Energy Benchmarking :: GBIG Insight

Benchmarking in Cities is Making a Difference – with Help from USGBC Local Communities

By Beth Murray on 04 Apr 2017 • 7 minute read

USGBC local communities around the country are helping cities jumpstart their building performance benchmarking efforts. And the results are pretty exciting. After four years of benchmarking in New York City, buildings there are using almost 15% less energy according to …

Featured Activity: Cambridge Energy Benchmarking

By Sun Joung on 29 Jun 2015 • 1 minute read

Last July, the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts enacted a building energy use disclosure ordinance (1360) joining the ranks of cities throughout the United States in benchmarking efforts to reduce energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Energy use in buildings ac …

Our Resolution: the St. Louis Region Pledges to Benchmark Building Energy Use

By Johanna Schweiss on 14 Jan 2015 • 2 minute read

Businesses, schools, municipalities, institutions, and houses of worship in the St. Louis region have stepped up to show their commitment to the environment and to their bottom line. How? By taking the 25x20 pledge to benchmark building energy use. The 25x20 Campaign …

View of the arch from Saint Louis University School of Law’s Scott Hall, a 25x20 Participant.

Chicago Releases Building Energy Benchmarking Results

By GBIG Staff on 19 Dec 2014 • 1 minute read

In September 2013 the City of Chicago adopted a building energy use benchmarking ordinance requiring commercial, and municipal buildings larger than 250,000 square feet to track and report energy performance data on a yearly basis (more buildings will be phased in over …

Greenbuild 2014: Strategic Leadership

By Dan Winters on 01 Nov 2014 • 6 minute read

When Greenbuild 2014 arrived in New Orleans, the city known as “The Big Easy” opened its arms to an estimated 20,000 industry leaders eager to showcase the latest in innovative building technologies, products and services. There’s never been a better time to be …

NAIOP DC: Marketing and Leasing Green Buildings

By Dan Winters on 26 Sep 2014 • 3 minute read

Leasing brokers crowded the room at the Marketing and Leasing Green Buildings event hosted by the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks chapter in Washington DC. This event, sponsored by MetLife at their soon-to-be-renovated 555 12th Street in the heart of …