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THE RISING COST OF ENERGY AND THE PENDING REGLATORY STANDARDS FOR BUILDINGS . . . Yes, I Do See A Light At the End Of This Tunnel . . . Is That A Freight Train Headed My Way?
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Regulation Trends in Building Energy Performance Standards.
Transcript of Pending Building Energy Standards
THE RISING COST OF ENERGY AND THE PENDING
REGLATORY STANDARDS FOR BUILDINGS
. . . Yes, I Do See A Light At the End Of This Tunnel . . . Is That A Freight Train Headed My Way?
Fuel Costs Are Increasing . . .
. . . And So Is The Cost Of Operating A Building Today . . .
Where Is This All Going?
What Is The New Direction With Building Energy
Consumption And Subsequent Performance?
Mandated State and Federal Energy Performance
Standards For Buildings
The Pending Energy Performance Standards for
Buildings
ASTM Building Energy Performance Assessment (BEPA)Standard E 2797
Presented by: Anthony J. Buonicore, PE, QEP, BCEE CEO, The Buonicore
Group ASTM BEPA Task Group Chairman EBA
ASTM BEPA Standard E2797
Overview:
Driving Forces What’s the problem? What the BEPA standard accomplishes
Regulatory Driving Forces: Energy Performance Disclosure in EU (2003) California - AB 1103 (2007, effective 2011) District of Columbia (2008, effective 2010) Austin, TX (2008, effective 2011) Washington State (2009, effective 2011) Seattle, WA (2010, effective 2011) New York City, NY (2009, effective 2011)
Additional Cities considering
Denver, Portland, San Francisco
Additional States considering
Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnisota, Ohio & Oregan
Business Driving Forces:
More energy efficient buildings
Lower operating costs Higher net operating income More valuable More attractive to tenants
Business Driving Forces:
Less energy efficient buildings:
Less competitive in the marketplace In danger of obsolescence
What’s the problem? Prospective purchasers as part of due diligence
are asking what is the “building’s energy consumption?”
Pro Forma provided to lenders by buyers for
financing has line item for utilities under building
operating costs
a.) Lenders want a “reasonable” and “realistic” value here
b. ) No consistent methodology exists to provide answers
What’s the problem? (cont.)Significant variability depending on:
Period of time chosen over which the data was collected (1 yr, 2 yrs, 3 yrs) and how it was calendarized
Whether or not changes in building occupancy was considered
How weather conditions were factored in and baseline conditions established
How building operating hours were considered Whether or not major building renovations were
considered
What does the BEPA Standard accomplish?
Standardizes the collection and reporting of energy consumption information for a building involved in a real estate transaction
Provides a supplementary scope of work that can compliment property due diligence (e.g. Phase I or PCA)
Use of the BEPA standard will facilitate improved benchmarking (by others)
Report Deliverables Pro Forma (representative) building energy use Pro Forma (representative) building energy cost Projected range of building energy use for:
lower, upper and average case Projected range of building energy cost for:
lower, upper and average case Actual building energy use data for each year
collected Actual building energy cost data for each year
collected
Use of BEPAs in the marketplace: Likely to be combined with an ASHRAE Level I Energy Audit and/or Benchmarking (BEPA Plus) ESCOs energy auditing (BEPA and BEPA Plus) Asset management of property portfolios (BEPA
Plus) Property due diligence in acquisition or disposition
(BEPA and BEPA Plus) Building energy use regulatory disclosure (BEPA) Support “energy efficiency” loans (BEPA Plus)
Getting On Board With This Building Trend . . .
For Your Personalized Building Analysis So As To Improve Your Operational Costs In The Area of Energy Consumption . . .
