PUBLIC POLICY
Energy Laws May Affect Your Senior Living Community
By Marla Thalheimer, RE Tech Advisors
A growing number of cities and states across the country are taking action to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and drive market transformation through energy efficiency laws and regulations. While details vary slightly across the spectrum, the basic re- quirement is for owners, managers, and op- erators of buildings, including senior living communities, to benchmark utility usage to understand the level of efficiency and report
that information to the city/state/county. In many cases this information is being made available to the public with the intent on creating awareness and generating com- petition. Some cities, including New York and Chicago, have additional requirements such as energy audits and lighting upgrades over time. New York and Chicago are also working toward energy grades to be posted “in a prominent location” starting in 2019.
Advocates Argentum For You While this concept may seem daunting at
first glance, benchmarking utility usage to understand how your community performs against peers and against itself over time is a worthwhile exercise, even if it is not required. According to the EPA, buildings that were benchmarked consistently for three years reduced energy use by an average of 2.4 per- cent per year for a total of 7 percenti
. If the av- erage senior living community pays $100,000 U.S. Building Benchmarking & Transparency Policies Seattle Portland Minneapolis Evanston
Cook County
Berkley Francisco San Denver Los Angeles Atlanta
Kansas City, MO
St. Louis Salt Lake City Boulder Chicago Pittsburgh
NJ DE
South Portland
Cambridge Portland
New York City Boston
Philadelphia
Washington, DC Montgomery Co., MD
Austin Orlando
HI
Source:
BuildingRating.org offers in-depth information about each jurisdiction’s policies and programs and provides interactive features to compare policies.
BuildingRating.org is maintained by the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT). ©Copyright 2018 Institute for Marketing Transformation.
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