Building Green

The International Facility Management Association (IFMA) partnered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR program, in an effort to encourage all facility professionals to track their progress as they work toward a goal of reducing their organizations' measured facility energy use by 15%.

IFMA created a master account within the EPA's ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager and extends an invitation to facility professionals to create their own accounts, add information about their facilities and share that information with IFMA. The reasoning behind getting members on board with this effort is to create a better database, whereby facility performance may be measured in a consistent manner, benchmarking energy and utility use, and sharing and implementing efficiency measures and best practices. ENERGY STAR can then use this database to help organizations save money, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve facility performance, and qualify for tax incentives and rebates.