The presentations, news, research summaries, reports, and technology overviews are collected here by focus area and represent the body of work developed by the CBEI partners during the 5-year project period. For additional information on market challenges, approach, and impacts, see each focus area overview.
The purpose of building energy efficiency rating and data disclosure is to increase demand for energy efficient buildings among owners and tenants, therefore creating increased incentive for investment in building energy efficiency.
Building 101 in the Navy Yard is the temporary headquarters of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficient Building Hub. The building, owned by the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC), has become one of the nation’s most highly instrumented commercial buildings.
The purpose of this study was to assist GPIC investigators in understanding how aspects of energy efficient building components affect occupant satisfaction, performance, and wellbeing.
Energy use in the buildings accounts for 40% of the total energy demand of which the residential buildings account for 22% and the commercial buildings account for 18% of all energy usage.
This report presents research performed by Drexel University in Year One that explores the role of occupant behavior in building energy efficiency.
This report provides an overview of "Energy Chickens" which is a testbed game designed to evaluate data collection mechanisms, communication protocols, and feedback strategies for their consistency with the energy?saving goals of GPIC and appropriateness for deployment in commercial office settings.
This document provides a general narrative regarding recommendations for Building 661 that outlines the current state of technology and its potential to provide an energy efficient lighting system for this building.
The following paper provides a review of existing literature on the building occupant and his or her behavioral characteristics.
A report on the major findings of the costs, benefits and barriers of commercial energy efficiency retrofits from 26 in-depth one on one interviews with commercial building owners, service providers, public funding managers and private investors.
A detailed identification and analysis is conducted on the interoperability gaps between Nbims/Open standards and building performance simulation tools.