Partnerships

Working with industry representatives and partners is critical to reaching new levels of energy performance in new and existing commercial buildings. Here you will learn more about the alliances and research partnerships under the Commercial Building Initiative that are moving us toward that goal.

The Commercial Building Initiative (CBI) recognizes that to achieve dramatic improvements in commercial building energy performance, industry representatives must be involved to help set research priorities and offer advice based on real-world implementation and deployment. Key CBI alliances and partnerships include:

Commercial Building Energy Alliances (CBEAs) - Informal associations of commercial building owners and operators who work to significantly reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions. Currently, alliances exist for retail, commercial real estate, and hospitals, with more to come.

Commercial Building Partnerships (CBPs) - A program in which companies and organizations (Partners) selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) work on specific retrofit and new construction building projects with DOE, its national laboratories, and private-sector experts. The goals are to achieve whole-building energy savings of 30% or more in retrofits and 50% or more in new construction, and to spur throughout the commercial building sector replication of technologies and strategies that were used to reach those goals.

National Laboratory Collaborative on Building Technologies (NLCBT) - A group of five national laboratories working with DOE to research and accelerate the use of clean, efficient building technologies.

Commercial Buildings Consortium (CBC) - DOE-selected building industry groups that work with DOE to accelerate the commercialization of high-performance building technologies by disseminating new technologies within the commercial building community. A high-performance commercial building offers improved energy, economic, and environmental performance compared to standard practice. Visit the Consortium's Web site to learn more and join.

High-Performance Green Building Partnership Consortia - DOE-recognized building industry groups as described in the Federal Register that will provide high-performance green building information and disseminate research results.