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Building energy disclosures

Mandate

Case Studies

Summary

Reporting on building energy performance allows governments to understand the current energy efficiency status of the existing building stock. This sets a baseline for measuring progress and reveals opportunities and priorities.

Implementation

Adopt an ordinance to require buildings, based on characteristics such as size and use, to report annual energy and water use. Governments can make this information publicly-available.

Considerations for Use

Building Management Systems (BMS) can automate collection of this data at the building scale and require minimal maintenance once installed.

Overview

  • Climate:

    Cold, Hot/Dry, Hot/Humid, Temperate

  • Policy Levers:

    MandateMandates are government regulations that require stakeholders to meet standards through building codes, ordinances, zoning policies, or other regulatory tools.

  • Trigger Points:

    No-regrets actions (low cost/low effort but substantial benefit)Interventions that are relatively low-cost and low effort (in terms of requisite dependencies) but have substantial environmental and/or social benefits.

  • Intervention Types:

    Buildings and Built Form

  • Sectors:

    Buildings, Public Works

Case Studies

Impact

  • Target Beneficiaries:

    Residents

  • Phase of Impact:

    Risk reduction and mitigation

  • Metrics:

    Energy use by area, building, and use

Implementation

  • Intervention Scale:

    City, State/Province

  • Authority and Governance:

    City government, State/provincial government

  • Implementation Timeline:

    Medium-term (3-9 Years)

  • Implementation Stakeholders:

    City government, Property owners and managers

  • Funding Sources:

    N/A

  • Capacity to Act:

    High

Benefits

  • Cost-Benefit:

    Low

  • Public Good:

    N/A

  • GHG Reduction:

    Medium

  • Co-benefits (Climate/Environmental):

    Reduce greenhouse gas emissions

  • Co-benefits (Social/Economic):

    N/A