Efficient Buildings Collaborative

About the Program

Category: County Resiliency (Best in Category)

Year: 2021

This first-in-the-nation Efficient Buildings Collaborative (EBC) brings the power of partnership to enable cities of all sizes and capacities to reduce energy use in large commercial and multi-family buildings. Hennepin County has developed a program that standardizes the city adoption processes to implement building energy benchmarking policies. The EBC engages and supports cities from conception to implementation by providing technical assistance, resources, and program implementation assistance with a low barrier to entry. Cities participate in a cohort to learn about the benchmarking process. The program provides hands-on technical assistance and access to a data management and transparency platform through Hennepin County contracted services. This program currently supports six communities and is growing through the purposefully designed education and recruitment process that meets cities where they are