Better Buildings Initiative: How Distributed Energy Resources Can Improve Resilience in Public Buildings, Three Case Studies and a Step-by-Step Guide

This document introduces readers to the benefits of integrating energy efficiency with other distributed energy resources to achieve resilience benefits. It describes two DOE tools that each provides high-level assessments of the size and potential cost of onsite energy systems that can power critical facilities, and presents case studies with completed analysis on potential energy investments at existing facilities managed by three partners in DOE’s Better Buildings Challenge.