Tag Archive: commercial energy
Earth Month 2022
Celebrate Earth Month with volunteer, community, and environmental educational events happening throughout April. Here are a few that the Department of Environmental Protection would like to highlight this year. Bookmark
Putting Science on Display: The Universities at Shady Grove BSE Facility
On July 22, 2021, Associate Principal Rick Fredlund of the architecture firm Cooper Carry accepted USGBC’s Midsummer Night’s Green award for the Universities at Shady Grove’s new Biomedical Sciences and Engineering Education (BSE) Facility. The award is one of several earned by the project in 2021, joining
The Tower Companies Builds Solar PV Carport to Expand Renewable Energy in Montgomery County
The Tower Companies (“Tower”) is a recognized green building leader that develops, owns, and operates over 6 million square feet of commercial office, multi-family residential, and retail shopping centers across
Registration Now Open for 2021 Virtual Montgomery County Energy Summit, May 4-6
Registration is now open for the eighth annual Montgomery County Energy Summit, which will be held virtually due to the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis. The Summit is scheduled for Tuesday-Thursday,
New Green Building Incentives: Working Together for Energy Efficiency
In 2018, Montgomery County DEP led a group of stakeholders to review the County’s green building property tax credit for commercial and multifamily buildings. The credit had been in place
Prepping Your Workspace for An Efficient, Extended Absence
With telework on the rise, we all have a significant opportunity to prep our workstations and buildings for an extended absence, be it a vacation, holiday, or extended closure. We’ve gathered tips for
ISO 50001: A Framework for Continuous Energy Improvement
If you’ve been benchmarking your energy use for a few years now, you should have a good idea of how your building performs relative to others like it and how
ACEEE’s Local Clean Energy Self-Scoring Tool Places County in Top 25 Cities Nationwide
We are always looking for tools to help monitor and track progress towards our sustainability goals. To that end, Montgomery County partnered with the American Council for an Energy-Efficiency Economy
Meet Montgomery County’s New Commercial Energy Program Manager
Hello Montgomery County and thank you for welcoming me to the Department of Environmental Protection! As the Commercial Energy Program Manager, I will be looking to connect with as many
Free Online Training: Re-Tuning Commercial Buildings
According to ENERGY STAR, building owners can save 5 – 20% annually on their energy bills by implementing operations and maintenance best practices. However, with the plethora of data and
Call for Proposals now open for the 2020 Montgomery County Energy Summit
The Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection and the Montgomery County Committee of USGBC National Capital Region invite proposals for educational presentations at the 2020 Montgomery County Energy Summit. The
Registration Now Open for 6th Annual Montgomery County Energy Summit
Register today for the 2019 Montgomery County Energy Summit! The sixth annual Montgomery County Energy Summit, which focuses on promoting commercial energy efficiency and the use of clean energy in
Energy and net-zero projects at United Therapeutics in Silver Spring
In 1994, Dr. Martine Rothblatt’s young daughter was diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a rare and progressive lung disorder that affects 15 to 50 of every million people. Since
I’ve benchmarked my building… Now what?
As the summer rolls on, you may find yourself wondering what to do with the commercial building benchmarking data you reported to DEP earlier this month. If you’re not familiar
County’s first C-PACE project celebrates with “green” ribbon-cutting ceremony
An innovative financing program opened the door for a Montgomery County business to make energy-efficient building improvements that will help increase its energy savings by about 30% per year. By
Recap of the 4th Annual Montgomery County Energy Summit
On Wednesday, April 5th, 240 attendees convened for the fourth annual Montgomery County Energy Summit. The Energy Summit is an annual, must-attend event for County building owners, property managers, energy
Energy Summit 2017 registration now open
We’re back again with the 4th annual Montgomery County Energy Summit 2017 at the Silver Spring Civic Building! Mark your calendars for Wednesday, April 5th, 2017. Co-hosted by Montgomery County
Montgomery County announces first Commercial PACE project application and groundbreaking
Montgomery County is proud to announce the first accepted application into the County’s Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing program. The project at the Shady Grove Professional Building and
