ENERGY STAR Online Training Sessions

PTI Staff Contact: Ronda Mosley, 937-667-4142.

Join no-cost ENERGY STAR® online training sessions and learn how to improve the energy efficiency of buildings by ten percent or more. Register now at this link.

Computer Power Management with ENERGY STAR

Tuesday, March 16, 1:00–2:00 PM ET

Computer Power Management is helping organizations realize energy and financial savings that are available by managing computer and monitor power settings. Organizations using this software can save up to $50 per computer annually.

This training session introduces an innovative software tool that enables you to manage your computer and monitor power from a central location and also reviews educational outreach materials. Who should participate? IT staff, energy managers, building managers, and upper management.

Purchasing and Procuring Efficient Equipment

Wednesday, March 17, 1:00–2:00 PM ET

Purchasing ENERGY STAR qualified products can reduce your organization’s energy use and costs.

This training includes information about ENERGY STAR resources to help your organization purchase products with superior energy performance; guidelines that define energy performance for numerous products; sample procurement language for stipulating energy performance attributes to vendors; and energy saving software that calculates the life cycle costs of ENERGY STAR products and their less efficient counterparts.

Benchmarking in Portfolio Manager for Local and State Governments

Tuesday, March 23, 2:00–3:00 PM ET

This session will review EPA’s online energy management tool, Portfolio Manager, which allows you track the progress of energy efficiency efforts and compare the energy use of your buildings to peer buildings across the country.

Attendees will learn how to measure and track energy use and carbon dioxide emission reductions to establish baseline energy use, prioritize investments, set goals, and track improvements over time.

Financing Energy Efficient Upgrades with ENERGY STAR

Thursday, March 25, 2:00–3:00 PM ET

Learn how public sector organizations are improving energy efficiency with innovative solutions to financial barriers.

Attendees will learn about financing projects in the public and private sectors, the basics of performance contracting, and how EPA’s tools and resources can help you make the decision to improve your facilities now or later.

Large Portfolio Benchmarking 201

Tuesday, March 30, 2:00-3:00 PM ET

For users more familiar with Portfolio Manager, this session discusses tools available to those with a large portfolio of buildings. Topics discussed include best practices for bulk data management for new and existing accounts with reallife examples of organizations that have successfully benchmarked large portfolio of buildings.

02-25-2010