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ENERGY STAR’s free online workshop series enables commercial real estate professionals to expand their skill sets and learn best practices. Select from the titles below to view a session description and register.
This 90-minute training teaches you how to use US EPA’s energy performance rating system within Portfolio Manager to benchmark the energy performance of your office space. Use this Web-based analytical tool to track the energy consumption of your commercial real estate portfolio. You will learn how to collect and input relevant energy consumption data and how to interpret the Energy Performance Rating, used to compare energy performance against a national building stock and within your own portfolio. You will also learn how top performers can apply for the prestigious ENERGY STAR label. (Private Portfolio Manger trainings can also be provided to partner organizations.)
Register — Select "Commercial Real Estate Benchmark Training"
This training has been requested by leading partners who want to learn how to improve the energy performance ratings of their office buildings. You will learn how to identify and quantify low-cost opportunities to improve building and portfolio-wide energy performance in operations and maintenance, occupants’ behaviors, lighting, controls, and equipment. Estimated energy and financial savings are discussed throughout the training. This in-depth training is designed for commercial real estate owners, property managers, and building engineers. An understanding of the U.S. EPA’s Portfolio Manager — sometimes referred to as the Benchmarking tool — is strongly recommended, however all participants are welcome.
Register — Select "Commercial Real Estate Best Practices to Improve Energy Performance"
Is energy waste cutting into your profits? Energy is the largest operating expense (about 30 percent) for medical office buildings and represents a significant opportunity for cost savings. EPA has expanded its national energy performance rating system, which is now available for acute care, children’s hospitals, and medical office buildings.
EPA’s rating tool enables organizations to:
Property managers, energy managers, and organizational leaders will learn how to:
Register — Select "Medical Office Building Benchmarking"
The Monthly Web Conferences explore a different energy management topic each month and feature presentations by ENERGY STAR Partners. Hearing real case studies from your peers is the best way to find out what is working and what is not working in facility best practices. Also, the open format of these conferences allows participants to interact with peers they would never otherwise have the opportunity to meet. The Web conferences are an excellent way to learn what leading energy management programs are doing without having to leave your office! Sessions are typically offered on the third Wednesday of each month at 1:00 p.m. EST. Some past topics have included:
If you have an idea for a web networking conference, let us know! We would love to have you join us as a speaker on our next call!
Register — Select “ENERGY STAR Monthly Web Conference”
Purchasing products with the ENERGY STAR label can substantially reduce your organization’s energy use and costs. This 60-minute training session covers (1) EPA support to help your organization purchase products with superior energy performance; (2) guidelines that define energy performance for numerous products; (3) sample procurement language for stipulating energy performance attributes to vendors; (4) lists of ENERGY STAR labeled products; and (5) energy savings software that calculates the life cycle costs of ENERGY STAR products and their less efficient counterparts.
Register — Select “Purchasing and Procurement”
This 60-minute presentation describes an ENERGY STAR offering that is helping organizations realize the substantial energy and financial savings available from computer and monitor power management. This training introduces an innovative software tool that enables monitor power management from a central location, as well as education outreach material. Organizations utilizing this free software (which may be downloaded from the Web) can save $10 to $50 per computer.