Merge pull request #109 from BuildingEnergyTools/language-review

kflemin · web-flow · commit 99c463db6da0 · 2025-10-02T10:53:21.000-06:00
update language
diff --git a/src/app/tool/asset-score/resources/resources.component.html b/src/app/tool/asset-score/resources/resources.component.html
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ <h1 class="mat-h2 mb-4">Resources</h1>
     <li><a href="https://buildingenergyscore.energy.gov/documents/asset_score_brochure.pdf">Asset Score Brochure (PDF)</a></li>
     <li><a href="https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/articles/building-energy-asset-score-architects">Asset Score for Architects</a></li>
     <li><a href="https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/downloads/building-energy-asset-score-building-owners">Asset Score for Building Owners</a></li>
-    <li><a href="https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/downloads/building-energy-asset-score-energy-services-companies-engineers-and">Asset Score for Energy Services Companies, Engineers and Green Building Consultants</a></li>
+    <li><a href="https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/downloads/building-energy-asset-score-energy-services-companies-engineers-and">Asset Score for Energy Services Companies, Engineers and Building Consultants</a></li>
     <li><a href="https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/downloads/building-energy-asset-score-real-estate-managers">Asset Score for Real Estate Managers</a></li>
     <li><a href="https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/downloads/building-energy-asset-score-state-and-local-governments">Asset Score for State and Local Governments</a></li>
     <li><a href="https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/downloads/building-energy-asset-score-utilities-and-energy-efficiency-program">Asset Score for Utilities and Energy Efficiency Program Administrators</a></li>
diff --git a/src/app/tool/better/goals/goals.component.html b/src/app/tool/better/goals/goals.component.html
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ <h1 class="mat-h2 mb-4">Goals & Outcomes</h1>
 <p>BETTER provides analyses at the individual building and portfolio levels. BETTER's Individual Building Report shows:</p>
 <ul>
   <li>Annual building energy use and cost savings potential</li>
-  <li>Annual building GHG emissions reduction potential</li>
   <li>Detailed energy efficiency recommendations for the building</li>
   <li>Annual utility cost and savings breakdowns by end use (i.e., heating, cooling, baseload)</li>
   <li>Monthly electric and fossil energy use trends (baseline and projections with assumed efficiency improvements)</li>
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ <h1 class="mat-h2 mb-4">Goals & Outcomes</h1>
 <p>BETTER's Portfolio Summary Report shows:</p>
 <ul>
   <li>Annual portfolio energy use and cost savings potential</li>
-  <li>Annual portfolio GHG emissions reduction potential</li>
   <li>Top five energy efficiency recommendations for the portfolio</li>
   <li>Electric and fossil energy use intensity (EUI) and cost savings comparisons by building</li>
   <li>Interactive charts and tables to sort, rank, and prioritize buildings for tune-ups, audits, etc.</li>
diff --git a/src/app/tool/better/home/home.component.html b/src/app/tool/better/home/home.component.html
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <h1 class="mat-h2 mb-4">BETTER</h1>
-<p>The Building Efficiency Targeting Tool for Energy Retrofits (BETTER) identifies cost-saving energy and emissions reductions in buildings and portfolios, without site visits or complex modeling. Use it to identify immediate cost-saving operational and technological improvements and target buildings and systems for more in-depth audits and analysis.</p>
+<p>The Building Efficiency Targeting Tool for Energy Retrofits (BETTER) identifies cost-saving energy reductions in buildings and portfolios, without site visits or complex modeling. Use it to identify immediate cost-saving operational and technological improvements and target buildings and systems for more in-depth audits and analysis.
+</p>
 <div class="callout">
   <div class="btn-type-3 p-3">
     <p>"The ability of the tool to go beyond benchmarking by offering energy efficiency measure recommendations is extremely valuable, particularly at times when on-site assessments are either impractical or not feasible."</p>
@@ -11,11 +12,10 @@ <h1 class="mat-h2 mb-4">BETTER</h1>
   <div fxFlex="90">
     <p class="bold">With BETTER, you can easily:</p>
     <ul>
-      <li>Quantify operational energy, cost, and emissions reduction potential at the building and portfolio levels.</li>
+      <li>Quantify operational energy and cost reduction potential at the building and portfolio levels.</li>
       <li>Identify efficiency measures (technical and behavioral) to immediately improve operational energy performance at the building and portfolio levels.</li>
       <li>Compare and rank buildings across a portfolio according to annual electricity and fossil energy use intensity (EUI) and annual cost savings potential.</li>
       <li>Target buildings with high cost-savings potential for audits or further analysis.</li>
-      <li>Identify buildings with high fossil EUI for electrification and decarbonization.</li>
       <li>Assess the breakdown of annual utility costs and potential savings by load type (e.g., cooling, baseload, and heating) at the building level.</li>
       <li>Investigate electricity and fossil fuel change-point models.</li>
       <li>See how model coefficients benchmark against peers and which systems and equipment in a building may be underperforming.</li>
diff --git a/src/app/tool/better/news/news.component.html b/src/app/tool/better/news/news.component.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <h1 class="mat-h2 mb-4">News</h1>
 	<li class="news-li">
 		<span class="bold-text">BETTER Featured at the 2024 American Council for Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Summer Study -</span> <span class="news-date"> Aug. 5, 2024</span>
 
