Building Energy benchmarking is the first step to identifying opportunities to reduce energy use and save on utility bills. With over a decade of experience in building energy performance standards and helping building owners comply with the laws, The Cotocon Group ensures hassle free process from the start to the finish.
Real improvements for your building’s performance require a thorough measurement of your current and potential systems. The Cotocon Group ensures that the process and your building is carefully done and not only does your building meet the state and/or local laws, but the value of your assets also increase with time and your energy expenses go down while you generate lesser GHG.
Its renders a better understanding of how energy efficient your building is compared to others in the same occupancy group. It helps building owners in complying with various energy codes and laws. It usage also enables building owners in accounting energy usage for identifying opportunities in improvement and verify their savings. Lowering your Energy usage and increasing your ENERGY STAR score has been proven to increase your property value, improved occupancy rates and it certainly helps you in compliance with your benchmarking Laws.
Analyzing and interpreting results facilitates data-driven decision-making. The level of analysis will depend on the detail of the data collected. A few basic analysis techniques include:
Atlanta Commercial Energy Efficiency Ordinance
Berkeley’s Building Energy Saving Ordinance
Boulder’s Building Performance Ordinance
Chicago’s Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance (EUBO)
Energize Denver Ordinance
Honolulu Energy Benchmarking
Kansas City Energy Empowerment Ordinance
Minneapolis Commercial Building Rating and Disclosure Ordinance
New Jersey Clean Energy Program
Building Energy and Water Efficiency Strategy
Pittsburgh Building Benchmarking Ordinance
Seattle Building Energy Benchmarking and Reporting Program
Energy Conservation Audit And Disclosure Ordinance
Energy Conservation Audit And Disclosure Ordinance
California’s Building Energy Benchmarking Program
Colorado’s Building Performance Program
Detroit Energy Benchmarking
Los Angeles Existing Buildings Energy & Water Efficiency Program
Miami BE305: Miami Building Efficiency Program
Montgomery County’s Building Energy Benchmarking Law
NYC Local Law 84 and Local Law 133
Philadelphia Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance
San Francisco’s Energy Performance Ordinance
Washington DC’s Clean and Affordable Energy Act