Flexible, affordable web-based interactive or live training for Energy Efficiency. Our expert facilators will educate your team in cost-cutting energy saving solutions for your business. We can customize our courses and can create new training sessions to meet your specific organizational needs.
Learn how to rate the energy performance of your commercial buildings / facilities using the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager benchmarking tool. This Web-based analytical tool was created by the US EPA and is the industry standard for benchmarking energy performance in commercial buildings. This course is offered FREE by ENERGY STAR. A calendar of training dates can be found at https://ENERGYSTAR.Webex.com. If your company would like a customized version of this training, ManageEnergy can create customized training materials and present the training live at your site or via a Webinar. We can also benchmark your facilities for you.
Increasing your ENERGY STAR Energy Performance Rating is easily accomplished through implementing industry best practices. This course identifies operational changes that can be implemented with little to no additional costs and typically using on-staff engineers and managers. This course is offered FREE by ENERGY STAR. A calendar of training dates can be found at https://ENERGYSTAR.Webex.com. If your company would like a customized version of this training, ManageEnergy can create customized training materials and present the training live at your site or via a Webinar.
The Greenest Office Building in America:
Facilitator: George Denise, CFM, CPM, FMA, RPA
This training presents a case study of Adobe Systems Inc. headquarter buildings consist of three high-rise office buildings totaling 1 million square feet. All three buildings are certified as Green Buildings through the USGBC's LEED for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB) program at the platinum level, the highest level possible. The West Tower was the first building certified at the platinum level in the permanent LEED-EB program, and Adobe was the first organization to have three platinum certified buildings through any LEED program. This training reviews some of the market pressures driving certification of green buildings, discusses the "greening" process, and takes a closer look a the financial benefits: a $1.2 million reduction in annual operating costs and a 121% return on investment in the case of Adobe!
Alternative Energy: Mixing Primitive Strategies with High Technology
Facilitator: Dr. Brad Lafferty
Alternative energy is not new. What is new is that the recent use of fossil fuels had made us blind to the small changes that can contribute to a successful strategy. This class looks first at primitive but effective strategies to reduce our energy needs. It then links modern technology to maximize the effect. The hope is of making this quest an elegant and sustainable solution rather than a quick instant technological fix. The end result? A reduction in energy use over the long term
Managing for the 21st Century: Back to Basics Facilitator: George Denise, CFM, CPM, FMA, RPA
The training presents a case study of a $1.4 million upgrade to a LEED-EB certified and ENERGY STAR labeled office building. Learn some of the innovative technologies and not-so-innovative projects that resulted in a $1.2 million reduction in energy costs, a 121% return on investment, and had a payback period less than 1 year.
Making the “New” Green Movement Stick Facilitator: Dr. Brad Lafferty
Many of the ideas and technologies leading to energy conservation fail because of obsolete laws. Consider gasoline to fuel our cars: each state (and some cities) mandates a different standard for the composition of gasoline. This local "recipe" is also modified for seasonal weather changes. Gasoline refined for Chicago, for example cannot be sold in Washington, DC. Each state requires a "boutique blend" of gasoline causing an increase in the cost of gasoline. If the most stringent "recipe" was set as a standard, gasoline could be manufactured and sold nationwide at considerable savings. Another example exists in solar friendly home designs that do not meet local construction codes and thus cannot be built. Some of the new more efficient materials were not in existence when many building codes were set in the early 1950's. Another example exists in solar friendly home designs that do not meet local construction codes and thus cannot be built. To achieve the desired energy efficiency, homes are built according to code and energy saving technologies are tacked on later. Unfortunately, the most energy efficient homes, built in Sweden, cannot be built in the US. These are just two of the many examples of how litigation and regional laws have impeded viable methods of implementing energy savings opportunities. This class looks at those limiting laws and explores way to use litigation and laws to support rather than suppress green changes.
EPACT for Commercial Buildings
Facilitator: Dr. Sharon L. Levin, MBA, CPA
Learn how to qualify for tax credits and deductions available through the IRS Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 2005. Improve the energy efficiency of commercial buildings and reduce your organization's tax liability in addition to improving the environment, decreasing operating costs and increasing the asset value of your portfolio. Latest changes to the IRS code governing EPACT will be presented.
Locating Rebates and Incentives for Energy Efficiency Upgrades
Facilitator: Dr. Sharon L. Levin, MBA, CPA
Plan a larger energy efficiency upgrade by using "free" money. Rebates and incentives are available from local utilities, state and local governments, and manufacturers. In most instances, rebates and incentives are offered for a limited time. Learn how to locate and obtain rebates and incentives as soon as they become available.
EPACT for Commercial Buildings
Facilitator: Dr. Sharon L. Levin, MBA, CPA
Learn how to qualify for tax credits and deductions available through the IRS Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 2005. Improve the energy efficiency of commercial buildings and reduce your organization's tax liability in addition to improving the environment, decreasing operating costs and increasing the asset value of your portfolio. Latest changes to the IRS code governing EPACT will be presented.
Understanding Financial Statements
Facilitator: Dr. Sharon L. Levin, MBA, CPA
Working as an accounting professor at the rank of full professor for the largest US distance education university for over 20 years, Sharon has extensive experience explaining financial data to non-financial managers. Learn how to read and interpret financial statements and recognize the relationship among the Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Stockholder's Equity, and Statement of Cash Flows.
Green Positioning: Developing and Promoting Your Green Image to Attract Quality Tenants & Qualified Buyers.
Facilitator: Jeri Flood, MBA
This class will help you to create an effective communications strategy to showcase your property's "green" features and benefits. By differentiating your real estate assets as "environmentally friendly," you can attract the tenants and buyers you want! Let this "inside the beltway" marketing expert show you how.
Project Management: Managing Your Energy Program
Facilitator: Ken Meissner, MS
Give your team the tools and knowledge to manage all the disciplines of program management, including estimating, planning, execution, progress reporting, risk management, quality assurance, P&L, and more.
Selling LEED to Your Tenants
Facilitator: George Denise, CFM, CPM, FMA, RPA
Tenants and their employees realize greater benefits from Green Building certification than the owners and management company. With a little extra effort and an effective tenant relations campaign, your tenants can become your greatest allies on the road to certification. Operating a Green Building will reduce your tenants' CAM charges, lower absenteeism, and improve the health of their employees, thus increasing productivity. This training will provide the necessary steps to motivate your tenants to reduce their energy use and serve as your Green Building advocate.
Communication
Facilitator: Lisa Fife, MGA
Master the basic processes of communication. Explore the importance of using appropriate verbal and nonverbal channels. Discuss the role that listening plays in the communication process. Examine the role that organizational culture has on communication.
Emotional Intelligence
Facilitator: Certified Emotional Intelligence Associate, Lisa Fife, MGA
Explore the basic elements of emotional intelligence: self-awareness and control, empathy, social expertness, personal influence, and mastery of purpose and vision. Learn to regulate and express emotions and promote emotional and intellectual growth. Use this knowledge to manage yourself, your relationships with others, and develop better working relationships.
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“Sherri provided us with the initial training necessary to register each of our buildings in the ENERGY STAR® program. Because we had so many different situations at our properties, she worked with me individually to determine the best way to set up each property. Sherri became my “go-to” person when I had problems or issues, going above and beyond her responsibility. It would have been much more difficult and taken much longer to get started in the program without her help.”
