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
Presentations for the 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 Benchmarking White Paper, by Al Garcia, California Energy Commission. (PDF file 7, pgs., 205 kb)

High Performance Commercial Building Systems, Review of California and National Benchmarking Methods. Nance E. Matson and Mary Ann Piette, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Posted April 1, 2005 (PDF file 58, pgs., 1 megabyte)

Presentations for the Workshop
(PDF files)

Background Documents

1. Executive Order S-20-04, signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger December 14, 2004.


2. 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)


3. Green Building Action Plan (PDF file, 5 pgs., 166 kb, updated 9/22/05)


4. Governor's State of State, January 5, 2005 (PDF file, 8 pgs.,137 kb)


5. Governor's 10 Point Energy Plan (Resources Agency News Release)


6. Energy Action Plan (EAP) (link). Note: EAP-I adopted May 8, 2003, EAP-II adopted 9/21/2005.


7. 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


1. Pacific Gas and Electric (PDF file, 8 pgs., 128 kb)


2. Southern California Edison (PDF file, 47 pgs., 127 kb)


3. County of Los Angeles (PDF file, 9 pgs., 65 kb)


4. City of San Francisco (PDF file, 12 pgs., 415 kb)


5. California Department of General Services (PDF file, 7 pgs., 95 kb)


6. Alliance to Save Energy (PDF file, 3 pgs., 85 kb)




• CPUC Standard Practice Manual (PDF 37 file, pgs., 1.2 megabytes)

8. 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)

10. Energy Commission AB 549 Reports and Documents (link)


11. 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)

12. Commissioning


• California Commissioning Collaborative (link)

14. 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)

15. Life Cycle Methodology


• CPUC Standard Practice Manual (PDF 37 file, pgs., 1.2 megabytes)




16. California Title 24 Energy Efficiecny Building Standards (link)