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Better Buildings Alliance Sign-Up Form

Please indicate the appropriate subgroup (Commercial
Real Estate & Hospitality Sectors; Healthcare Sector; Higher Education
Sector; Retail, Food Service & Grocery Sectors; Public Sector).

Organization Name:

Primary Contact

First Name:

Last Name:

Title:

Email:

Address 1:

Address 2:

City:

State:

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First Name:

Last Name:

Title:

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Address 2:

City:

State:

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Member Information

Select Subgroup:

Select Subgroup... Commercial
Real Estate & Hospitality Sectors Healthcare Sector Higher
Education Sector Retail, Food Service and
Grocery Sectors State and Local
Sectors

What best describes your
stores?

Please select one or more of the following
options.

Big-box retail
Grocery store
Supermarket
Warehouse
Restaurant
Mixed [please describe]
Other [please describe]

Are your stores

Please select one or more of the following
options.

Owned?

Please select one or more of the following
options.

Self-managed?
Third-party managed?

Please select one or more of the following options.

Net?

Gross?

Mixed
or other [please describe]?

Leased?

Other [please describe]

Is your organization

Please select one or more of the following
options.

For
profit?
Not-for profit?

What types of buildings are in your
portfolio?

Please select one or more of the following
options.

Hospitals

Outpatient
facilities
Medical office buildings

Other [please
describe]

Are your facilities

Please select one or more of the following
options.

Self-managed?
Third-party managed?

Other
[please describe]

Two-year or four-year?

Please select one or more of the following
options.

Two-year

Four-year

Both

Public or private?

Please select one or more of the following
options.

Public

Private

Are your facilities

Please select one or more of the following
options.

Self-managed?
Third-party managed?

Other
[please describe]

Which of these best describes your
organization?

Please select one or more of the following
options.

Owner

Please select one or more of the following
options.

Investor: owns buildings and rents out to tenants

Do you manage your properties or contract
a third-party management company?

Please select one or more of the following
options.

Self-managed

Third-party
managed [optional: who?]
Both or other [please describe]

Occupant: owns buildings
our company occupies
Developer:
develops and owns buildings and either sells or holds property

Mixed
[please describe]

Tenant

Do you

Please select one or more of the following
options.

Occupy your entire buildings?

Share your
building with other tenants?
Mixed [please describe]
Other [please describe]

Are your leases

Please select one or more of the following
options.

Net?

Gross?

Mixed
or other [please describe]?

Does your lease provide incentives for
you and/or your landlord to make efficiency improvements?

Please select one or more of the following
options.

Yes

No

Not
sure

Property manager
Mixed or other [please describe]

What types of buildings are in your
portfolio?

Please select one or more of the following
options.

Offices

Retail
– stand alone
Retail – malls
Hotels

Restaurants
Grocery stores
Multi-family housing
Mixed-use
Other
[please describe]

Building Portfolio

Number of buildings in your
portfolio*:

*Include managed and franchised space, if applicable.

Total square footage of portfolio:

Percentage of portfolio that is
third-party managed:

Percentage of portfolio that is
franchised:

Energy Considerations

Do you track the energy use of your buildings via tools
such as Portfolio Manager?

Please select one or more of the following
options.

Yes
No

What are your organization-wide energy-savings
goals? [For example, portfolio-wide savings of 10% over 2010 baseline;
annual EUI improvement goals; Portfolio Manager score targets] If you do
not yet have organization-wide energy savings targets, please explain any
future plans to set such goals.

What are the primary challenges you currently
face in meeting your goals?

Alliance members are encouraged to share
strategies for success. Have you overcome any efficiency barriers that you
believe other Alliance members face? If yes, please describe. If you have
additional information/files you would like to send, please attach and
send in an email to [email-masked].

Members are required to participate in at least one Solutions
Team.
Please indicate your choice below.

Please select one or more of the following
options.

Market
Solutions

Tech Lead: Diane Vrkic [email-masked]
Example
2012 activities:

Developed an "efficient lease library" to help overcome split-incentive
challenges by incorporating win-win efficiency clauses into leases

Followed up on next steps from Energy Efficiency Investment Roundtables

Supported standardized data
collection in a common taxonomy
to help building owners and operators better assess efficiency upgrade
opportunities

Strategically prioritized and developed real-world implementation models
and best-practice guidance documents that illustrate solutions to an array of
energy-efficiency barriers

Lighting & Electrical

Tech Lead: Linda [email-masked]
Example
2012 activities:

Facilitated large-scale (among members and beyond) adoption of
BBA-developed high-efficiency specifications for:

Parking lot lighting

Parking structure lighting

Refrigerated case lighting

Lighting troffers in 2'x4', 2'x2' and 1'x4' configurations

Disseminated best practices for high-efficiency lighting

Space Conditioning

Tech Lead: Michael [email-masked]
Example
2012 activities:

Verified prototype units submitted by manufacturers in response to the
Rooftop Unit (RTU) Challenge and conducted energy-impact analyses

Developed several advanced HVAC system specifications

Created a deployment plan for HVAC systems targeted by BBA
specifications

Refrigeration

Tech Lead: Bill Goetzler [email-masked]
Example
2012 activities:

Developed a supermarket refrigeration system commissioning guide in
collaboration with ASHRAE

Created a guide for retrofitting doors onto open refrigerated display
cases

Developed challenge specifications for high efficiency supermarket
refrigeration compressor racks

Food
Service

Tech Lead: Rich Shandross mailto:[email-masked]
Example
2012 activities:

Promoted efficient food service equipment in collaboration with ENERGY
STAR® and others

Facilitated the inclusion of food service buildings in ENERGY STAR's
Portfolio Manager tool, as well as the development of ENERGY STAR building
performance ratings and certification criteria for food service buildings

Increased awareness, understanding, and implementation of Energy
Management Systems and Energy Information Systems in food service
applications

Plug
& Process Loads

Tech Lead: Michael Sheppy [email-masked]
Example
2012 activities:

Developed a new specification for a high-priority PPL

Prioritized needs for future specifications, guidance, or tools that will
enable significant PPL energy reductions

Laboratories

Tech Lead: Paul Mathew [email-masked]
Example
2012 activities:

Deployed, documented, and disseminated four high-impact strategies:

Fume-hood sash management

Minimum air-change rate optimization

Reduction of simultaneous heating and cooling

Laboratory freezer energy management and Freezer Challenge
contest

Developed freezer and fume-hood specifications (cross-cutting activity
with the Refrigeration and Food Service Project Teams)

Energy Management Information Systems

Energy
Savings Performance Contracts

Data
Management Approaches

Strategic
Energy Planning
Finance
Strategies

May we use your company logo on posters and other printed
material for reports and presentations?

Yes
No

If we have permission to use your logo, please provide contact
information for someone who can provide a high-resolution (300 dpi)
version of logo.

As an authorized representative of my organization, I agree
to the Terms set forth above and request to join the Alliance.

Authorized Company
Representative:

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