BOMA Energy Efficiency Program (BEEP)

The BOMA Energy Efficiency Program (BEEP) is a six-course series that gives professionals the information, strategies, technologies, how-to guides and resources needed to reduce energy and lower costs…all without leaving your office! Each session is delivered conveniently via web-assisted audio seminars.

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BEEP courses also qualify for continuing professional development credits for industry designation renewals, including RPA, FMA, CPM, ARM, SMA, SMT, and CCM. BEEP courses are also approved for GBCI Continuing Education hours for LEED credential maintenance.

Learn more and register for individual courses below, or register for all six courses as a bundle. All courses and bundles are available as 30-day access or 1-year access.

Introduction to Energy Performance Asset Value

This introductory course reviews the concepts of energy management, discusses why energy performance is important to building operators and quantifies the financial and environmental impact of energy management in commercial real estate. Participants will receive tips for operational adjustment and learn ways to use energy performance as a competitive advantage in your market.

Upon completion, you will be able to:

Understand how energy is generated and used in your building
Recognize the potential impact of energy efficiency on your building's financial and environmental performance
Leverage BEEP resources to find, plan, and implement strategies to improve your energy performance

How to Benchmark Energy Performance Using ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager

EPA's ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager tool helps you measure and track the energy use, water use, and greenhouse gas emissions of your buildings in a secure online environment. Use the results to identify under-performing buildings, set investment priorities, verify efficiency improvements, and receive EPA recognition for superior energy performance. ENERGY STAR offers monthly training on Portfolio Manager for both beginner and advanced users. For more information, visit energystar.gov/buildings/training.

From Audits to Action Plans: Finding and Planning Energy Performance Improvements

Once you understand the energy performance in commercial buildings and you've benchmarked your building, you should know how to identify and plan upgrades to improve your building energy performance. This course presents basic information on conducting an energy audit, identifying opportunities for upgrades, and planning with financial decision makers to implement upgrades.

Upon completion, you will be able to:

Investigate and identify opportunities for energy efficiency upgrades
Evaluate costs and savings of potential upgrades
Prioritize improvements to maximize value
Plan and set goals for upgrades using an energy action plan

No and Low-Cost Opportunities to Improve Energy Performance

According to the US EPA, as much as 30% of a building's energy consumption is wasted, and much of that waste can be avoided through cost-effective best practices for operations and maintenance. This course will describe opportunities commonly found in commercial office, industrial, and multifamily buildings and offers solutions you can implement immediately to reduce energy consumption and associated costs.

Upon completion, you will be able to:

Understand and identify common no and low cost operational opportunities to improve energy and financial performance
Sequence improvements to maximize value
Utilize available resources to help you identify no and low cost energy efficiency upgrades

Building the Business Case: Valuing Energy Enhancement Projects and Financial Returns

Attendees will examine the use of financial metrics and tools to calculate and sell sustainability projects to owners, asset managers and tenants by highlighting the positive financial and environmental impacts of improved performance. Learn how to put energy efficiency in the context of "what's important" to financial decision-makers.

Upon completion, you will be able to:

Define relevant financial metrics for energy efficiency improvements and explain how they are used for making business decisions
Present a business case for EE improvements to management/ownership
Identify both financial and non-financial benefits
Use standard financial metrics to communicate costs and savings
Take advantage of standard reporting formats and tools
Understand a range of financing options to cover the cost of EE improvement.

Awareness & Engagement: Promoting and Leveraging Sustainability Success

This course focuses on creating effective awareness and engagement programs and communicating sustainability accomplishments to key stakeholders. It will provide attendees with tips for creating and examples of target communications, campaigns, tools, and other resources to engage brokers, investors, asset managers, and tenants in sustainability initiatives.

Upon completion, you will be able to:

Understand the rationale for awareness and engagement efforts
Profile key audiences and stakeholders
Learn principles and practices for communicating success in sustainability
Review and utilize commonly available tools and resources
View examples of high-impact awareness and engagement efforts

BOMA BEEP Plus Course Descriptions

As the commercial real estate industry is constantly evolving and new technologies are constantly emerging, BEEP Plus courses are intended to provide an in-depth look at trends, concepts, and technologies that have evolved or emerged since the launch of the core BEEP curriculum. Learn more about the first two courses and register below, or register for both courses as a bundle here.

BEEP Plus: Advanced Metering and Monitoring

Building Automation Systems (BAS), Energy Management Information Systems (EMIS), and similar technologies are making it easier for building operators to understand and adjust building systems in real time to maximize performance. These systems use advanced metering capabilities and monitoring software to provide valuable insight into how a building uses energy and opportunities for improvement. This course will provide an introduction to advanced metering and monitoring capabilities in commercial buildings and give attendees the tools and knowledge to get the most out of their performance monitoring strategy.

Upon completion, you will be able to:

Understand and describe the different types of metering and monitoring
Identify common equipment and systems to meter
Communicate the benefits of real time energy management and smart metering
Understand how to implement advanced metering and monitoring

BEEP Plus: Renewables and Clean Technologies

From on-site electricity generation to energy storage, there are numerous renewable energy and clean technologies that can drive increased savings at commercial property. This course provides attendees an introduction to current, commercially available renewable and clean technologies that can benefit your building today.

Upon completion, you will be able to:

Understand the different types of renewables and clean technology
Learn about the benefits and considerations of the different systems
Discuss the different structures, legal, accounting and financing options
Comprehend relevant operational considerations
Understand the RFP process and consultants

BOMA BEEP® For Industrial

Each seminar is delivered conveniently via web-assisted audio seminars.

BEEP seminars qualify for continuing professional development credits for the renewal of industry designations including CMCP, RPA, FMA, CPM, ARM, SMA, SMT and CCM.

Learn more about the five courses and register below, or register for all five courses as a bundle.

BEEP® for Industrial Properties focuses on understanding energy efficiency’s role in sustainable—and profitable—industrial warehouse buildings. Similar to the regular BEEP program, it contains five modules covering everything from fundamentals of energy management, to creating an energy management plan, to common benchmarking and reporting tools. Each seminar is delivered conveniently via web-assisted audio seminars. BEEP seminars qualify for continuing professional development credits for the renewal of industry designations including CMCP, RPA, FMA, CPM, ARM, SMA, SMT and CCM. Learn more about the five courses and register below, or register for all five courses as a bundle.

This important course reviews the concepts of energy management, discusses why energy performance is important to building operators and quantifies the financial and environmental impact of energy management in commercial real estate. Participants will also receive tips for operational adjustment and learn ways to use energy performance as a competitive advantage in your market.

Upon completion, you will be able to:

Understand how energy is generated and used in your building
Recognize the potential impact of energy efficiency on your building's financial and environmental performance
Leverage BEEP resources to find, plan, and implement strategies to improve your energy performance

How to Benchmark Energy Performance Using ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager

From Audits to Action Plans: Finding and Planning Energy Performance

Upon completion, you will be able to:

Investigate and identify opportunities for energy efficiency upgrades
Evaluate costs and savings of potential upgrades
Prioritize improvements to maximize value
Plan and set goals for upgrades using an energy action plan

Awareness & Engagement: Promoting and Leveraging Sustainability Success

Upon completion, you will be able to:

Understand the rationale for awareness and engagement efforts
Profile key audiences and stakeholders
Learn principles and practices for communicating success in sustainability
Review and utilize commonly available tools and resources
View examples of high-impact awareness and engagement efforts

Leadership, Career, and Talent Development

Occupant Engagement

Technology and Innovation

BOMA Energy Efficiency Program (BEEP)

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