ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager January 20 2016 Local

ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager January 20, 2016 Local Energy Solutions Webinar Linda Darveau, USEPA Darveau. linda@epa. gov Charlie Forcey, Durham Energy Committee Cforcey@me. com

Portfolio Manager Why is Energy Efficiency Important? COP 21 – 190 Countries signed Paris treaty to keep global warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius Clean Power Plan- EPA requires states to submit a plan to reduce their CO 2 Emissions to less than 30 % of 2005 levels Energy efficiency is more important than ever to help us reach these goals. The cheapest cleanest energy is the energy you don’t use!

Portfolio Manager How can ENERGY STAR’s Portfolio Manager software help? ENERGY STAR Free Software Supported by EPA and DOE Lots of free training and technical assistance at ENERGY STAR. gov Normalizes for weather Includes building attributes so you can compare to similar buildings Gives you results in KBTU/SQ Foot Helps you to compare different buildings Helps you to prioritize your communities limited funds for building improvements

Benchmark NH Benchmark NH- an effort to compare NH buildings to NH buildings Join by updating your Portfolio and sharing with the New England Grassroots Environmental Fund account

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Portfolio Manager Easy to make charts and graphs demonstrating any aspect of energy use!

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