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Commercial Tenants and Building Energy Performance Standards
The District of Columbia’s new regulations for commercial office buildings affect tenants too. Learn what tenants should do next.
Understanding Energy Benchmarking in DC
Read this resource to learn how to check building ENERGY STAR scores for DC and what the key terms mean.
Understanding Building Emissions
This resource helps to better understand greenhouse gas emissions and how buildings and their operations contribute to those emissions.
Smarter, Healthier, and Future-Proofed Building Technology
Tower Companies is using building automation to make their DC office building healthier and more energy efficient.
Kickstarting Tenant Engagement in Low-Occupancy Buildings
This guide helps building owners and landlords engage tenants to optimize building energy usage while occupancy is low and or buildings are vacant.
Green Lease Language Examples
In traditional leases, neither the landlord nor the tenant are incentivized to invest in energy efficiency improvements that can lead to high-performance properties that benefit both entities. However, green leases, also known as energy-aligned leases, help to break down barriers. This document consolidates a variety of green lease language options for more efficiently designed and … Continued
Overcoming the Six Biggest Hurdles to Better Energy and Sustainability Performance in Leased Retail Spaces
The retail industry has endured years of bumps and bruises from store closures, shrinking capital, and operational budgets. Added pressures from investors, consumers, and watchdogs who call out bad actors on regulatory and environmental misdeeds are leading retail companies large and small to change the way they do business. Forward-thinking companies are navigating this turbulent … Continued
Putting Data to Work: Using Monthly Data From Benchmarking Programs
Insights for Better Buildings and More Effective City Programs This resource was developed as part of Putting Data to Work, a multi-year pilot project aimed at using building performance data and asset information to help efficiency program implementers better target their outreach to building owners and increase the number of projects executed within these programs. … Continued
City Energy Project: Assessment Methodology for Code Compliance in Medium and Large Cities (Data Collection Forms)
These data collection forms can be used in support of the Assessment Methodology for Code Compliance in Medium to Large Cities guide, and are intended for use by evaluators to gather the appropriate information on energy code compliance.