Overview
The Division’s Energy Policy and Strategy group is responsible for guiding Baltimore City agencies in complying with federal, state, and local policy, but also crafts the strategy that City agencies will follow to decarbonize our facilities and fleet.
The Energy Division works in partnership with the DGS Fleet Division on zero-emission vehicle infrastructure planning and is kicking off a new initiative to support agencies in the pursuit of beneficial electrification. This group is critical in ensuring energy management. This group is critical in ensuring energy management best practices throughout city government and supporting cultural change.
| Benchmarking Benchmarking requirements are an important policy tool, often a first step for building owners understand their buildings. Benchmarking looks at energy use, typically over one year and standardized for weather events to compare to itself in prior years and similar buildings. Benchmarking often uses Energy Use Intensity (EUI), or the energy use per square foot. This allows for comparisons of buildings by similar types but different sizes. Energy Star Portfolio Manager is a free tool to benchmark your buildings. Maryland will start requiring buildings over 35,000 square feet to benchmark beginning in 2025. |