In the Green Zone

Release Date: Tuesday, July 1st 2008

As part of the Downtown BID’s "Greening Downtown DC" initiative, property managers and building engineers recently heard industry experts and peers speak at two training workshops about making properties more energy efficient and sustainable.
 
At the Energy Star (1310 L Street) training workshop last month, “Benchmarking Your Property with the EPA Energy Star Portfolio Manager,” Leslie Cook, an Energy Star public sector manager, demonstrated the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) online energy management tool, Portfolio Manager. The benchmarking tool helps to evaluate a building’s energy performance by measuring and tracking energy use and carbon emissions. Attendees learned how to baseline energy use, prioritize investments, set goals and track energy use improvements over time. Cool Capital Challenge co-sponsored the workshop.
 
“Energy Efficiency Training for Property Managers and Building Engineers,” held in May, featured five separate panels comprised of experts, practitioners and service providers who shared “best practices” for improving energy efficiency. Akridge representatives showed how a one-year program of management and operations improvements allowed the company to cut energy consumption at the Homer Building (601 13 Street) by 34%. Akridge, Cassidy & Pinkard Colliers, Energy Star, Cool Capital Challenge and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (900 7th Street) co-sponsored the workshop.

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For more information, to download the training presentations or to register to receive “Greening Downtown Updates,” visit www.downtowndc.org/green.