public. An owner describes the business case.
- The best places to look for low-cost and no-cost ways to boost a building's efficiency score. 5 levels of efficiency measures and retrofits.
Transcript
Interviews:
- Cliff Majersik, Executive Director of the Institute for Market Transformation;
- Jack Beuttell, Global Sustainability Manager for Hines;
- Ash Awad, Vice President of Energy for McKinstry
There is not an "Energy Minute" in this month's piece.
Read the full transcript
Timing and Cues
00:00 (BB) IC: (Anncr) "This is the Building Priorities Briefing"
00:55 B seg, IC: "From Washington DC..."
12:30 Break, OC: "You're listening to the Building Priorities Briefing."
(out on music,
13:00 fade to silence
at transition from B to C segments)
13:00 C seg, music for :30.
13:30 IC: "Hello again..."
29:15 Host SOC: "For the Building Priorities Briefing, I'm Denis Du Bois."
30:00 Music out.
Intro and Outro
INTRO:What do Seattle, Austin and New York have in common? They've all enacted regulations to expose energy-wasting buildings. Owners of large buildings will have to disclose their energy use to prospective buyers, tenants and lenders. Similar laws have been passed in three states -- and more are on the way. Denis Du Bois explores how energy benchmarking laws could have landlords looking for ways to reduce your energy bill -- on the Building Priorities Briefing...
OUTRO:The benchmarking tool Denis Du Bois mentioned is free. To start using it, go to EnergyStar.gov and click on "Buildings and Plants." It's called the Environmental Protection Agency "Portfolio Manager."
