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Recent Trends, Current Uses, Legal Issues and New Business Opportunities with the ASTM Building Energy Performance Assessment (BEPA) Standard
June 24, 2011
By Paul Hastings Professional
ASTM's 2011 Building Energy Performance Assessment standard (BEPA) is a landmark development for the measurement of energy performance in commercial buildings. In this article, Mark J. Bennett, Leanne Tobias and David J. Freeman review the drivers leading to the creation of BEPA, summarize the standard's key provisions and uses, discuss some of the legal issues presented by BEPA, and identify the business opportunities emerging from its adoption.