ENERGY STAR® Program Services

Burton has benchmarked more than 1400 sites in the EPA’s ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager® tool and has certified over a thousand buildings. The goal of benchmarking energy intensity within Portfolio Manager is to help our clients better understand energy usage, identify outliers, and then provide a roadmap to reduce usage and expense.

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Portfolio Manager

The ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager® tool facilitates energy use benchmarking for diverse building types within a secure online platform. With approximately a quarter of the commercial building space in the United States actively engaged in benchmarking via Portfolio Manager®, it is the industry-leading benchmarking tool.

Benchmarking and Certification

Utilizing building-specific data, an ENERGY STAR® score is calculated to assess a building’s energy performance compared to similar nationwide facilities. The scoring system designates 50 as the benchmark for median performance, with higher scores signifying better efficiency.

ENERGY STAR® certified buildings play a crucial role in conserving energy, reducing expenses, and demonstrating a company’s commitment to sustainability. Achieving ENERGY STAR® certification requires a building to attain a score of 75 or greater, meaning that it operates 25% more efficiently than its peers in the same category.

Compared with its peers, an ENERGY STAR certified office building:

Consumes 35% less energy.
Produces 35% fewer greenhouse gas emissions.
Operates at a cost $0.54 lower per square foot.
Exhibits higher rental and occupancy rates.

Burton has been honored with the ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year award for 13 consecutive years. Burton’s unique approach involves leveraging the ENERGY STAR® program to pinpoint opportunities for reducing consumption and expenses across portfolios, resulting in measurable and sustainable savings.

The typical steps involved in execution of the ENERGY STAR® program which have been proven to provide value to clients include:

1. Gathering data to accurately populate ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager® tool to calculate individual ENERGY STAR® scores for each building location.
2. Entering the data accurately and consistently to derive true ENERGY STAR® scores.
3. Conducting periodic updates to Portfolio Manager® to re-calculate scores as the score is based upon a rolling 12-month average of utility consumption data.

4. Identifying sites that qualify for ENERGY STAR® certification through a low-cost approach; from site-level visits and verification by a Professional Engineer (PE), to management and oversight of a high-volume certification program.
5. Fully leveraging the marketing benefits of ENERGY STAR®.
6. Expanding beyond ENERGY STAR® into the USGBC’s LEED^®certification program.

Burton provides detailed ENERGY STAR® Performance Reporting to our clients. This report is an integrated assessment, tracking, and benchmarking tool that evaluates all aspects of our client’s ENERGY STAR® program. This report tracks and communicates ENERGY STAR® scores and the percent improvement in overall energy intensity on a periodic basis, providing the resulting financial impact of these improvements.

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“Two factors are critical to me in using an energy management advisor - technical competence and responsiveness. The team at Burton has excelled in both over the past ten years as our energy partner. Their expert advice has supported me in accomplishing my objectives and their size allows for personalized attention that is second to none.”
Randy MichaelSenior Director, Energy Solution Development // Sodexo

“Burton has been an excellent partner, providing interim Energy Manager support as well as project management of numerous initiatives, including securing over $2M in incentives. I’d highly recommend them as a trusted energy partner.”
Catherine BarnesVice President, Facilities & Energy Management // Rite Aid

“Burton’s excellent water audit capabilities and knowledge of water efficiency measures across diverse sectors has made them a trusted partner of CBRE. I’d highly recommend them as a valued partner.”
Shawn WasimGlobal Technical Solutions Director // CBRE

“Over the past 20 years, we have been fortunate enough to have Burton Energy as a partner that truly is focused on improving the performance of our portfolio. With the ever changing landscape of utility costs, we have never had to worry about ensuring we were well positioned to minimize our exposure to these costs. In addition, the customer service and training to our hotels is superior. Burton is just not a vendor they are a valued partner to Meyer Jabara Hotels.”
Eric ChurchillSr. Vice President of Operations // Meyer Jabara Hotels