%T The benefits of benchmarking building performance
%A Zachary Hart



%I Institute for Market Transformation
%D 2016

%K Energy, %K Building retrofitting, %K Sustainable building design and construction, %K Energy efficiency, %K Green building, %K Building energy codes



%U https://apo.org.au/node/205401

%X Today, buildings account for 40 percent of the total energy used in the United States, with building owners and occupants spending roughly $450 billion on energy bills each year. Despite the size of the opportunity for improvement, building efficiency is not highly valued in the real estate market, largely due to a lack of available information about building performance and energy use. A growing number of jurisdictions in the U.S. are passing energy benchmarking and transparency policies to address this information gap.
%9 Policy report