Energy-Use Benchmarking Can Help Cities Quickly Pursue Climate Change Goals

Route Fifty: U.S. cities concerned with the effects of climate change continue to adopt tighter energy benchmarking regulations as a means to curb their carbon emissions.

Buildings produce nearly 40 percent of all carbon emissions in the U.S., but facility managers and owners who monitor their energy performance are discovering substantial cost savings.

And they’re reducing their city’s carbon footprint as a byproduct.

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