• identifying the building;
• the owner;
• energy professional performing the audit;
• what type of evaluation was performed; and
• a list of the cost effective energy efficiency measures that were identified.

• Establish a quick snapshot of a building’s energy performance.
• Target candidate buildings for energy improvement projects.
• Monitor the ongoing performance of a building or a portfolio of buildings over time.
• Communicate with building occupants, management and ownership about a building's energy performance
• Educate landlords and tenants about their building's energy performance compared to other buildings.
  

The results clearly indicate the importance of a green label in affecting the market rents and values of commercial space. The results suggest that an otherwise identical commercial building with an Energy-Star certification will rent for about three percent more per square foot; the difference in effective rent is estimated to be about six percent. The increment to the selling price may be as much as 16 percent.

These effects are large, and they are consistent. As noted above, at prevailing capitalization rates of six percent, the increment to effective rents (estimated in Table 3) implies that the value of a green building is about $5.5 million more than the value of a comparable unrated building nearby. From Table 4, the incremental value of a green building is estimated to be about $5.7 million more than that of a comparable unrated building nearby.

• Building standards that have been adopted by state agencies without change from building standards contained in national model codes;
• Building standards that have been adopted and adapted from the national model code standards to meet California conditions; and
• Building standards, authorized by the California legislature, that constitute extensive additions not covered by the model codes that have been adopted to address particular California concerns