Best Practices in Action

Today, SPEER, in partnership with the Houston Advanced Research Center and the State Energy Conservation Office, released another case study highlighting city initiatives to accelerate energy efficiency. This demonstrates a best practice in improving city facilities through energy savings performance contracts. Many building owners and operators struggle to manage necessary capital improvement and operations and maintenance (O&M) expenses. Energy savings performance contracts (ESPCs) are one of the mechanisms by which municipalities, universities, schools, and hospitals address this challenge. read more