Green Buildings- Regulatory and Legislative Initiatives

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1 Green Buildings- Regulatory and Legislative Initiatives Jean Lupinacci EPA s ENERGY STAR Commercial and Industrial US Chamber of Commerce March 20, 2008

2 ENERGY STAR

3 Also ENERGY STAR The Atrium Irvine, Irvine, CA Shriner s Hospital for Children Houston, TX 500 Boylston St. Boston, MA Westin San Francisco Airport Millbrae, CA Twin Peaks Charter Academy Longmont, CO Blue Earth County Courthouse Mankato, MN

4 The ENERGY STAR for Buildings Over 4,000 buildings have earned the ENERGY STAR label for energy efficiency. ENERGY STAR labeled buildings use 40 percent less energy than average buildings.

5 Is Your Building Performing Well? Is 80 kbtu/sf/yr high or low for a building? Energy Performance Fuel Efficiency MPG Is 18 MPG high or low for an automobile? EPA Benchmarking

6 New Doesn t Always Equal Efficient Number of Buildings Based on survey of 4,000 office buildings. 39% of buildings in top quartile are less than 25 years old 86.0 Best Performers 35% of buildings in bottom quartile are less than 25 years old Energy Use Intensity (kbtu/ft2/year) Top performing buildings use 3 to 4 times less energy per ft2 than the worst performers. Newer buildings are equally represented in top and bottom quartiles Worst Performers

7 ENERGY STAR Rating for LEED Certified Buildings

8 Washington, D.C. Green Building Act of 2006 Sec. 3 (b)(1) A nonresidential project shall: (A)(i) Be designed to achieve 75 points on the EPA national energy performance rating system... and be benchmarked annually using the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager benchmarking tool... (ii)... Benchmark and Target Finder scores and ENERGY STAR statements of energy performance for each building shall be made available to the general public within 60 days after they are generated;... (C)(ii) Nonresidential projects... shall be verified as having fulfilled or exceeded the LEED-NC 2.2 or the LEED-CS 2.0 standard at the silver level.

9 Example Local Regulation Denver Executive Order- October 2007: "All applicable new City building construction and major renovations will be built and certified to at least the LEEDNC (New Construction) Silver standard, and achieve Energy Star status. Borough of West Chester, PA- December 2007 "new commercial construction defined by the ENERGY STAR program shall earn the "Designed to Earn the ENERGY STAR" label as specified by EPA and be benchmarked annually to achieve the ENERGY STAR Label

10 ENERGY STAR Moves You to the Top of the CoStar Listings Database

11 Value of Energy Efficiency in Commercial Real Estate Source: CoStar

12 Value of Energy Efficiency in Commercial Real Estate Source: CoStar

13 BOMA 7 Point Challenge 1. Decrease energy consumption by 30 percent across portfolios by 2012; 2. Benchmark energy performance and water usage through EPA s ENERGY STAR benchmarking tool; 3. Provide education to ensure that equipment is properly maintained and utilized; 4. Perform an energy audit and implement low-risk, low-cost strategies 5. Improve operations and maintenance and ensure equipment operates as designed; 6. Impact community and planet by reduce industry s role in global warming; and 7. Position yourself and the industry as leaders and solution providers

14 California Breaking New Ground with ENERGY STAR All state buildings to be benchmarked using EPA energy performance rating and Portfolio Manager by end of California AB 1103 became law in By January 1, 2009, upon the request of any commercial building owner, requires all utilities to make available data for uploading into Portfolio Manager. By January 1, 2010, requires the disclosure of an ENERGY STAR rating and energy use data as part of commercial real estate transactions involving the sale, lease, or financing of a whole building.

15 DC Energy Bill of 2007 Pending legislation Introduced by a majority of the City Council $20 million annually in new funding for energy efficiency All existing government buildings must Be ENERGY STAR benchmarked annually Private buildings Commercial buildings over 50,000 sf must be ENERGY STAR benchmarked annually All public and private benchmark scores must be publicly disclosed (similar to EU directive on building performance)

16 Partnership of businesses, agencies, non-profit organizations, congregations and individuals dedicated to take action now against climate change. Goal: reduce CO2 emissions in the Washington D.C. metro area by one billion pounds the equivalent of taking 80,000 cars off the road! Collectively, the people and businesses of Washington D.C. CAN make a difference. Leverage ENERGY STAR to help

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