Building Energy Efficiency: Technology, Policy & Finance

Decarbonizing commercial, industrial, and residential buildings is critical to developing affordable, reliable, and low-carbon energy systems. However, understanding the basics of energy efficiency can be challenging, given its deeply intertwined technology, policy, and finance dimensions. And, while energy efficiency is a rapidly expanding, multi-billion-dollar global industry, market, behavioral, and institutional barriers often hinder its uptake.

In this online course, Dian Grueneich, one of the world’s leading energy efficiency experts, and Research Fellow, Stephen Comello, will help you understand how Building Energy Efficiency (BEE) technologies work, how to assess their potential energy and cost benefits, and how to integrate them with other efficiency measures. You’ll discover the next frontiers of BEE including “data-driven” intelligent efficiency, building decarbonization, and BEE’s role in international climate efforts.

Coursework includes short videos, online exercises and a quick knowledge check at the end.

• Apply a systems thinking approach to understanding the integration of building energy efficiency with the grid, smart cities, financial mechanisms, and policies
• Understand how advancements in digital technologies, AI, and data analytics are driving innovative opportunities of intelligent efficiency creating new markets and business opportunities
• Identify energy efficiency’s role in meeting international, regional, and local climate goals
• Differentiate between intelligent efficiency market segments and financing mechanisms