Industry Research and Recommendations for Small Buildings and Small Portfolios

Abstract

NREL) at www.nrel.gov/publications. Communication and Outreach ApproachA communication and outreach approach has been developed to engage organizations and expert stakeholders in relevant aspects of the report. Its goals are to increase the impact of the recommended key focus areas (see Table 5) and broadly disseminate the results. This approach includes a framework to support effective and coordinated communication that supports the key focus areas for the next 3-5 years. It also provides guidance for all communication activities that are necessary to build capacity and engage interagency and nongovernmental expert stakeholders. Goals and ObjectivesTo successfully reach target audiences in the SBSP sector, the communication approach should:1. Increase awareness of the key focus areas by maximizing interagency and nongovernmental stakeholder relationships and developing new stakeholder partnerships.2. Ensure that interagency and nongovernmental expert stakeholders understand the focus areas outlined in the report.3. Mobilize key stakeholders to enhance current efforts that promote energy efficiency solutions.The communication approach should also implement creative, cost-effective, and impactful communication and outreach strategies and techniques that engage stakeholders. It should:1. Leverage communication tools and networks to engage priority stakeholders.2. Achieve coordinated communications, both internally and externally, by developing key messages and talking points to establish "one clear voice" in all communication channels and all stakeholder audiences.3. Enable key stakeholders to communicate information to the SBSP sector.4. Engage representatives from national, state, and local organizations in implementing communication and outreach strategies.5. Establish strong, positive connections between DOE, stakeholders, and their communities.This approach will lead to measurable outcomes that are expected to include:1. Increased number of new partnerships with key stakeholders 2. Increased capacity and influence of key stakeholders 3. Increased awareness and knowledge of opportunities for implementing EEMs.

Energy Savings Results from Small Commercial Building Retrofits in the US

“…Column only lists values reflected in the case studies included in this paper. 2 This is more commonly referred to as a ground source heat pump. However, to maintain consistency with the categorization found in [32], the authors list "Cooling-Pumps" in the table.…”

“…Small commercial buildings, or those that comprise less than 50,000 ft 2 of usable floor space, make up approximately 94% of the US building stock and consume about 8% of the US' primary energy [1] and as previous research has identified, profitable investments in energy conservation can generate more than USD 30 billion in annual energy cost savings, and, as such, improving the financial performance of many small businesses throughout the United States [2][3][4]. However, there is a deficiency of resources available to small commercial building owners who are interested in retrofitting their buildings.…”

“…Annual energy and net carbon emissions impacts from small commercial building retrofits, assuming a 0.95% retrofit rate. From https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gases-equivalencies-calculator-calculations-and-references (accessed on 25 September 2021) 2. From https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/pdf/sec2_7.pdf (accessed on 25 September 2021).…”

Small buildings, big impacts: The role of small commercial building energy efficiency case studies in 2030 Districts

“…Fig. 2 illustrates a breakdown of ownership and management in the small building market, based on a survey conducted by the National Trust for Historic Preservation (Langner, Hendron, Pless, Huppert, & Cochrane, 2013;National Trust for Historic Preservation, 2013).…”

“…Small Commercial Buildings Ownership and Management (data from National Trust for Historic Preservation (2013) andLangner et al (2013)). …”