Commercial Building Energy Asset Score
The free online energy asset score tool will generate a score based on building envelope, mechanical, electrical, and service hot water system inputs.
The Building Technologies Program (BTP) is developing a commercial building energy asset score program to allow building owners and managers to more accurately assess building energy performance. The Energy Asset Score will provide a standard tool to evaluate the physical characteristics and as-built energy efficiency of buildings. The tool will identify cost-effective energy efficient improvements that, if implemented, can reduce energy bills and potentially improve building asset value. View the Energy Asset Score fact sheet for a brief overview of the program.
Gain Insight Into Your Building Energy Assets
BTP's commercial energy asset score program will allow for a comparison of as-built energy efficiency between buildings while controlling for differences in building operational choices. It will help commercial building owners and operators gain insight into the efficiency of their building systems and identify potential upgrade areas.
Web-Based Modeling Application
The free energy asset score tool combines a simplified data input application with the powerful EnergyPlus building modeling engine. It helps building owners to disaggregate building energy information and includes a mechanism for identifying energy improvement opportunities. The tool is simple to use and a preliminary report documenting your energy asset score can be obtained quickly with limited knowledge of a building.
Join the Energy Asset Score Pilot
BTP is looking for commercial building owners, managers, or operators to provide feedback on the development of the energy asset score program. See the Pilot Program page for details.
Goals and Objectives
The U.S. Department of Energy's goal in undertaking a national building energy asset score program is to facilitate cost-effective investment and energy efficiency in commercial buildings. Building owners can use this tool to benchmark their buildings against peers and other market players, allowing them to understand the relative efficiency of different buildings. The energy asset score system will provide a centralized modeling tool that reduces the implementation cost and increases the standardization compared with an approach that requires users to build their own energy models. In other words, building owners do not need to hire an expert energy modeler to perform a preliminary energy analysis and obtain an asset score. The energy asset score tool provides value in the first step of assessing a building by identifying some possible upgrade opportunities.
Support the Energy Asset Score
For general information, comments, and questions, please contact asset.score@ee.doe.gov.
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