I love accountability and think it is the best way to change/incent behavior.

From a recent blog from Jetson Green (I told you I found all sorts of great things on his site!), Energy Performance Scores (EPS) is a rating of the total energy consumption of a home with an associated carbon emission score. To get the score, a trained professional conducts an EPS audit by collecting utility bill information; measuring and sketching the home; recording window type and shading, insulation values, exterior and interior lighting fixtures, and appliances; inspecting ducts; and performing a blower door test.

For commercial properties, we have the Energy Star program which was developed as an energy performance rating systems for several commercial building types. The ratings on a scale of 1 to 100 provide a means for benchmarking the energy efficiency of specific buildings against the energy performance of similar facilities. The higher the number, the better the performance against similar buildings. It doesn’t take into account carbon emissions directly.

This type of scorecard reminds me of the benchmarks that we discussed on this blog that could show up on your electric bill.

What gets measured, gets done!