Why should companies put their staff effort and limited financial resources into documenting, analyzing, and reducing their energy use? The City Energy Project compiled data and conducted interviews with three leading real estate companies to illuminate the business case for efficiency in all of its dimensions – financial arithmetic, market positioning, policy compliance, and technical implementation. This document summarizes the key findings. For the complete findings, including extensive interview excerpts, see the full report.
Property owners and the city governments that work with them need to understand four main pillars of the business case to ensure energy efficiency remains a strategy for equitably reducing carbon emissions from buildings.
