Building performance ... with the ENERGY STAR{trademark} label
- Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States)
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
This article describes how US EPA and DOE team up to offer a profitable, voluntary approach toward greater commercial building performance. Each year in the United States, an average of 1.3 billion sq ft of new commercial building stock is constructed, adding to the 70 billion sq ft of existing stock. These commercial buildings consume 16% of the nation`s energy and 31% of the electricity. More importantly, they contribute nearly 150 million metric tons of carbon equivalent pollution to the atmosphere, further advancing the problems of global climate change and the depletion of natural resources. While these issues, which center around the interrelationships between energy and the environment, are well recognized and gaining wider recognition, there are a number of new practical approaches to address them. These new market approaches are designed to address barriers to implementing greater energy efficiency in both new and existing buildings. The largest of these barriers is the manner in which buildings are designed, built, and operated. Current practice does not always maximize energy savings, profits, and asset value.
- OSTI ID:
- 563905
- Journal Information:
- Heating, Piping and Air Conditioning, Journal Name: Heating, Piping and Air Conditioning Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 69; ISSN HPAOAM; ISSN 0017-940X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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