Full Title: Going Beyond Zero: A Systems Efficiency Blueprint For Building Energy Optimization And Resilience
Author(s): Alliance to Save Energy
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Publication Date: May 1, 2017
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Description (excerpt):
Industry experts and efficiency advocates agree that improving the efficiency of building systems is an important strategy for achieving the next level of efficiency in buildings. A systems approach considers the interactions of components within and among various building systems (e.g., heating and cooling systems, lighting systems, miscellaneous electric loads), as well as interactions among multiple buildings, and between the building and the electric grid.
The Systems Efficiency Initiative (SEI) provides a critical forum for understanding the energy savings potential of a systems approach and for developing strategies for moving the market in this direction. Toward this goal, the SEI’s Going Beyond Zero: A Systems Efficiency Blueprint for Building Energy Optimization and Resilience offers a broad set of action-oriented recommendations that target specific actors and focus on areas of high potential gains for systems-level energy savings. Background The SEI is a multiyear collaboration among more than fifty entities involved in energy use across the entire life cycle of buildings— including manufacturers, designers and builders, electric and natural gas utilities, national and state-level government agencies and efficiency advocates. The Alliance to Save Energy launched the SEI in February 2015 to advance energy efficiency in building systems. SEI participants, along with building energy experts around the world, believe that adopting a systems perspective will become increasingly necessary to achieve meaningful and cost-effective future energy savings within the built environment. Since its launch, SEI has focused on identifying gaps and developing strategies to move the market in this direction. In May 2016, the SEI published a detailed report, Greater than the Sum of its Parts: The Case for a Systems Approach to Energy Efficiency (www.ase.org/sei). The report characterizes the potential benefits of a systems
The SEI is a multiyear collaboration among more than fifty entities involved in energy use across the entire life cycle of buildings— including manufacturers, designers and builders, electric and natural gas utilities, national and state-level government agencies and efficiency advocates. The Alliance to Save Energy launched the SEI in February 2015 to advance energy efficiency in building systems. SEI participants, along with building energy experts around the world, believe that adopting a systems perspective will become increasingly necessary to achieve meaningful and cost-effective future energy savings within the built environment. Since its launch, SEI has focused on identifying gaps and developing strategies to move the market in this direction.
In May 2016, the SEI published a detailed report, Greater than the Sum of its Parts: The Case for a Systems Approach to Energy Efficiency (www.ase.org/sei). The report characterizes the potential benefits of a systems approach, and prioritizes areas for further technical and policy research. This Going Beyond Zero: A Systems Efficiency Blueprint for Building Energy Optimization and Resilience builds on the findings in that report, and contains recommendations for specific actions to be taken by a range of stakeholders, including national and state legislators, government agencies, utilities, industry associations, design professionals, the construction industry and building owners themselves.