Commercial Buildings Initiative

Resources

More Information

• CBI Summary Fact Sheet [228 KB]
• Authorizing Federal Legislation

Participating Institutions

• Alliance to Save Energy (ASE)
• American Institute of Architects (AIA)
• American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
• US Green Building Council (USGBC)
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Related Efforts

• ASHRAE has set a goal to improve commercial building codes by 30% by the year 2010 (ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2010).
• Architecture 2030, The 2030 Challenge
  The 2030 Challenge asks the global architecture and building community to adopt 3 targets, including carbon-neutrality for new construction by the year 2030.
• California Energy Efficiency Strategic Planning 2009-2020
  The California Public Utility Commission has mandated that investor owned utilities (IOUs) collaborate with publicly-owned utilities, state agencies, and other stakeholders to prepare a single, statewide energy efficiency plan for the period 2009-2020.
• New Buildings Institute, Getting to Fifty
  The New Buildings Institute's (NBI) Getting to Fifty resource supports designers, architects, owners and contractors in realizing buildings that are 50% more efficient than standard practice/code.
• WBCSD, Energy Efficiency in Buildings
  The WBCSD is developing a 3-part roadmap to reach zero-energy buildings by 2050, with a focus on the US, EU, India, China, and Brazil.
  • Report 1: Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Business Realities and Opportunities [1.5 MB]