Graebert, R F (2015) The implementation of building energy management in commercial real estate and impacts on building energy performance. PhD thesis, Stanford University, USA.
Abstract
I studied owner-operators of large corporate campuses with successful energy management programs to encourage dissemination of energy management practices to a broader audience with the ambition that the knowledge presented in this thesis contributes to dramatically reduce building energy use in the commercial building sector. My doctoral research contributes to the field of energy efficient building management: (1) a case study of advanced building energy management (BEM) at a corporate campus, (2) an assessment of BEM practice implementation and validation of the ENERGY STAR Guidelines for Energy Management framework by contrasting energy management at five case study corporations, (3) an analysis of how ENERGY STAR Scoring lacks support for impact analysis of BEM. I further contribute to energy efficient building management a framework connecting BEM practices and their impacts, which I validated internally for the performed case studies. Finally, the thesis concludes with empirical evidence that sustainability provides an alternative, potentially strategic, reason for BEM to the field of sustainability research for buildings in the commercial sector. Practitioners can use these findings to support the decision to adopt certain BEM practices. Researchers can build on the empirical analysis of the impact of energy management practices on building performance and create a formal framework for quantitatively explaining their impact. Policy makers can use the results of this research to update best practice guidelines to prioritize the most impactful practices.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Thesis advisor: | Fischer, M; Granderson, J and Levitt, R E |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | best practice; building performance; case studies; case study; commercial building; energy performance; energy use; owner; policy; real estate; sustainability |
| Index terms: | energy management, energy use, implementation, energy-efficient building, energy performance, best practice, real estate, commercial real estate, energy star, owner, case study, impact analysis, practitioner, validation, evidence, commercial building, program, dissemination, building performance, building energy use |
| Subjects: | contractual arrangements, construction type, evaluation and assessment methods, practitioner, quality assurance, sustainable design, real estate economics, sustainability and energy, data analysis and analytics, energy systems, business, data collection methods, sociology, software systems, knowledge translation, professional development |
| Topics: | Urban Studies, Digital Applications, Information Management, Research Practice, Business Strategy, Construction Technology, Stakeholder Management, Roles and Professions, Quality Management, Sustainability, Procurement |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCEA |
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