What is your Building EQ?( How much energy does your building uses?)
Please join us to hear from William Bahnfleth, ASHRAE Society President on the ASHRAE Building Energy Labeling Program (Building EQ):
Whether voluntary or mandatory, the rating of the energy use and indoor environmental quality of buildings is a growing trend worldwide. In 2009, ASHRAE introduced its own "Building Energy Quotient" (bEQ) labeling program for new and existing buildings and is now in the process of piloting it in a number of locations around the U.S. It is an ambitious program comprising not only the development of an energy use performance scale, but also tools and procedures for performing ratings and certification of the qualified energy modelers and building assessors needed to implement it. This presentation will provide an overview of the bEQ program, describe its relationship to other building certification programs in the US and elsewhere, identify the potential benefits of certification, and summarize the current state of implementation of the program and plans for the future.
A building energy labeling program provides the general public, building owners and tenants, potential owners and tenants, and building operations and maintenance staff with information on the potential and actual energy use of buildings. This information
is useful for a variety of reasons.
Building owners and operators can see how their building compares to peer buildings to establish a measure of their potential for energy performance improvement.
Building owners can use the information provided to differentiate their building from others to secure potential buyers or tenants.
Potential buyers or tenants can gain insight into the value and potential long-term cost of a building.
Operations and maintenance staff can use the results to inform their decisions on maintenance activities and influence building owners and managers to pursue equipment upgrades and demonstrate the return on investment for energy efficiency projects.
Probably the greatest benefit from implementation of a building energy labeling program is the use of market-based forces to influence energy efficiency investment opportunities. Building owners will make investments in energy efficiency improvements when such investments will have the greatest impact on their bottom-line. Also, owners will invest in the technologies and practices that make the most sense for their building. When potential building tenants and owners have information on the properties they are interested in (particularly in a consistent format) they can understand the full cost of their investment and place a value on the energy efficiency of the building.
Presented by: William Bahnfleth, Ph.D., P.E., ASHRAE Society President
William Bahnfleth is Professor and Director of the Indoor Environment Center in the Department of Architectural Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) in University Park, PA, where he has been employed since 1994. Previously, he was a Senior Consultant for ZBA, Inc. in Cincinnati, OH and a Principal Investigator at the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in Champaign, IL. He holds BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, where he also earned an undergraduate degree in music (pipe organ performance), and is a registered professional engineer.
At Penn State, Dr. Bahnfleth teaches undergraduate courses in HVAC fundamentals and controls and graduate courses in chilled water systems, hot water and steam systems, and indoor air quality. His research interests cover a wide variety of indoor environmental control topics, including chilled water pumping systems, stratified thermal energy storage, protection of building occupants from indoor bioaerosol releases, ultraviolet germicidal irradiation systems, and others. He is the author or co-author of more than 100 technical papers and 11 books and book chapters. He consults regularly on the design of chilled water thermal energy storage systems and has been involved in more than 20 projects world-wide.
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LocationRock Bottom Brewery Unico Room (View)
1333 5th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
United States
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