This October 2020 report from Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP) is subtitled “A report on how benchmarking data can be used to achieve deep energy savings.” It highlights the importance of energy benchmarking to understand energy usage across city and state jurisdictions, which is helpful in developing strategies to achieve climate goals. Interactive energy dashboards and maps, home energy scores, building performance standards, and policy guidelines are discussed.
Key words: market sizing, energy management, greenhouse gas emissions, building energy benchmarking