July 8, 2005—The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) is launching a multi-year campaign to increase energy efficiency at 9 billion square feet of commercial properties. The association started the energy efficiency program on June 28 at its annual conference in Anaheim, CA, with the first of six trainings on operational excellence.
The campaign, developed in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under its Energy Star Challenge, is designed to educate association members about the financial and environmental benefits of improving energy efficiency, train commercial building operators and owners on strategic energy management, and recognize members who demonstrate energy savings of 10, 20, 30 percent or more.
Because energy is the single largest operating cost in an office building, representing 30 percent of a typical building’s costs, the value of these savings is substantial for the bottom line as well as the environment, says BOMA.
The campaign was developed by the Building Owners and Managers Association Foundation and a task force of industry leaders, including USAA Realty, Cushman & Wakefield, the Lurie Company, Trammell Crow, Jones Lang LaSalle, Transwestern Commercial Services, and others in coordination with EPA.
For more information, visit the BOMA Web site.
