BOMA International—Building Owners and Managers Association International

This important course reviews the concepts of energy management, discusses why energy performance is important to building operators and quantifies the financial and environmental impact of energy management in commercial real estate. Attendees will also receive tips for operational adjustment and learn ways to use energy performance as a competitive advantage in your market.

Upon successfully completing this training, you'll be able to:

• Understand how energy is generated and used in your building
• Recognize the potential impact of energy efficiency on your building's financial and environmental performance
• Leverage BEEP resources to find, plan, and implement strategies to improve your energy performance

Register for Course 1 here (30-day access).

Register for Course 1 here (1-year access).

EPA's ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager tool helps you measure and track the energy use, water use, and greenhouse gas emissions of your buildings, all in a secure online environment. You can use the results to identify under-performing buildings, set investment priorities, verify efficiency improvements, and receive EPA recognition for superior energy performance. ENERGY STAR offers monthly training on Portfolio Manager for both beginner and advanced users. For more information, visit energystar.gov/buildings/training.

Register for Course 2 here.

Once you understand the energy performance in commercial buildings and you've benchmarked your building, you can identify and plan upgrades to improve your building energy performance. This course presents basic information on conducting an energy audit, identifying opportunities for upgrades, and planning with financial decision makers to implement upgrades.

Upon successfully completing this training, you'll be able to:

• Investigate and identify opportunities for energy efficiency upgrades
• Evaluate costs and savings of potential upgrades
• Prioritize improvements to maximize value
• Plan and set goals for upgrades using an energy action plan

Register for Course 3 here.

According to the US EPA, as much as 30% of a building's energy consumption is wasted, and much of that waste can be avoided through cost-effective best practices for operations and maintenance. This course will describe opportunities commonly found in commercial office, industrial, and multifamily buildings and offers solutions you can implement immediately to reduce energy consumption and associated costs.

Upon successfully completing this training, you'll be able to:

• Understand and identify common no and low cost operational opportunities to improve energy and financial performance
• Sequence improvements to maximize value
• Learn about available resources to help you identify no and low cost energy efficiency upgrades

Register for Course 4 here.

Attendees will examine the use of financial metrics and tools to calculate and sell sustainability projects to owners, asset managers and tenants by highlighting the positive financial and environmental impacts of improved performance. Learn how to put energy efficiency in the context of "what's important" to financial decision-makers.

Upon successfully completing this training, you'll be able to:

• Define relevant financial metrics for energy efficiency improvements and explain how they are used for making business decisions
• Present a business case for EE improvements to management/ownership
• Identify both financial and non-financial benefits
• Use standard financial metrics to communicate costs and savings
• Take advantage of standard reporting formats and tools
• Understand a range of financing options to cover the cost of EE improvements

Register for Course 5 here.

This course focuses on how to create effective awareness and engagement programs to communicate sustainability accomplishments to key stakeholders. It will provide attendees with tips and examples to create target communications, campaigns, tools, and resources to engage brokers, investors, asset managers, and tenants in sustainability initiatives.

Upon successfully completing this training, you'll be able to:

• Understand the rationale for awareness and engagement efforts
• Profile key audiences and stakeholders
• Learn principles and practices for communicating success in sustainability
• Review commonly available tools and resources
• View examples of high-impact awareness and engagement efforts

Register for Course 6 here.

Building Automation Systems (BAS), Energy Management Information Systems (EMIS), and similar technologies are making it easier for building operators to understand and adjust building systems in real time to maximize performance. These systems use advanced metering capabilities and monitoring software to provide valuable insight into how a building uses energy and opportunities for improvement. This course will provide an introduction to advanced metering and monitoring capabilities in commercial buildings and give attendees the tools and knowledge to get the most out of their performance monitoring strategy.

Upon successfully completing this training, you'll be able to:

• Describe the different types of metering and monitoring
• Identify common equipment and systems to meter
• Communicate the benefits of real time energy management and smart metering
• Understand how to implement advanced metering and monitoring

Register for BEEP Plus Course 1 here.

From on-site electricity generation to energy storage, there are numerous renewable energy and other clean technologies that can drive increased energy savings at commercial property. This course will provide attendees an introductory knowledge to current, commercially available renewable and clean technologies that can cost-effectively benefit your building today.

Upon successfully completing this training, you'll be able to:

• Understand the different types of renewables and clean tech
• Learn about the benefits and considerations of the different systems
• Discuss the different structures, legal, accounting and financing options
• Comprehend relevant operational considerations
• Understand the RFP process and consultants

Register for BEEP Plus Course 2 here.

This important course reviews the concepts of energy management, discusses why energy performance is important to building operators and quantifies the financial and environmental impact of energy management in industrial real estate. Attendees will also receive tips for operational adjustment and learn ways to use energy performance as a competitive advantage in your market.

Upon successfully completing this training, you’ll be able to:

• Understand how energy is generated and used in your building
• Recognize the potential impact of energy efficiency on your building's financial and environmental performance
• Leverage BEEP resources to find, plan, and implement strategies to improve your energy performance

Register for BEEP Industrial Course 1 here.

EPA's ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager tool helps you measure and track the energy use, water use, and greenhouse gas emissions of your buildings, all in a secure online environment. You can use the results to identify under-performing buildings, set investment priorities, verify efficiency improvements, and receive EPA recognition for superior energy performance. ENERGY STAR offers monthly training on Portfolio Manager for both beginner and advanced users. For more information, visit energystar.gov/buildings/training.

Register for BEEP Industrial Course 2 here.

Once you understand the energy performance in commercial buildings and you've benchmarked your building, you can identify and plan upgrades to improve your building energy performance. This course presents basic information on conducting an energy audit, identifying opportunities for upgrades, and planning with financial decision makers to implement upgrades.

Upon successfully completing this training, you'll be able to:

• Investigate and identify opportunities for energy efficiency upgrades
• Evaluate costs and savings of potential upgrades
• Prioritize and Plan improvements to maximize value
• Understand and identify common no and low cost operational opportunities to improve energy and financial performance

Register for BEEP Industrial Course 3 here (30-day access).

Register for BEEP Industrial Course 3 here (1-year access).

Attendees will examine the use of financial metrics and tools to calculate and sell sustainability projects to owners, asset managers and tenants by highlighting the positive financial and environmental impacts of improved performance. Learn how to put energy efficiency in the context of “what’s important” to financial decision-makers. Upon successfully completing this training, you'll be able to:

• Define relevant financial metrics for energy efficiency improvements and explain how they are used for making business decisions
• Present a business case for EE improvements to management/ownership
• Identify both financial and non-financial benefits
• Use standard financial metrics to communicate costs and savings
• Take advantage of standard reporting formats and tools
• Understand a range of financing options to cover the cost of EE improvements

Register for BEEP Industrial Course 4 here.

This course focuses on how to create effective awareness and engagement programs to communicate sustainability accomplishments to key stakeholders. It will provide attendees with tips and examples to create target communications, campaigns, tools, and resources to engage tenants, brokers, investors, asset managers, and other stakeholders in sustainability initiatives.

Upon successfully completing this training, you'll be able to:

• Understand the rationale for awareness and engagement efforts
• Profile key audiences and stakeholders
• Learn principles and practices for communicating success in sustainability
• Review commonly available tools and resources
• View examples of high-impact awareness and engagement efforts

Register for BEEP Industrial Course 5 here.