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Improving the Energy and Financial Performance of Your Commercial Building

6 May, 2009 | 09:00 AM-04:00 PM

NSTAR
One NSTAR Way
Westwood, MA

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Conference Overview

In these challenging economic times managing your building’s energy performance is good business. The first step to managing energy is to understand your facility’s energy use and identify opportunities for energy savings. This holistic approach fosters comprehensive, integrated solutions that leverage all available efficiency opportunities. This workshop will describe the benefits of considering an entire building’s energy consumption and introduce the tools, strategies, and programs that can help save energy.

Benefits

Learn a strategy for mining energy savings and managing energy performance in your building
Get acquainted with EPA’s ENERGY STAR energy performance rating system for benchmarking your building
Hear about available energy efficiency programs
Learn the most common building energy efficiency opportunities (both low/no cost and those that require capital outlay) Calculate and reduce system operating costs

Who Should Attend

• College and University Energy Managers
• Commercial Building Operators
• Facility Managers
• Property Managers
• Utility Managers
• State and Local Building Operators • Energy and Building Consultants • Financiers

Agenda

9:00 - 9:30	Registration & Coffee
9:30 - 9:45	Welcome and Introduction
9:45 - 10:00	Making Your Building More Energy Efficient—Start with a Plan
10:00 - 11:00	Benchmarking Your Building-- Introduction to Portfolio Manager and the Rating System
11:00 - 11:15	Break
11:15 - 11:45	A Holistic Approach to Assessing Energy Use—Utility Program Overview
11:45 – 12:30	Lunch
12:30 – 1:15	Case Studies — the Comprehensive Building Approach and Benchmarking /Rebenchmarking
1:15 – 2:15	Common Efficiency Opportunities
2:15 – 2:50	Taking Action — Reducing Energy Use, Monitoring Progress, and Training
2:50 – 3:00	Closing Remarks
3:00	Adjourn
3:10 – 4:00	Follow-on tour of NSTAR LEED Gold Facility

Speaker

Speakers include representatives from NSTAR, National Grid, the Cape Light Compact and the Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Partnership

Tools & References

U.S. EPA's Portfolio Manager

Workshop Cost and Registration

All attendees are asked to pay for registration to reserve a spot. Registration includes: program materials and lunch.

	$100.00 per person for Commercial and Industrial Customers of Cape Light Compact, National Grid (MA, RI and NH), NSTAR, and WMECO.
	Cost for all others $150.00 per person
	Registration must be done before 5 May, 2009
	Advance registration is required!
	Cancellations 5 days prior to event are non-refundable.
	Payment can be made by credit online or by check
	Checks will be accepted at the door.
	Make checks payable to: University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Download the registration form and mail to: [ download ]

Center for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-9265
or fax to: 413-545-1027

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