diff --git a/src/app/tool/better/goals/goals.component.html b/src/app/tool/better/goals/goals.component.html index 6746be6..7807e21 100644 --- a/src/app/tool/better/goals/goals.component.html +++ b/src/app/tool/better/goals/goals.component.html @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@

Goals & Outcomes

  • Annual utility cost and savings breakdowns by end use (i.e., heating, cooling, baseload)
  • Monthly electric and fossil energy use trends (baseline and projections with assumed efficiency improvements)
  • Electricity and fossil fuel change-point models and model coefficient benchmarking
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  • An estimate of the energy production potential of grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) rooftop array installations for your building to determine net zero readiness.

    • BETTER's Portfolio Summary Report shows:

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    BETTER

    With BETTER, you can easily:

    Best of all, BETTER only needs monthly energy consumption data to generate these insights.

    Get started by visiting the BETTER web application.

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    To learn more, view the Introduction to BETTER presentation, explore the additional resources on the How it Works page, or contact BTODataTools@ee.doe.gov.

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    To learn more, explore the additional resources on the How it Works page or contact BTODataTools@ee.doe.gov.

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    News

    - + + + +For more news, visit the BETTER news page diff --git a/src/app/tool/better/resources/resources.component.html b/src/app/tool/better/resources/resources.component.html index 0e19263..97e9bef 100644 --- a/src/app/tool/better/resources/resources.component.html +++ b/src/app/tool/better/resources/resources.component.html @@ -4,9 +4,48 @@

    How It Works

    BETTER utilizes an open-source, data-driven analytical engine and user-friendly web interface to automatically analyze a building's monthly energy usage in response to weather conditions. With minimal data inputs, the tool benchmarks a building's electric and fossil energy usage against peers; quantifies energy, cost and greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction potentials at the building and portfolio levels; and recommends energy efficiency measures to decarbonize and electrify buildings and portfolios.

    Who is Using BETTER?

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    BETTER is used by federal, state, and municipal government agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – Goddard Space Flight Center and the Department of Energy and Environment in the District of Columbia; school districts; energy service companies, including Johnson Controls; multinational corporations; investors and lenders, like Citi; and non-profit organizations, such as World Resources Institute (WRI). For more on pilot projects, visit better.lbl.gov/news/.

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    BETTER is used by federal, state, and municipal government agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – Goddard Space Flight Center and the Department of Energy and Environment in the District of Columbia; school districts; energy service companies, including Johnson Controls; multinational corporations; investors and lenders, like Citi; and non-profit organizations, such as PowerOptions and World Resources Institute (WRI). For more on pilot projects, visit better.lbl.gov/news/.

    Interoperability

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    BETTER can be used in combination with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ENERGY STAR® PortfolioManager® and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Building Energy Asset Score to conduct multilayered analysis on buildings to deliver both superior structural performance and operational energy performance. Currently, BETTER can input data from ENERGY STAR® PortfolioManager®, and a BuildingSync® file read/write capability is being added to facilitate data and analytics transfer between BETTER and Asset Score, Audit Template, and the Standard Energy Efficiency Data (SEED)TM Platform.

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    BETTER can be used in combination with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ENERGY STAR® PortfolioManager® and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Building Energy Asset Score to conduct multilayered analysis on buildings to deliver both superior structural performance and operational energy performance. Currently, BETTER can input data from ENERGY STAR® PortfolioManager® or a BuildingSync® file to facilitate data and analytics transfer between BETTER and Asset Score, Audit Template, and the Standard Energy Efficiency Data (SEED)TM Platform. Users of SEED can also run BETTER and view BETTER reports from within the SEED platform. See how one California state government branch is accessing BETTER analytics through SEED to support portfolio energy performance improvement. +

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    Training Materials

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    The following documents are available to help you understand and use BETTER:

