Resources
While we have tried to provide as much basic information here in this wiki as possible, there are many more resources out there to help with commercial building energy efficiency. The resources listed below provide some useful information of their own and serve as a continuation after you are done with this site.
Data Centers
- The Green Grid - a global consortium of IT companies and professionals seeking to improve energy efficiency in data centers and business computing ecosystems around the globe.
- Uptime Institute - The Uptime Institute provides education, publications, consulting, certifications, conferences and seminars, independent research, and thought leadership for the enterprise data center industry and for data center professionals.
- Data Center Pulse - Data Center Pulse (DCP) is a growing, non-profit, datacenter industry community founded on the principles of sharing best practices amongst its members.
- DC Pro - a free tool by the the Department of Energy is, "an easy to use and in-depth tool to assess a data center energy efficiency and consumption." Also, based on the information you provide, DC Pro gives recommendations and ideas of projects that can be implemented to reduce energy consumption and increase energy efficiency.
Calculation and Benchmarking Tools
- Energy Information Administration - Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey of commercial energy uses and costs
- EPA Portfolio Manager
- Food Service Appliance Energy Calculator
- EPA Office Carbon Footprint Tool
Case Studies and Research
- Pew Center Corporate Energy Efficiency Project - Pew Center's Energy Efficiency Project is a multi-year research and communications effort to identify and highlight the most effective methods used by companies to reduce their energy consumption and lower their related greenhouse gas emissions.
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory Buildings Research - site includes a buildings database of case studies, software for energy analysis, and more.
- US Department of Energy Net-Zero Energy Commercial Building Initiative
- Department of Energy and National Labs Case studies for Commercial Buildings (General Merchandise, Grocery Stores, Lodging and Medium Office
- American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy - Commercial Buildings Research
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Building Technology Department
HVAC
Energy Efficiency Incentives and Rebates
Monitoring Systems
- Lucid Design Group - Building energy dashboard for competitions
Other
- DOE OpenEI - Department of Energy's new open-source web platform that will make DOE resources and open energy data widely available to the public.
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