The goal of our project was to provide recommendations for improving the energy efficiency in both public and private facilities and operations in Northern Virginia. Our first objective was to conduct a benchmarking analysis of 41 government buildings within the City of Alexandria. After identifying best benchmarking practices, our group then developed a government building benchmarking and labeling plan designed to help building owners in Northern Virginia jurisdictions benchmark and communicate the energy performance of their facilities. Lastly, we drafted a white paper on key policy and programmatic considerations for implementing a voluntary benchmarking and labeling program for the region’s private commercial building stock.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Costa, Nathan Luis
• Tomida, Mai
• Wang, Jiedong

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Environment
• Sustainability
• Energy

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-122313-141629

Keyword

• Community development
• Energy conservation
• Sustainability
• Energy policy

Advisor

• DiBiasio, David
• Hanlan, James P.

Year

• 2013

Center

• Washington, DC Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Northern Virginia Regional Commission (NVRC)
• City of Alexandria

Date created

• 2013-12-23

Location

• Washington

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright