Boston Community Capital's WegoWise recently announced that it has partnered with the Los Angeles Better Buildings Challenge (LABBC) to help reduce building energy use across 30 million square feet of Los Angeles buildings. LABBC is one of the largest BBC programs in the nation and the first to offer the WegoWise platform to all participants free of charge, enabling building owners and managers to easily track utility data and accelerate progress towards the program goal of reducing energy use 20% by 2020.
"The LABBC is leading the nation by helping participating buildings understand their energy use so they can reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and slash costs," said Dave Hodgins, Executive Director of the LABBC. "We've seen that a convenient data acquisition and tracking tool is essential for building owners and managers to understand their energy use and participate in the Challenge. WegoWise plays an important role by helping LABBC participants easily track, benchmark and report their energy data."
Municipal, commercial and multifamily buildings participating in the LABBC program can now use WegoWise's platform to track and report energy consumption. Property owners and managers can also use WegoWise to identify the least efficient buildings for retrofits to maximize savings and verify that upgrades deliver energy savings as anticipated. More than 60 projects representing nearly $20M in investment are already underway as part of the LABBC, and these projects can now use WegoWise's platform to track building performance and verify cost savings. LABBC participants using WegoWise will join more than 12,000 buildings representing 190,600 total units tracking energy usage in WegoWise.
"LABBC participants are required to track and report their energy usage, but many don't have the time or resources to do so," said Andrew Chen, WegoWise CEO. "WegoWise helps building owners meet LABBC reporting requirements in as little as five minutes. By automatically tracking utility use across large building portfolios, participants can also quickly identify their least efficient buildings where retrofits can deliver major energy reductions and help the LABBC program achieve its targets faster."
Read about it in The Wall Street Journal and Energy Manager Today.