Fall 2011 Lecture Series: Deep Savings in Existing Buildings (Part 2)
| Title: | Deep Savings in Existing Buildings: Using Case Studies in Our Search for Success |
| Speaker: | Mark Lyles, New Buildings Institute |
| Date: | Thursday, September 22, 2011 |
| Description: | Despite a growing awareness of the need to become radically more energy efficient, the small to mid-sized commercial real estate market has been slow to implement energy efficiency retrofits. This sector represents a majority of the existing commercial building stock and a huge potential for meeting climate and energy policy goals, utility efficiency targets and real estate objectives—especially in a competitive rental market. NBI, in partnership with NEEA’s BetterBricks’ initiative has investigated the retrofit market. Building on the measured performance associated with this work, including case studies and research, this presentation focuses on the characteristics and performance data of actual buildings needed to help owners and others understand the value of retrofits. This includes identifying what’s working and where a building falls short of expected or target performance. In addition, the case studies and research help identify barriers to, and ongoing needs for, implementing deep savings in existing buildings.
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