-		<p class="news-p">Read the recent paper included in the 2024 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings: <a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/better_statics/publications/New%20U.S.%20Data%20Tools%20are%20Playing%20a%20Crucial%20Role%20in%20Decarbonizing%20Buildings%20at%20Speed%2C%20Scale%2C%20and%20Low%20Cost.pdf" target="_blank">New U.S. Data Tools are Playing a Crucial Role in Decarbonizing Buildings at Speed, Scale, and Low Cost</a>. The paper discusses the use of BETTER and the U.S. DOE Standard Energy Efficiency Data (SEED) platform by one of the branches of the California state government to streamline a retrofit program across 455 public non-residential buildings to align with state goals to reduce GHG emissions.</p>
+		<p class="news-p">Read the recent paper included in the 2024 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings: <a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/better_statics/publications/New%20U.S.%20Data%20Tools%20are%20Playing%20a%20Crucial%20Role%20in%20Decarbonizing%20Buildings%20at%20Speed%2C%20Scale%2C%20and%20Low%20Cost.pdf" target="_blank">New U.S. Data Tools are Playing a Crucial Role in Decarbonizing Buildings at Speed, Scale, and Low Cost</a>. The paper discusses the use of BETTER and the U.S. DOE Standard Energy Efficiency Data (SEED) platform by one of the branches of the California state government to streamline a retrofit program across 455 public non-residential buildings to align with state goals.</p>
 
 	</li>
 	<li class="news-li">
diff --git a/src/app/tool/better/resources/resources.component.html b/src/app/tool/better/resources/resources.component.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <h1 class="mat-h2 mb-4">Resources</h1>
 
 <h2 class="mat-h2">How It Works</h2>
-<p>BETTER utilizes an open-source, data-driven <a href="https://github.com/LBNL-JCI-ICF/better">analytical engine</a> and user-friendly web interface to automatically analyze a building's monthly energy usage in response to weather conditions. With minimal data inputs, the tool benchmarks a building's electric and fossil energy usage against peers; quantifies energy, cost and greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction potentials at the building and portfolio levels; and recommends energy efficiency measures to decarbonize and electrify buildings and portfolios.</p>
+<p>BETTER utilizes an open-source, data-driven <a href="https://github.com/LBNL-JCI-ICF/better">analytical engine</a> and user-friendly web interface to automatically analyze a building's monthly energy usage in response to weather conditions. With minimal data inputs, the tool benchmarks a building's electric and fossil energy usage against peers; quantifies energy and cost reduction potentials at the building and portfolio levels; and recommends energy efficiency measures (technological and operational) for individual buildings or portfolios, targeting specific energy savings levels.</p>
 
 <h2 class="mat-h2">Who is Using BETTER?</h2>
 <p>BETTER is used by federal, state, and municipal government agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – Goddard Space Flight Center and the Department of Energy and Environment in the District of Columbia; school districts; energy service companies, including Johnson Controls; multinational corporations; investors and lenders, like Citi; and non-profit organizations, such as PowerOptions and World Resources Institute (WRI). For more on pilot projects, visit <a href="https://better.lbl.gov/news/">better.lbl.gov/news/</a>.</p>
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ <h2 class="mat-h2">Training Materials</h2>
 <ul>
 	<li><a href="https://better.lbl.gov/static/pdf/BETTER_Handout_08.15.2022.5125b0a33c89.pdf" target="_blank">BETTER Handout</a></li>	
 	
-	<li><a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/better_statics/publications/New%20U.S.%20Data%20Tools%20are%20Playing%20a%20Crucial%20Role%20in%20Decarbonizing%20Buildings%20at%20Speed%2C%20Scale%2C%20and%20Low%20Cost.pdf" target="_blank">New U.S. Data Tools are Playing a Crucial Role in Decarbonizing Buildings at Speed, Scale, and Low Cost</a></li>
+	<li><a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/better_statics/publications/New%20U.S.%20Data%20Tools%20are%20Playing%20a%20Crucial%20Role%20in%20Decarbonizing%20Buildings%20at%20Speed%2C%20Scale%2C%20and%20Low%20Cost.pdf" target="_blank">2024 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings Publication</a></li>
 
-	<li><a href="https://eta.lbl.gov/publications/data-driven-analysis-tool-plays" target="_blank">Data-Driven Analysis Tool Plays Critical Role in Climate Neutral Buildings</a></li>
+	<li><a href="https://eta.lbl.gov/publications/data-driven-analysis-tool-plays" target="_blank">2021 Advances in Applied Energy Publication</a></li>
 
