The Data Access and Transparency Alliance (DATA) is a collaborative effort led by the commercial real estate industry and green building organizations to provide building operators with energy consumption data to advance energy-efficiency and energy cost savings in buildings. DATA is organized by the Institute for Market Transformation, the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International, the Real Estate Roundtable and the U.S. Green Building Council.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

U.S. DOE Launches Utility Data Access Maps

The Department of Energy has launched online maps grading utilities on data accessibility. Visit the OpenEI website to see the maps.

Enterprise Community Partners, Natural Resources Defense Council Join DATA Alliance

The DATA Alliance announced that Enterprise and NRDC have joined IMT, BOMA, the Real Estate Roundtable and USGBC as DATA members. Read the press release in our Resources section.

USGBC highlights energy data access in 2012 Existing Authorities Memo and Local Advocacy Campaigns

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) highlighted energy data access issues in its 2012 Existing Authorities Memo, released in Jan. 2012, and developed a data access advocacy campaign for its network of local chapters. Read more in our Resources section.

DATA Alliance featured by U.S. DOE Commercial Buildings Consortium

The Zero Energy Commercial Buildings Consortium featured the DATA Alliance in its Jan. 2012 newsletter. Read the Article.

NARUC approves resolution calling for whole-building energy data access

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) approved an energy efficiency resolution at its 2011 summer meeting encouraging state public utility commissions to support energy benchmarking in commercial buildings, and to aid building owners and managers in accessing whole-building energy consumption data for use in EPA’s Energy Star Portfolio Manager benchmarking tool. Read the press release.