What is EISA Section 432 and the Energy Act of 2020?

What it is

Section 432 set a structured process for federal facility energy management. Agencies identify covered facilities that account for most of their energy use and evaluate a share of them each year, so every covered facility is evaluated over a four-year cycle.

After evaluation, agencies are expected to implement life-cycle cost-effective measures, follow up on them, and benchmark metered buildings, with results tracked through a federal reporting system managed by the Federal Energy Management Program.

The Energy Act of 2020 updated federal energy management provisions, including measures related to evaluations and to how agencies use performance contracts to fund improvements.

Who it applies to

US federal agencies and the facilities they designate as covered. Contractors and service providers working on federal sites often support the evaluations. Check current Federal Energy Management Program guidance for definitions and reporting.

What evidence it needs

Evaluations and follow-up rely on facility level energy and water data.

• Metered energy and water use per covered facility
• Evaluation findings and identified measures
• Implementation status for each measure
• Benchmarking results and follow-up measurement

How Aqueduct helps

Aqueduct provides continuous energy and water evaluation per facility, with findings acted on and verified, instead of a periodic walk-through.

• aQ EnergySmart and aQ WaterGuard baselines per facility, weather-normalized
• Faults and waste found continuously and routed to your CMMS
• Verification at the meter that each measure delivered
• On-prem deployment where agency data must stay on site