{"id":5843,"date":"2014-02-11T21:17:46","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T21:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=5843"},"modified":"2014-03-27T20:17:34","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T20:17:34","slug":"meeting-retrofit-chicagos-energy-goals-three-key-constituencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2014\/02\/11\/meeting-retrofit-chicagos-energy-goals-three-key-constituencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Retrofit Chicago\u2019s Energy Goals: Three Key Constituencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This commentary originally appeared on the <a href=\"http:\/\/edfclimatecorps.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/11\/meeting-retrofit-chicago%E2%80%99s-energy-goals-3-key-constituencies\" target=\"_blank\">EDF Climate Corps\u00a0Blog<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/ellen_bell287x377.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-5850\" alt=\"ellen_bell287x377\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/ellen_bell287x377-228x300.jpg\" width=\"185\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/ellen_bell287x377-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/ellen_bell287x377.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><\/a>Following the lead of mayors and governors across the country, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/29\/watching-state-union-first-lady\" target=\"_blank\">last month<\/a> the President announced energy as a priority for the year. By focusing on energy management, organizations are contributing to the transformation of energy use in the country, saving billions in energy costs and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Rahm Emanuel\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofchicago.org\/city\/en\/progs\/env\/retrofit_chicago.html\" target=\"_blank\">Retrofit Chicago<\/a> initiative, aimed at reducing participating buildings energy use in the city by 20 percent within the next five years, is a compelling example of this. For this reason, <a href=\"http:\/\/edfclimatecorps.org\/hire-energy-asset-not-intern\" target=\"_blank\">EDF Climate Corps<\/a>, an innovative summer fellowship program that places specially trained graduate students in organizations to save energy and related costs, is <a href=\"http:\/\/edfclimatecorps.org\/edf-climate-corps-focus-chicago\" target=\"_blank\">working to recruit organizations in Chicago<\/a> this month.<\/p>\n<p>To ramp up energy savings in the area, EDF Climate Corps has already signed on AT&amp;T, McDonald\u2019s Corporation, Shorenstein Properties and Jones Lang LaSalle. Each summer, EDF Climate Corps fellows evaluate organizations for energy savings opportunities with many of them uncovering stakeholder engagement as a key savings opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>After\u00a0400 EDF Climate Corps engagements, the program has found that there are three key constituencies to tap into for energy management:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b>Executive Leadership<\/b> \u2013 EDF\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/edfclimatecorps.org\/research-and-learning\" target=\"_blank\">Virtuous Cycle of Strategic Energy Management<\/a> framework notes that executive leadership teams have significant influence when it comes to an organization\u2019s energy performance. Ambitious goal setting is one way executive leaders can advance green initiatives. For example, Cummins, Inc., a global power leader that designs, manufactures, distributes and services engines and related technologies, set intensity goals for energy and greenhouse gas emissions. To help reach <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cummins.com\/cmi\/navigationAction.do?nodeId=132&amp;siteId=1&amp;nodeName=Air+and+Energy&amp;menuId=1050\">their 2015 goals<\/a>, Cummins brought in two EDF Climate Corps fellows in 2012 to develop strategic energy efficiency initiatives for its new and existing facilities. By auditing the company\u2019s forty U.S. facilities, the <a href=\"http:\/\/edfclimatecorps.org\/engagement\/cummins-2012\" target=\"_blank\">EDF Climate Corps fellow developed recommendations<\/a> that could potentially help Cummins reach its 2015 goals, save more than $5 million in annual net-operating costs and eliminate 51,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5852\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5852\" style=\"width: 378px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/ATT-Chicago-skyline-BIG.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5852\" alt=\"ATT Chicago skyline-BIG\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/ATT-Chicago-skyline-BIG-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"378\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/ATT-Chicago-skyline-BIG-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/ATT-Chicago-skyline-BIG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/ATT-Chicago-skyline-BIG.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Malachi Leopold<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Employees<\/b>\u2013 When it comes to energy efficiency, employee engagement is an organization\u2019s greatest resource. By empowering employees at all levels with knowledge and responsibility surrounding the organization\u2019s energy use, positive behavior changes can produce sustainable work environments and communities. McDonald\u2019s Corporation, for example, <a href=\"http:\/\/edfclimatecorps.org\/engagement\/mcdonalds-2011\" target=\"_blank\">worked with EDF Climate Corps in 2011<\/a> to uncover strategies to engage about 700,000 employees at the company\u2019s 14,000 U.S. restaurants. As a result, the fellow produced and distributed an employee education video that has the potential to reduce the average U.S. McDonald\u2019s restaurant energy consumption by up to 10 percent.<\/p>\n<p><b>Local communities and utilities<\/b> \u2013 Thanks to the leadership of politicians and grassroots organizations, more cities and communities are offering incentives and solutions to decrease energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. For example, Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing programs and legislation like California\u2019s Global Warming Solutions Act (also called AB 32) are compelling organizations to evaluate the energy performance of their facilities. In Sacramento last summer, <a href=\"http:\/\/edfclimatecorps.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/30\/california%E2%80%99s-capital-leads-nation-energy-efficiency-financing\" target=\"_blank\">an EDF Climate Corps fellow joined Mayor Kevin Johnson<\/a> to launch the nation\u2019s largest PACE project and worked with the nonprofit <a href=\"http:\/\/edfclimatecorps.org\/engagement\/greenwise-joint-venture-2013\" target=\"_blank\">Greenwise Joint Venture<\/a> to identify three strategies to advance the program. Building certifications and even utility companies all offer organizations a way to improve energy performance. In fact, the EDF Climate Corps program has found that demand response management and other energy market opportunities are surfacing from utilities nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Working with these three distinct groups can drive energy management practices forward at almost any organization. If a majority of buildings in Chicago actively engaged these groups around energy management \u2013 the city has the opportunity to exceed Mayor Emanuel\u2019s energy reduction goals.<\/p>\n<p>As the nation works to meet the President\u2019s \u201cBetter Building Challenge,\u201d now is the time for leaders to prioritize energy management, and EDF Climate Corps is a hands-on, cost-effective way for companies to reach their goals.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/edfclimatecorps.org\/hire-energy-asset-not-intern\" target=\"_blank\">the energy assets available through EDF Climate Corps<\/a> before the 2014 application deadline of February 21, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>What is the next step your organization will take to improve energy performance?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This commentary originally appeared on the EDF Climate Corps\u00a0Blog. Following the lead of mayors and governors across the country, last month the President announced energy as a priority for the year. 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