General Information
Related Links
- Green California
(State Green Building Page) - AB 2160 Green Buildings
Chaptered Text - U.S. Green Building Council
- California Commissioning Collaborative
- Calif. Div. of State Architect - Environmentally Preferred Products Database
- Green Building Pages
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab - Environmental Energy Technologies Division
- Rebuild America
- U.S. DOE Building Technologies Program
Documents Page - Green Building Initiative
For AB 2160 Report, please see the AB 2160 section.
Benchmarking System for California Commercial Buildings - Plan, Timetable, and Recommendations,
Commission Final Report adopted September 21, 2005, by the Energy Commission. Publication # CEC-400-2005-051-CMF.
Posted: September 27, 2005. (PDF file 12, pgs., 54 kb)
November 4, 2005 - Staff Workshop on Benchmarking Commercial Buildings
- Meeting Notes/Summary (PDF file, 6 pg. 107 kb)
- Documents and Presentations for Workshop
(PDF files)
April 7, 2005 - Staff Workshop on Benchmarking Commercial Buildings
- Meeting Notice
- Meeting Agenda (PDF file, 1 pg. 42 kb)
- Meeting Transcript (PDF file, 224 pg. 580 kb)
- Documents and Presentations for Workshop
- Executive Order S-20-04, signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger December 14, 2004.
- CPUC Interim Opinion: Energy Efficiency Portfolio Plans and Program Funding Levels for 2006-2008 - Phase 1 Issues, September 22, 2005. (PDF file, 181 pages, 1.5 megabytes)
- Green Building Action Plan (PDF file, 5 pgs., 166 kb, updated 9/22/05)
- Governor's State of State, January 5, 2005 (PDF file, 8 pgs.,137 kb)
- Governor's 10 Point Energy Plan (Resources Agency News Release)
- Energy Action Plan (EAP) (link). Note: EAP-I adopted May 8, 2003, EAP-II adopted 9/21/2005.
- CPUC-Assigned Commissioner Ruling Proceeding
- CPUC Assigned Commissioner's Ruling Requesting Information in Response to the Governor's Executive Order S-20-04 , December 29, 2004, by Assigned Commissioner Susan Kenedy. (PDF, 4 pages, 108 kilobytes)
- CPUC Order Instituting Rulemaking, RE: Green Building Action Plan (PDF file, 5 pgs., 16 kb)
- Comments on CPUC OIR
- Pacific Gas and Electric (PDF file, 8 pgs., 128 kb)
- Southern California Edison (PDF file, 47 pgs., 127 kb)
- County of Los Angeles (PDF file, 9 pgs., 65 kb)
- City of San Francisco (PDF file, 12 pgs., 415 kb)
- California Department of General Services (PDF file, 7 pgs., 95 kb)
- Alliance to Save Energy (PDF file, 3 pgs., 85 kb)
- CPUC Standard Practice Manual (PDF 37 file, pgs., 1.2 megabytes)
- Link to LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
- U.S. Green Building Council (link)
- LEED® Silver Rating (PDF file, 120 pgs., 438 kb)
- Presentation - Introduction to LEED® Existing Buildings (PDF file, 25 pgs., 14 MB - note size!!)
- LEED® Existing Buildings Project Case Study (PDF file, 52 pgs., 548 kb)
- Energy Commission AB 549 Reports and Documents (link)
- Benchmarking & Related
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Commercial Building Database (PDF file, 12 pgs., 1.2 MB)
- Cal-Arch Bechmarking Tool (PDF file, 2 pgs., 144 kb)
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory Commercial Building Benchmarking (PDF file, 9 pgs., 121 kb)
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory Schools Benchmarking (PDF file, 12 pgs., 1.2 MB)
- Commercial Building Energy Benchmarking, Energy Commission Report 500-03-097-A1. See: West Contra Costa School, Page 37 (PDF file, 90 pgs., 5.8 MB)
- Commissioning
- Presentations
- Evan Mills, LBL Benchmarking (PDF file, 39 pgs., 2.3 MB)
- Rob Hitchcock Benchmarking (PDF file, 13 pgs., 581 kb)
- Evan Mills Costs and Benefits of Commissioning New and Existing Commercial Buildings (PDF file, 40 pgs., 2.1 MB)
- Life Cycle Methodology
- CPUC Standard Practice Manual (PDF 37 file, pgs., 1.2 megabytes)
- California Title 24 Energy Efficiecny Building Standards (link)
(PDF files)
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