Advanced Energy

Performance
Course 1: Energy Technologies and Real
Estate Strategy
Instructor: Honey Berk, CUNY Building Performance Lab, The City
University of New York
Class
No.1
(3.0
hours)

2
(3.0
hours)

3
(3.0
hours)

4
(3.0
hours)

5
(3.0
hours)

Topic
s
Real Estate Strategy
and Energy
Decisions: Part 1
1. Course introduction
2. How is value realized in real estate?
3. The dynamic between value
and energy conservation
measures
4. Building cash flows
Real Estate Strategy and Energy
Decisions: Part 2
1. Factors that affect valuation of real
estate
2. The AEP Matrix: strategic
analysis of the contents of a real
estate portfolio
3. The basics of energy billing
4. Building conditions assessments
Building Energy Technologies : Part 1 Overview and
Categorization
1. Categorizing energy improvements
2. Operational measures
3. Retrofit opportunities
4. Transformative technologies
5. Regulation and energy efficiency
6. Introduction to auditing: the audit
team

Building Energy Technologies : Part 2 The Energy

Audit
1. Purposes, process, types and levels
of audits
2. Typical audit contents
3. Evaluating audits for reliability
4. Using the of
audit
opportunity
Demonstration
Skills
Discussion &
Planning
1. Project distribution & discussion
2. Assignment of teams
3. Team discussion/planning

Required Readings
1. The Real Estate Game, Poorvu, W. J.
Chapter 1, The Game
Chapter 2, Using Numbers in Real
Estate

2. Investment Returns from

Responsible
Property Investments, Pivo and
Fisher.
3. Green Noise or Green Value?
1. The Energy Management Handbook,
Turner,
W. and Doty, S.
Chapter 18, Electric and Gas Utility
Rates for C
& I Consumers

2. The Real Estate Game, Poorvu, W. J.

Appendix A, Notes on Property Types

3. Recognition of Energy Costs and

Energy
Performance in Real Property
Valuation,
1. The Energy Management
Handbook,
Turner, W. and Doty, S.
Chapter 5, Boilers & Fired Systems
Chapter 10, HVAC Systems
Chapter 13, Lighting

2. Local Laws of the City of New York:

LL 84: Benchmarking Energy & Water
Use
LL 87: Energy Audits &
Retrocommissioning
LL 88: Lighting Upgrades & Submetering

3. The Canons of Sustainable

Urbanism,
1. The Energy Management Handbook,
Turner,
W. and Doty, S.
Chapter 3, Energy Auditing

2. A Retrocommissioning Guide for

Building
Owners, PECI.
3.
The
New Jersey Green Building
No new
readings.