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For DPR Construction, sustainability is a core value that is embodied in every aspect of their business. DPR's recently completed office in San Diego has continued to push the envelope: the company's first Net Zero Energy office, which is expected to earn LEED® Platinum certification. The San Diego office has a multifaceted approach to saving energy that involves everyone in the company -- and a key part of that approach is using Building Dashboard® to monitor and display resource consumption.
Since its opening DPR staff have been tasked with ensuring that the office produces more energy than it consumes, which means constantly trying to find ways reduce consumption. In addition to engaging employees and helping staff manage ongoing building performance, DPR is using Building Dashboard to communicate their commitment to sustainability inside and outside the office.
Since the completion of their Sustainability Master Plan in 2007, Elon has made resource conservation a key goal. Building Dashboard tracks and displays resource use in 54 of the 72 buildings on campus, making visible for the first time the environmental footprint of the buildings in which students learn and live. Elon uses Building Dashboard in conjunction with other technologies and creative programs to meet their sustainability goals, which span operations, curriculum, student life and facilities.
Every school is unique, but the challenges of sustainability have raised some common questions on college and university campuses. How do we use buildings as a teaching tool? How can we engage students and staff to foster behavior change and promote conservation? How can we communicate our long-term sustainability goals in ways that motivate collective action?
Hamilton College has a history of leadership in sustainability. Most recently, the college completed a climate action plan that sets an ambitious target of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 50% by 2020. To meet this goal, Hamilton is focusing on improving building efficiency on campus and developing strategies to address behavior patterns and promote conservation. A key element is using Building Dashboard to monitor, visualize and contextualize resource use.
Changing the behavior of building occupants is a component of Hamilton's conservation efforts that offers valuable educational opportunities in addition to environmental and economic benefits. Hamilton has real-time resource use monitoring in 11 residence halls, the LEED® Gold Kirner-Johnson humanities building, Unified Science Center, an Outdoor Leadership Center and five other campus facilities.
