DOE Launches New Initiative to Help Cities, States Advance Building Efficiency
A select group of cities and states will receive technical assistance, participate in peer exchange
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the launch of the SEED Collaborative, a strategic effort to help cities and states manage building energy performance data and identify opportunities for efficiency improvements in their jurisdictions. Through a three-year partnership, a select group of cities and states will receive technical assistance, participate in peer exchange, and provide input on future development of DOE’s Standard Energy Efficiency Data (SEED) Platform™, a resource in the Better Buildings toolkit.
The open source software application fills a market need for data-driven energy efficiency program design and implementation, allowing cities and states to combine, manage, and analyze information for large groups of buildings. Managing data from different sources across large portfolios of buildings typically can be costly and time consuming for jurisdictions with limited time and resources. Cities are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars a year and hiring new employees just to manage these efforts.