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Buildings currently account for approximately 40 percent of the world’s energy use. Roughly half of the buildings standing today will still be in use in 2050 — and those buildings could generally improve energy efficiency by at least 20 percent through simple fixes like better insulation. “The effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change will be won or lost in cities,” New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Retrofits include everything from the prosaic — better windows and more insulation — to the advanced, such as systems that make ice at night when electricity is cheap and use it to cool a large building by day. Companies such as IBM offer software and sensor packages that help manage and improve a given building’s energy performance. For example, new, inexpensive sensors are placed on air ducts, boilers, chillers, computer rooms, lights, thermostats, water pipes, and other critical infrastructure. They then provide real-time data to building managers that alerts them to anomalies, such as defective equipment.
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Read MoreCity of Seattle Joins Commercial Benchmarking Movement
(Pike Research) On May 11, the city of Seattle launched a commercial benchmarking program for commercial buildings, joining Washington, D.C., New York City, San Francisco, Austin, and the states of California and Washington in requiring building owners to track and disclose their energy bills to prospective buyers and renters. The program will go into effect [...]
Read MoreDenver GSA Building Save 70% on Energy with Hip Office Retrofits
Four of five GSA buildings in the Denver area will undergo retrofits to improve energy use to save taxpayers money over the long run and improve comfort and generally modernizing the workspaces.
The Rocky Mountain Institute’s goal to reduce the building’s energy use by 70% includes a chilled beam cooling system, occupancy sensors, and rooftop solar collectors.
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