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    Case Studies

    + + + + + - diff --git a/src/assets/css/app.css b/src/assets/css/app.css index 057d74a..76290e8 100755 --- a/src/assets/css/app.css +++ b/src/assets/css/app.css @@ -8125,3 +8125,24 @@ blockquote { font-weight: bold; font-size: 80%; } + +.news-li { + padding-bottom: 25px; +} + +.bold-text { + font-weight: bold; + font-size: 1.1em; + color: #000; +} + +.news-date { + font-weight: lighter; + font-size: 0.9 em; + color: #999; +} + +.news-p { + padding-top:10px; + color: #555; +} diff --git a/src/assets/md/better/news.md b/src/assets/md/better/news.md deleted file mode 100644 index 0fa0ae6..0000000 --- a/src/assets/md/better/news.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,79 +0,0 @@ -- [A 'BETTER' Way Forward for Low-Cost, Accessible Retrofits](https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2021/11/08/a-better-way-forward-for-low-cost-accessible-retrofits/) - November 8, 2021 - - BETTER is helping state agencies and school districts to decarbonize their buildings while saving taxpayers money. - -- [BETTER Low-Cost Energy Retrofits](https://eta.lbl.gov/news/better-low-cost-energy-retrofits) - November 5, 2021 - - BETTER is being used to identify buildings in New England's underserved neighborhoods that are most in need of energy improvements through a program called [Rapid Retrofits](https://rapidretrofits.tumblr.com/). - -- **BETTER V1.0. is online** - July 30, 2021 - - BETTER V1.0. is live! - -- [BETTER Garners Award, Avid Interest](https://eta.lbl.gov/news/better-garners-award-avid-interest) - June 23, 2021 - - Learn why approximately 400 organizations are turning to BETTER to decarbonize their building portfolios. - -- [U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Launches New Building Performance Tools Website Featuring BETTER](/#/better) - June 11, 2021 - - A new U.S. DOE data tools website for cities interested in pursuing building performance standards (BPS) features BETTER. - -- [Remote Energy Management During COVID-19: Utilizing Benchmarking Tools to Target Cost Savings Opportunities](https://www.cxenergy.com/cxenergy-2021-preliminary-technical-program/) - April 27, 2021 - - Berkeley Lab and Energy Resources Integration (ERI) presented at the CxEnergy virtual conference on how BETTER is being used to assess a portfolio of 450 California state agency buildings, target buildings for audits, validate audit findings, and perform longitudinal benchmarking. - -- [BETTER is a Semi-Finalist for the 2021 EarthX Climate Tech Prize](https://earthx.org/conference/e-capital-summit/) - April 26, 2021 - - BETTER was named a semi-finalist for the 2021 EarthX Climate-Tech Prize – an award which connects early-stage developers with investors. - -- [BETTER and Pathways to Carbon Neutrality](https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/energy-efficiency-buildings-pathway-carbon-neutrality-us-and-china) - April 26, 2021 - - Berkeley Lab presents at the Woodrow Wilson Center China Environment Forum webcast on BETTER and the evolution of building energy efficiency benchmarking and analysis tools to speed decarbonization of existing buildings in China and the United States. Click [here](https://youtu.be/zBOplzFccPM) to listen to the recorded session. - -- **Berkeley Lab Delivers a Guest Lecture on BETTER at Fanshawe College** - April 7, 2021 - - Berkeley Lab delivered a guest lecture on BETTER to graduate students in Fanshawe College's Building Energy Modeling Course as part of Johnson Controls' Global Sustainability Network Earth Month outreach activities. - -- [Data Tool Gets BETTER Results, Gaining Accolades for Innovation](https://www.icf.com/insights/culture/better-data-tool-rd100-award) - December 10, 2020 - -- [BETTER wins the 2020 R&D 100 Award](https://www.rdworldonline.com/rd-100-award-winners-announced-in-process-prototyping-and-software-services-categories/) - October 1, 2020 - - The R&D 100 Awards have served as the most prestigious innovation awards program for the past 58 years, honoring great R&D pioneers and their revolutionary ideas in science and technology. BETTER won