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Progress Update
2013 Better Buildings Progress Report Progress Update
This report provides an overview of the Better Buildings Program's successes from 2012.
2014 Better Buildings Progress Report Progress Update
This report provides an overview of the Better Buildings Program's successes from 2013.
2015 Better Buildings Progress Report Progress Update
This report provides an overview of the Better Buildings Program's successes from 2014.
2016 Better Buildings Progress Report Progress Update
Through the Better Buildings Initiative, the Department of Energy (DOE) is working with leading organizations across the country to increase investment in energy efficiency and reduce energy bills, while avoiding carbon and other pollutants. Over five years, it has more than tripled in scope, influence, and impact. The Initiative is transforming the energy efficiency marketplace by targeting the barriers that prevent many organizations and consumers from capturing the benefits of energy efficiency.
FAQ
Sectors: Commercial, Education, Industrial, Multifamily, Residential, Local Government, State Government, Data Centers, Financial Services, Utility
Read how the Better Buildings Challenge a voluntary leadership initiative is bringing together leading CEOs and executives of U.S. companies, universities, school districts, multifamily residential organizations, and state and local government to make a public commitment to energy efficiency.
Sector: Data Centers
Read about the importance of accelerating energy efficiency in our nation's data centers, including frequently asked questions and an overview of the available partnership programs.
Fact Sheet
Sector: Education
For more information on opportunities for K-12 school districts to participate in the Better Buildings Challenge take a look at this Overview, featuring top resources, solutions, and information on joining the partnership.
Better Buildings Challenge Overview Fact Sheet
Sectors: Commercial, Education, Industrial, Multifamily, Residential, Local Government, State Government, Data Centers, Financial Services, Utility
Leading CEOs and executives of U.S. companies, universities, school districts, multifamily organizations, and state and local government are taking the Better Buildings Challenge to reduce energy use across their building portfolios by 20 percent in ten years.
Sector: Data Centers
This factsheet provides information on the program and how your organization can join and become a data center accelerator partner.
Better Buildings Initiative - Join Us Fact Sheet
Sectors: Commercial, Education, Industrial, Multifamily, Residential, Local Government, State Government, Data Centers, Financial Services, Utility
Through the Better Buildings Initiative, leaders representing the nation’s commercial building industry including building owners, operators, engineers, facility managers, and sustainability professionals work together to share and advance...
Energy Performance Contract Fact Sheet
Under an Energy Performance Contract (EPC), an energy service company (ESCO) coordinates installation and maintenance of efficiency equipment in a customer’s facilities and is paid from the associated energy savings.
Energy Service Agreements Fact Sheet
Sector: Financial Services
An Energy Services Agreement (ESA) is a pay-for-performance, off-balance sheet financing solution that allows customers to implement energy and water efficiency projects with no upfront capital expenditure.
Internal Funding Fact Sheet
Sector: Financial Services
Internal funding refers to the use of an organization’s existing financial resources to pay for energy efficiency projects, rather than seeking external financing.
Lease Financing Fact Sheet
Sector: Financial Services
A lease is a simple financing structure that allows a customer to use energy efficiency equipment without purchasing it outright.
Loan or Debt Financing Fact Sheet
Sector: Financial Services
Customers can borrow money directly from banks or other lenders to pay for energy efficiency projects.
On-Bill Financing Fact Sheet
Sector: Financial Services
On-bill financing (OBF) and repayment (OBR) are financing options in which a utility or private lender supplies capital to a customer to make energy efficiency improvements and is repaid through regular payments on an existing utility bill.
PACE Financing Fact Sheet
Sector: Financial Services
Commercial property-assessed clean energy (CPACE) is a financing structure in which building owners borrow money for energy efficiency or renewable energy projects and make repayments via an assessment on the their property tax bill.
General
Sector: Financial Services
There are many ways to finance energy efficiency projects in buildings you own or occupy. The Navigator helps you cut through this complexity to secure financing that works for you.
Case Study
Building the Case for Green Leases Case Study
Partners: Institute for Market Transformation; Jamestown, LP
Sector: Commercial
See the approach that Jamestown, L.P. has taken to increase the performance of its building portfolio.
Partner: The Tower Companies
Sector: Commercial
The Tower Companies is committed to being an environmental leader in the real estate industry and pursued its first solar photovoltaic (PV) installation on a large, class A office building in Washington, D.C.
Installing Carport Solar Array Case Study
Partner: Hilton Worldwide
Sector: Commercial
The Hampton Inn & Suites Bakersfield North-Airport, to mitigate electricity costs, installed a carport solar array that produced monthly savings of $8,800.
White Paper
Sector: Industrial
This paper summarizes insights from Better Plants partners with well-developed water management programs and serves as a resource to others developing new, or seeking to improve existing, water management programs.
Guidance
Sector: Data Centers
This guide intends to help data center owners and operators implement a metering system that allows their organizations to gather the necessary data for effective decision-making and energy-efficiency improvements.
External Financing Guide for Retail Guidance
Partner: Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)
Sector: Commercial
This guide is intended to help energy managers and finance professionals at retail companies understand how to use external financing for energy projects.
Internal Financing Guide for Retail Guidance
Partner: Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)
Sector: Commercial
This guide is intended to help energy managers and finance professionals at retail companies understand internal financing approaches that can be used for energy projects.
Mercy Housing Solar RFQ Webinar Guidance
Partner: Mercy Housing
Sector: Multifamily
An informational webinar for respondents to Mercy Housing's Solar RFQ.
Decision Guide
Financial Ally Offerings Decision Guide
Sectors: Commercial, Multifamily
Better Buildings Challenge Financial Allies provide funding for efficiency projects through various financing products and services. Download this spreadsheet to pinpoint the right Ally for your project.
Software Tool
Find Utilities That Provide Energy Data for Benchmarking Software Tool
This interactive map shows the service territories of the utilities providing customers with energy benchmarking data.
Memorandum of Understanding
Memorandum of Understanding between CoStar Group and DOE EERE Memorandum of Understanding
Sector: Commercial
This document is a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the CoStar Group inc. and the DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) for the intention of establishng and collaborating on a series of activities to advance...