The District of Columbia: A Case Study for Implementing a Data-Drive Approach for Sustaining Energy Consumption Reductions in Municipal-Owned Facilities
Abstract
City sustainability plans establish goals to reduce energy consumption, greenhouse
gas (GHG) emissions and other environmental impacts in anticipation of continued urban
population growth. As one of the largest sources of urban energy use and greenhouse
gas emissions, buildings feature prominently in these plans.
City administrations face a myriad of challenges and costs in reducing the environmental
impacts of publicly-owned buildings across a diverse, aging portfolio of schools,
offices, fire and police stations, libraries, shelters, recreational centers and hospitals.
With building management handed down from one city administration to the next, cities
must deploy effective, consistent and affordable practices in their buildings operations
to achieve their energy and environmental targets.
This Masters Project evaluates the operational and capital energy conservation measures
identified by the District of Columbia’s Project Game Change, which leverages interval
electric meter data and consumption transparency to transform how the city operates
its public buildings. By analyzing the potential economic and environmental impacts
of their conservation measures and operational practices, this report provides guidelines
to D.C. and other cities for their public built environment to meet their energy and
GHG reduction targets.
Final analysis indicates that a priority of implementing no-to-low cost operational
conservation measures can provide a substantial return on investment and, if the measures
are sustained over time with improved facilities staff training, support, and transparency,
they will enable D.C. and other cities to achieve their energy and environmental targets.
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