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Re: seeking information on baselining the current energy and environment practices of an organization
2006-07-26 13:59:17 UTC
I'm not sure about the type of baseline you are looking for - but as you are a PEng, I suspect it is not regarding the environmental knowledge of your students. If you are looking for information for energy and environment knowledge of the operators of your schools - I would suggest looking at the Canadian Institute for Energy Training http://www.cietcanada.com/energymanage.htm. The material is very useful in conducting a fairly easy "organizational assessment" of how well an organization manages energy. The website has an 'energy matrix' of six categories where you can rate an organization from zero to four on how well it is managing energy. You can also extend this assessment tool to other environmental or even sustainability areas - you could substitute issues such as water or maybe recycling or indoor air quality, or the environment more generally for anywhere the assessment tool uses the word energy (though some categories may be less relevant for other non-energy issues). This tool was originally developed in the UK and is used as part of Natural Resources Canada's "Dollards to Sense" energy workshops http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/industrial/training-awareness/index.cfm When I took the workshop I remember seeing the tool used to rate organizations before and after they implemented organization changes - and increases in the ratings was strongly correlated with decreased energy use. I'd also recommend the Government of Canada's Guide to Implementing an Energy Efficiency Awareness Program. http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/publications/infosource/pub/ici/eii/m144-22-2003e ..cfm?attr=20
hopefully that is useful
(contact me if you want some further ideas, as we are in the same city..)
Murray Birt
Consultant Climate Change Central
Suite 100, 999-8th Street SW
Calgary, Alberta T2R 1J5
www.climatechangecentral.com
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Re: resale value of sustainable buildings
2005-11-14 12:08:20 UTC
While this isn't strictly behaviour change, if there are increased financial reasons for building sustainably, that this could be positive. There is some very interesting work surrounding energy use (could be seen as somewhat of a proxy for sustainable buildings) and property value from the US Institute for Market Transformation (www.imt.org) which has several papers on this topic, including: "Impact of Energy Costs on Commercial Building Value" http://www.imt.org/Papers/Telergy.pdf "REITs and Energy Management" http://www.imt.org/PDF%20files/E&EM-REITpaper.pdf Other relevant papers that I have run across include: "Asset Value Implications of Low Energy Offices" http://www.ukace.org/research/respaper.htm (several papers here) "Valuing low energy offices" http://www.ukace.org/pubs/reportfo/eceee%202005%20-%202,009.pdf "Energy Efficiency Screening Enhances Investor Returns" (this one needs a bit more digging to the presenter's website to try and understand further details for the presentation). http://www.institutionalshareowner.com/presentations/Energy-efficiency-s creening-enhances-investor-returns.ppt Amplifying Real Estate Value through Energy & Water Management: From ESCO to "Energy Services Partner" http://eetd.lbl.gov/EMills/PUBS/PDF/Energy_Services_Partners.pdf
Hopefully this is of use.
Murray Birt
Consultant Climate Change Central
Suite 100, 999-8th Street SW
Calgary, Alberta T2R 1J5
403.517.2711
(phone) 403.517.2727
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Re: Do green buildings foster sustainable behaviour?
2005-11-08 13:25:35 UTC
I recently came across some research done in the UK that is relevant, but more pointed at residential buildings than post-secondary campus buildings or commerical buildings. "Energy efficiency refurbishment programmes help, but are the end-users doing their bit?" http://www.ukace.org/pubs/reportfo/eceee%202005%20-%205,010.pdf
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