the award in the Software/Service category. - -- BETTER is featured in [Energy Efficiency Magazine: Special Edition on Energy Efficiency and Economic Recovery](https://energyefficiencymagazine.com/) - September 23, 2020 - - See our article, "Building Back BETTER with Remote, Rapid Energy Retrofit Analysis," on page 53 of the September 2020 issue of Energy Efficiency Magazine where we discuss how, in this unprecedented time of a global pandemic, BETTER's analysis can be completed without on-site audits or inspections, enabling energy efficiency workers to continue to plan and develop building retrofit and retro-commissioning projects. This can help preserve jobs during a time when hundreds of thousands of U.S. energy efficiency workers have been left unemployed because of COVID-19. - -- [BETTER wins the 2020 LBNL Director's Award](https://recognition.lbl.gov/2020-laureates/) - September 4, 2020 - - BETTER wins the 2020 LBNL Director's Award for Exceptional Achievement in Technology Transfer which recognizes the BETTER team's exemplary efforts in building relationships with industry to advance the science of data-driven, remote building energy analysis to improve building energy efficiency at speed and scale worldwide. - -- [BETTER Building Efficiency Is Now Possible with Data-Driven Energy Analysis](https://www.ase.org/blog/better-building-efficiency-now-possible-data-driven-energy-analysis) - August 5, 2020 - -- [Johnson Controls Declares War on In-Person Audits](https://www.propmodo.com/johnson-controls-declares-war-on-in-person-audits/) - July 28, 2020 - -- [Johnson Controls Introduces Open-Source Energy Analysis Software For Targeting Building Efficiency Retrofits](https://www.johnsoncontrols.com/media-center/news/press-releases/2020/07/09/johnson-controls-introduces-opensource-energy-analysis-software-for-targeting-building-efficiency-re) - July 9, 2020 - -- **BETTER Beta is online** - May 5, 2020 - - Beta version of BETTER is live! - -- **Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Calculations Available** - April 8, 2020 - - BETTER can now estimate potential GHG emissions reductions for buildings and portfolios through improved energy efficiency. - -- **Portfolio Report Updates** - February 19, 2020 - - Updated the portfolio report to show energy consumption and savings breakdown, and most frequently recommended energy efficiency measures. - -- **New Version of Data Entry Template** - February 2, 2020 - - The data entry template is updated. The new template adds more energy units which are the same as the units used in ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager® - -- **BETTER Alpha is online** - August 6, 2019 - - Alpha version of BETTER is live! - -- [Johnson Controls Announces Technology Initiative to Introduce Open-source Software For Targeting Commercial And Public Building Retrofits](https://www.johnsoncontrols.com/media-center/news/press-releases/2019/01/15/open-source-software-for-targeting-commercial-and-public-building-retrofits) - January 15, 2019 - -For more news, visit the [BETTER news page](https://better.lbl.gov/news/). diff --git a/src/assets/md/better/resources.md b/src/assets/md/better/resources.md deleted file mode 100644 index 3d5dd78..0000000 --- a/src/assets/md/better/resources.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,11 +0,0 @@ -The following documents are available to help you understand and use BETTER: - -- [Data-Driven Analysis Tool Plays Critical Role in Climate Neutral Buildings](https://eta.lbl.gov/publications/data-driven-analysis-tool-plays) - -- [Targeting Building Energy Efficiency Opportunities – An Open-source Analytical and Benchmarking Tool](https://better.lbl.gov/static/pdf/ASHRAE_conference_paper.pdf) - -- [Using BETTER to Implement a "Quick Wins" Building Energy Performance Improvement Strategy](https://youtu.be/Hmql1czkhXE) - -- [Introduction to the Building Efficiency Targeting Tool for Energy Retrofits (BETTER)](https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/5130560257504060939) - -- [Collecting and Preparing Data to Use BETTER to Improve Building Energy Performance](https://youtu.be/Z7DbIRSRGUc)