Draft2:SEED Collaborative
Template:Stub noticeThe SEED Collaborative is a strategic effort to assist state and local governments manage, standardize and share large building performance data sets.
This collaboration builds on the success of DOE’s well-established software application called the Standard Energy Efficiency Data (SEED) Platform™, one of the tools in the Better Buildings toolkit that allows cities and states to streamline the complex and difficult process of managing and standardizing building energy data.
DOE's role
DOE established the SEED Platform Collaborative with the goal of helping cities, counties, states and other public agencies successfully transition to using the SEED Platform to manage building energy performance data. This performance data will allow public and private entities to analyze and identify the best opportunities for improving building performance.
Mission/Objectives
The SEED Platform Collaborative provides a peer community for public agencies that are tracking building energy performance data using the Standard Energy Efficiency Data Platform™ (SEED Platform). Member public agencies (and Inaugural Partners, detailed below) share best practices and information with one another, and engage with Technical Allies and Affiliate organizations. Software developers and web hosting providers can participate in the Collaborative as Technical Allies to offer SEED Platform web-hosting and other value-added services needed by users of the SEED Platform. Major nonprofit organizations have also joined as Affiliates to help promote adoption of the SEED Platform and participation in the Collaborative, and to share lessons learned.
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Members
Members of the SEED Platform Collaborative are city, county and state governments, or other public agencies, that use the SEED Platform and share the vision of utilizing building performance data to inform public and private investment decisions affecting energy and buildings
Inaugural Partners
The Inaugural Partners – 10 cities, 1 county and 1 state – are the first-movers implementing the SEED Platform and have been selected to receive free web-hosting for their SEED Platform accounts, intensive technical assistance, and priority input on new development for three years, in exchange for testing new features and sharing their experiences with the broader community.
Each Inaugural Partner and how they currently, or plan to, utilize the SEED Platform is detailed below:
- Atlanta, GA will use the SEED Platform to help manage incoming building performance data for their upcoming benchmarking compliance deadlines.
- Berkeley, CA is using the SEED Platform to collect and store data from their Building Energy Saving Ordinance for all buildings, and potentially connect to other local database systems.
- Cambridge, MA is using the SEED Platform to maintain a list of buildings that need to comply with their Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance and to manage building performance data.
- The California Energy Commission will use the SEED Platform as part of the data infrastructure necessary to support implementation of California’s Assembly Bill 802.
- Houston, TX will use the SEED Platform to track municipal building energy performance data and better understand their local building stock.
- Kansas City, MO plans to use the SEED Platform to manage municipal building performance data and private building performance data during the implementation of their Energy Empowerment Ordinance.
- Montgomery County, MD will use the SEED Platform to help implement their Building Energy Benchmarking Law and track building performance data.
- New York City, NY is planning to use the SEED Platform to manage building performance data from their Local Law 84 as well easily share this data between departments.
- Orlando, FL plans to use the SEED Platform to track municipal building performance information and store information on their local commercial building stock.
- Philadelphia, PA plans to use the SEED Platform to help in the implementation of their Benchmarking Ordinance and create connections between the building data and internal communications platforms.
- Salt Lake City, UT is using the SEED Platform to better understand its local building stock and generate a more accurate and complete database of buildings.
- Washington, D.C. plans to use the SEED Platform to track and store information from their benchmarking ordinance, as well as to share the information among agencies and connected tools.
Technical Allies
Technical Allies are private companies and other entities that offer SEED Platform hosting services, have contributed code to the master branch of the open source codebase, or developed a plug-in app. SEED Technical Allies can also offer SEED users technical support, IT integration, training, or other services.
Current SEED Collaborative Technical Allies
SEED Affiliates
SEED Affiliates are not-for-profit organizations that support and promote building energy efficiency, and play an integral role in promoting the use of the SEED Platform and supporting the user community through the SEED Platform Collaborative. Affiliates may provide forums to discuss key issues, planning for solutions, and amplify the benefits energy data provides for decision-making in the buildings market.
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
Energy consumed in buildings accounts for up to 75 percent of all carbon emissions in C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group in the United States, so it’s critical that cities understand how best to tackle this sector. Better management and understanding of building data allows cities to target policies and programs that will have the greatest impact on emissions.
Institute for Market Transformation
Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) is a strategic and technical partner in designing and implementing public policy and business practices that enable rapid decarbonization.
Natural Resources Defense Council
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a United States–based 501(c)(3) non-profit international environmental advocacy group, with its headquarters in New York City and offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Bozeman, India, and Beijing. The group was founded in 1970 in opposition to a hydroelectric power plant in New York.
National League of Cities
The National League of Cities (NLC) is an American advocacy organization that represents the country's 19,495 cities, towns, and villages along with 49 state municipal leagues.
National Association of State Energy Officials
National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO), formerly National Association of State Energy Officers, is the only national non-profit association for the governor-designated energy officials from each of the 56 states and territories.
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