 	<li><a href="https://better.lbl.gov/static/pdf/ASHRAE_conference_paper.pdf" target="_blank">Targeting Building Energy Efficiency Opportunities – An Open-source Analytical and Benchmarking Tool</a>
 	</li>
diff --git a/src/app/tool/building-sync/home/home.component.html b/src/app/tool/building-sync/home/home.component.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ <h1 class="mat-h2 mb-4">BuildingSync</h1>
 <p>The BuildingSync schema solves this problem. It's a standardized language for building energy audits that makes sharing and using audit data easy. Simply ask auditors to produce BuildingSync-compatible reports to leverage the <a routerLink="/data-standardization">power of standardized data.</a></p>
 <div class="callout">
   <div class="btn-type-2 p-3 ">
-    <p>"At Audette we build roadmaps for large property portfolios to get to carbon neutral. Our analytics are trained on historic energy, equipment, and audit data. In order to get this data into a usable format we apply the BuildingSync schema. It has helped us to get insights faster, and with more accuracy."</p>
+    <p>"At Audette we build roadmaps for large property portfolios ... Our analytics are trained on historic energy, equipment, and audit data. In order to get this data into a usable format we apply the BuildingSync schema. It has helped us to get insights faster, and with more accuracy."</p>
     <p class="pl-5">— Christopher Naismith, CEO of Audette</p>
   </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/src/app/tool/seed/resources/resources.component.html b/src/app/tool/seed/resources/resources.component.html
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ <h2 class="mat-h2 mt-4">Benchmarking and Building Performance Standard (BPS) Pro
   <h2 class="mat-h2 mb-4">Presentations</h2>
   <ul>
     <li>04/24/2023, NREL/LBNL. <a href="https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2023-05/bto-peer-2023-25204-seed-nrel-long.pdf">SEED Platform Peer Review Slides (PDF)</a>.</li>
-    <li>11/05/2021. NREL. <a href="https://seed-platform.org/resources/SEED%20and%20BETTER%20Functionality%202021-11-05.pdf">SEED Analysis: BETTER, Carbon Metrics, and EUI Calculations (PDF)</a></li>
+    <li>11/05/2021. NREL. <a href="https://seed-platform.org/resources/SEED%20and%20BETTER%20Functionality%202021-11-05.pdf">SEED Analysis: BETTER Integration and EUI Calculations (PDF)</a></li>
     <li>05/19/2020. NREL. <a href="https://nrel-seed.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/2020-05-19%20-%20SEED%20Advanced%20Features%20Webinar.mp4">SEED Advanced Features webinar (MP4)</a> and <a href="https://nrel-seed.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/2020-05-19%20-%20SEED%20Sample%20Files.zip">sample files (ZIP)</a></li>
     <li>04/20/2020. LBNL. <a href="https://nrel-seed.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/Introduction%20to%20SEED.pdf">Introduction to SEED presentation (PDF)</a></li>
     <li>04/20/2020. LBNL. <a href="https://nrel-seed.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/2020-04-29%20-%20Introduction%20to%20SEED%20Webinar.mp4">Introduction to SEED webinar (MP4)</a></li>
diff --git a/src/app/tool/third-party/home/home.component.html b/src/app/tool/third-party/home/home.component.html
@@ -19,15 +19,15 @@ <h1 class="mat-h3">Green Building Registry</h1>
 <div fxLayout="row" fxLayout.xs="column">
   <div fxFlex="30%" fxLayoutAlign="center center"><img src="assets/images/gbr-logo.png" alt="Green Building Registry logo" class="logoimg-3p2"></div>
   <div fxFlex="70%">
-    <p class="mb-4">Since 2017, the <a href="https://us.greenbuildingregistry.com/">Green Building Registry (GBR)</a>, a DaaS (data-as-a-service) platform, has provided green and energy efficiency home data to homeowners, real estate agents, appraisers, and lenders across the U.S.</p>
+    <p class="mb-4">Since 2017, the <a href="https://us.greenbuildingregistry.com/">Green Building Registry (GBR)</a>, a DaaS (data-as-a-service) platform, has provided energy efficiency home data to homeowners, real estate agents, appraisers, and lenders across the U.S.</p>
   </div>
 </div>
 
 <h1 class="mat-h3">GRID</h1>
 <div fxLayout="row" fxLayout.xs="column">
   <div fxFlex="30%" fxLayoutAlign="center center"><img src="assets/images/opentech-logo.png" alt="Green Building Registry logo" class="logoimg-3p"></div>
   <div fxFlex="70%">
-    <p class="mb-4"><a href="https://opentech.eco/products/grid/">GRID</a> helps jurisdictions run energy benchmarking and disclosure programs, providing a data backbone to inform policy development in service of energy and carbon efficient cities.</p>
+    <p class="mb-4"><a href="https://opentech.eco/products/grid/">GRID</a> helps jurisdictions run energy benchmarking and disclosure programs, providing a data backbone to inform policy development.</p>
   </div>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/src/app/tools-overview/collection-reporting/collection-reporting.component.html b/src/app/tools-overview/collection-reporting/collection-reporting.component.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ <h1>Data Collection & Reporting</h1>
         </a>
       </div>
       <div class="description">
-        <p>Use ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager to measure and track energy and water consumption, as well as greenhouse gas emissions. <a href="https://www.energystar.gov/buildings/benchmark">Learn more about ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager.</a></p>
+        <p>Use ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager to measure and track energy and water consumption. <a href="https://www.energystar.gov/buildings/benchmark">Learn more about ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager.</a></p>
       </div>
     </div>
 
