Touchstone IQ
Update
09/20/22
City of Miami Selects Touchstone IQ to Support Energy & Water Benchmarking
The City of Miami has selected Touchstone IQ as the energy and water benchmarking solutions provider for the Building Efficiency 305 program (BE305), a key component of Miami Forever Carbon Neutral.
Miami Forever Carbon Neutral is the City’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan (GHG Plan) and a roadmap to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Today, commercial and residential buildings contribute approximately 55% of total emissions in the City of Miami, and tracking and reporting energy consumption through benchmarking programs is one of the first steps to understanding GHG reduction opportunities.
“Through our work with other cities and states around the country, we’ve seen first-hand how benchmarking allows for a data-based approach to analyzing energy trends and needs, where improvements can be made, and reducing costs,” said Jon Dierking, Touchstone IQ founder and CEO. “We are proud of Miami's commitment to greenhouse gas reduction and look forward to helping them meet their goals.”
The BE305 ordinance requires commercial and multifamily buildings 20,000 square feet and above to benchmark every year but only those 100,000 and above will be required to participate starting in 2023. Touchstone IQ will support the City with industry-leading software that streamlines the process of communicating with and educating building owners, tracking reporting and compliance data, and distributing custom reports that will help the community understand current energy consumption along with potential reduction and cost-savings opportunities.
“Touchstone IQ has broad experience with governmental agencies and is currently the only off-the-shelf software solution to provide the required services coupled with the necessary multilingual facing technical support services and data privacy required by the City,” said City Manager Art Noriega. “We are looking forward to working with Touchstone IQ to continue the path to meeting our goals outlined in the Miami Forever Carbon Neutral Plan.”
