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LIVING UP TO ENERGY PROMISES

Too many buildings fail to deliver the energy performance they were designed for. ENERGY STAR offers a bridge from design to operations

It can seem there are ever-new ways to paint a facility green. And the benefits of garnering any of the number of green designations out there have created a boom in the green construction market. However, many of the certification programs that exist focus on a building's design and its anticipated operation, calculated through models and other projections. Verifying that a facility is meeting energy performance targets has largely fallen by the wayside, even though being green implies being energy efficient.

While other certification programs don't have ...

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