(B10) Decarbonization Audits: Assessments for Portfolio Reductions

Ambitious corporate climate targets and commitments and accelerating extreme climate-related events have led to a pressing need to establish actionable pathways for deep decarbonization at the building and portfolio levels. This need has highlighted the demand for tools that help define these pathways with clear next steps. Building energy audits have long been a critical tool to identify and prioritize energy efficiency measures in buildings, but historically have not addressed comprehensive GHG emissions reductions. Leaders in the commercial real estate industry and ASHRAE, alongside the U.S. Department of Energy, are establishing tools and best practices to help organizations align their climate targets with actionable pathways. Join this session to walk away with resources, concrete language, and examples, and tools to elevate your decarbonization planning and execution. The U.S. Department of Energy will share a new, open-access resource from the Better Climate Challenge that can be used by building owners and operators to specify comprehensive decarbonization building audits. This session will also show how decarbonization audits can be scaled for portfolio-level emissions reduction planning. Industry leaders will demonstrate their approach to emerging practices towards strategic pathways that achieve building-level and portfolio-level decarbonization.