Step2Savings Energy Challenge

Electricity costs have risen and are projected to continue to do so over the coming years. The Step2Savings Energy Challenge helps improve your building’s energy efficiency to help lower and control costs. The Challenge also enhances resident comfort, improves indoor air quality, and potentially extending the useful life of your building's HVAC systems.
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Step2Savings Energy Challenge

The Step2Savings Energy Challenge is a FREE program designed to help multi-family buildings and places of worship reduce energy use, strengthen their bottom line, and increase marketability. Improving your building’s energy and water efficiency is one of the most effective ways to lower and control costs, while also enhancing the comfort of residents, improving indoor air quality, and extending the useful life of building systems.

Through the Step2Savings Energy Challenge, the City provides FREE technical assistance to help you:

  • Set and achieve impactful energy reduction targets,
  • Develop a customized action plan to achieve that target, and
  • Track performance and document your energy savings.

Participants also receive:

  • Public recognition for your leadership and successful actions,
  • Technical support for ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager data collection and entry,
  • Connections to industry experts, best practices, and funding opportunities,
  • Educational resources, including articles and case studies,
  • Access to software tools to evaluate capital planning investments, and
  • Potential joint procurement opportunities to simplify the purchase of equipment like solar panels, heat pumps, and smart thermostats.
Step2Savings Timeline

The Step2Savings Energy Challenge makes it easier to reduce expenses, strengthen your competitive position, and provide a healthier living environment for building residents and occupants. Join the Step2Savings Energy Challenge today and start turning energy savings into long-term value. 

To join the Challenge, complete the Sign-Up Form here.

 

For questions, contact Valerie Amor, Energy Manager, valerie.amor@alexandriava.gov, 703.746.3705.

Webinar Series

Join the first webinar August 12, 2-3PM, Introduction to ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager: Step 1 to Savings

Join the City of Alexandria for the webinar, introduction to ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager: Step 1 to Savings, the first in a series of informational sessions to help building owners and managers reduce costs, improve the quality of their building, and collectively help achieve the goals included in the City's Environmental Action Plan 2040. 

Provided as part of the Step2Savings Energy Challenge program, you'll learn about free tools available that can help you understand how much energy your building is using, how it measures up against similar building, and how to start the process to develop long-term facility investment strategies to improve your facility and lower costs.

Please join us on August 12 at 2 PM  on Zoom for our first Introduction to ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager: Step 1 to Savings Webinar.
Join from PC, Mac, iPad, or Android:
https://alexandriava.zoom.us/j/94037589294
Passcode:795542 
Webinar ID: 940 3758 9294