Resources & Links
Using Policy and Planning
Saving Energy in Buildings
- Benchmarking Energy Use
- Operation & Maintenance
- Envelope
- HVAC
- Green Building
- Lighting
- Calculators
- Data Centers
Implementing Projects
Learning Opportunities
HVAC
- An Extensive List of Home Energy Calculators from Green 3D Home.
- Calculating Total Cooling Requirements for Data Centers - is a simple guide to calculate the cooling requirements for a data center.
- Chapter 9: Heating and Cooling from Energy Star Building Upgrade Manual - discusses numerous strategies aligned with different mechanical systems for reducing energy consumed from building heating and cooling.
- Guide to Boiler Efficiency - is an extensive web guide to improve the efficiency of commercial boiler systems, containing ample educational resources and calculators. Published by The Natural Gas Boiler Burner Consortium.
- This Back-of-the-Envelope calculator - is a learning tool that allows anyone to interact with a building as an energy system. You can see real-time energy connections between building components, isolate the effects of changing a single energy parameter, or produce concept-level energy and CO2 emissions estimates. Created by the Energy Center of Wisconsin.
- Variable Frequency Drive Energy Savings Calculator - created by Honeywell, Inc.
