Cambridge Joins SEED Platform Collaborative


1/29/20168 years ago

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Following the November 2015 announcement of the launch of the SEED Platform Collaborative, the U.S. Department of Energy has finalized its list of partner cities, states, and county.


Today, the Energy Department formally announced its SEED Platform Collaborative partnerships with the following cities, states and county to assist in their efforts to collect and manage building energy data: Atlanta, Berkeley, Cambridge, State of Connecticut, State of California, Houston, Kansas City, Montgomery County, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City and Washington, DC.

The Collaborative is a part of the integrated strategy of the Energy Department’s Better Buildings Initiative, which is aimed at achieving the goal of doubling American energy productivity by 2030 while motivating corporate and public sector leaders across the country to save energy through commitments and investments. Through the establishment of partnerships with the 10 cities, two states and county, the Collaborative seeks to work towards the goal of increased energy efficiency by creating a larger community of supporting organizations, software developers, and products and services companies to expand the interoperability of the Standard Energy Efficiency Data (SEED) Platform™ and associated products that enhance building data management capabilities and promote information transparency.

The SEED Collaborative’s three-year partnership with each selected Partner will provide support to collect, clean and manage data from different sources across large building portfolios. The Partners will receive assistance with the initial setup and implementation of the SEED Platform™, ongoing technical support, business process support, complimentary hosting services, and access to a peer community of users and developers to share feedback and solutions.

Each partner has agreed to utilize the SEED Platform™ and to work with the DOE team to establish work plans to help implement benchmarking and building performance tracking, in addition to participating in monthly meetings, providing input on improvements that can be made to the Platform™ itself, and best practice sharing.

The Energy Department and its key Allies – the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT), the National League of Cities (NLC), and the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) – understand the importance of ensuring that state and local governments have the resources necessary to help leverage the unprecedented amount of building data in achieving energy savings. The cultivation of the mutually beneficial relationships that have resulted through the SEED Platform Collaborative are essential to its success and will ultimately transform the industry to become more data driven.

For more information on the City of Cambridge Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance, please check out the website.