A Building Operating Management magazine article (from 6/13 issue) points out that there are “gains” and “pains” in the spate of municipal laws requiring buildings to reveal (and benchmark) their energy use.
This graphic is probably the least controversial part of the article!
Yes, this is another spin-off of the Green movement.
See the article here. Note that BOM posts its articles in an unusual way:
(a) each page, as printed, is reproduced online, but not in PDF or a flip-book format
(b) ads are reproduced, too
(c) to get from one page to another, you’ve got to use the BIG black arrows
(d) each page might be hard to read at the size at which they’ve posted it, so you might have to hit the ZOOM feature in your browser to read it.
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To get to the controversy, see the 4th paragraph on the 1st page — in which BOMA (representing building owners) makes its case: The benchmarking laws are fine, but they should be voluntary . . . “the data is likely to be misinterpreted by the public.”
This is a weak case. Calling the public stupid (or unable to understand) is a losing argument. Making a law “voluntary” is roughly like doing gun control via the local-area “turn in your gun” days: IT DOES NOT WORK.
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