Lucid Partners with Seattle 2030 District to Dramatically Reduce Commercial Building Energy Usage in Downtown Seattle
Lucid, the pioneer provider of real-time energy monitoring and display systems for buildings, announced a partnership with the Seattle 2030 District to provide energy and water monitoring for commercial buildings in Downtown Seattle. Lucid’s Building Dashboard® will empower managers and tenants to track performance and conserve resources.
This marks the first time that a group of commercial buildings has voluntarily shared energy, water and transportation data with the public. A Downtown Seattle Building Dashboard® will serve as the central platform for tracking, aggregating and displaying building performance. By centrally tracking and communicating performance data, members are able to benchmark themselves against other participating buildings, as well as typical buildings, and use this information to evaluate progress toward reduction targets. In addition to measuring performance at the District level, Lucid will be monitoring and tracking performance for each participating building and organization through Building Dashboard.
“It’s critically important that we develop a community of buildings, owners and managers that are striving for a common goal, and leveraging actual performance data to challenge themselves to find creative ways to reduce the impact of these buildings,” said Brian Geller, executive director for the Seattle 2030 District.
“District members can use Building Dashboard to motivate their building managers to reduce consumption through management and facility improvements, and engage building tenants in making behavior changes that will reduce consumption further," said Lucid CEO, Michael Murray.
As of January 2012, Seattle 2030 District members have shared energy and water data for 64 individual properties, comprising more than 21 million square feet of real estate. This portfolio represents nearly 25 percent of the entire square footage of the Seattle 2030 District area. Based on actual performance data from these buildings, the founding members are performing roughly 26 percent better than the national average for similar buildings. As a whole, the 64 buildings have helped to reduce the energy consumption of the entire 2030 District area by approximately 5.6 percent.
Progress toward reduction targets are continually updated on the Seattle 2030 District's Building Dashboard®:http://www.buildingdashboard.net/seattle2030district
About Seattle 2030 District
The Seattle 2030 District is an interdisciplinary public-private collaborative creating a groundbreaking, high-performance building district in downtown Seattle. With the Architecture 2030 Challenge for Planning providing our performance goals, we seek to develop realistic, measurable, and innovative strategies to assist district property owners, managers, and tenants in meeting aggressive goals that reduce environmental impacts of facility construction and operations. The Seattle 2030 District is a replicable model with tools and resources available for supporting similar efforts in other cities across the US, and is a member of President Obama's Better Buildings Challenge. To learn more about the Seattle 2030 District or sign up to become a member, visit the District website at http://www.2030district.org/seattle.
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Seattle 2030 District article in Daily Journal of Commerce annual Green Issue
The City of Seattle is expanding its goals with the Seattle 2030 District. With so much of the projected growth in our region happening within the City of Seattle, meeting the Seattle 2030 District performance goals is key to creating the bright future we all want. Please see link below for the full article.
The Seattle 2030 District - the NEXT big thing in green building
The bottom line is that the private sector must take the lead in transforming our economy away from fossil fuel dependency. More than 60 organizations, and over 23 million square feet of building space (30 percent of downtown Seattle) are participating in the Seattle 2030 District, a model that can lead the country in that transformation. It's time to join forces; 2030 is right around the corner.
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Green giants: Seattle gets even greener, starting with its biggest buildings
"Seattle, a.k.a. the Emerald City, looms Oz-like in the imaginations of eco-minded architects and designers. Its reputation for being uber green drew architect Brian Geller to the city from New York a few years ago. Now, he looks at the skyline rising above Elliott Bay and sees how much greener the place could be." - www.grist.org
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Seattle 2030 District Formal Launch Event
Seattle 2030 District representing the City of Seattle as one of three Community Partners for the White House's Better Buildings Challenge
The Better Buildings Challenge: The President is challenging CEOs and University Presidents to make their organizations leaders in saving energy, which will save them money and improve productivity. Partners will commit to a series of actions to make their facilities more efficient. They will in turn become eligible for benefits including public recognition, technical assistance, and best-practices sharing through a network of peers. Read more on the Better Building Challenge website, and watch the press conference here. Read our joint press release with the City of Seattle here.
City of Seattle Joins Seattle 2030 District
The City of Seattle has joined the Seattle 2030 District as a Founding Member. Mayor Mike McGinn and all 9 members of the Seattle City council signed a commitment letter. Please read more about this on Mayor McGinn's blog.
Seattle 2030 District Finalizes EPA Climate Showcase Communities Grant Funding
After nearly a year and a half of relying on volunteer efforts, the Seattle 2030 District has secured $454,000 in grant funding and another $225,000 of in-kind member contributions to fund operations through the end of 2013. Read more about Seattle 2030 District's funding at the U.S. EPA's website.
King County Council votes to join Seattle 2030 District
With a focus on saving money, helping the economy, and promoting environmental sustainability, the Metropolitan King County Council voted unanimously today to join the Seattle 2030 District, a coalition of public and private entities in downtown Seattle who have developed goals to reduce environmental impacts of facility construction and operations. Read more at the Metropolitan King Count Council website.