July 12, 2005: BOMA Launches Energy Efficiency Program
ANAHEIM, Calif. - The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International has launched a multi-year campaign to increase energy efficiency at 9 billion square feet of commercial properties. The association started the energy efficiency program at its annual conference in Anaheim, Calif., with the first of six training sessions on operational excellence.
The campaign, developed in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under its Energy Star Challenge, is designed to educate association members about the financial and environmental benefits of improving energy efficiency, train commercial building operators and owners on strategic energy management, and recognize members who demonstrate energy savings of 10, 20, 30 percent or more. Because energy is the single largest operating cost in an office building, representing 30 percent of a typical building's costs, the value of these savings is substantial for the bottom line, and also the environment, says the EPA.