--- title: "Case Study: Inform Retrofit Decisions" description: Read this case study to learn about how The Beck Group utilized the buildee software platform to identify energy savings at half the cost in a third of the time. image: https://blog.buildee.com/hubfs/Gateway%20Church%20Image%20-%20With%20Text-2.jpg --- [![buildee logo](https://buildee.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/blue-green-fixed-header-logo.png)](https://buildee.com/) - [HOW IT WORKS](https://buildee.com/how-it-works/) - [WHO WE SERVE](https://buildee.com/who-we-serve/) - [ABOUT US](https://buildee.com/about-us/) - [NEWS](https://blog.buildee.com) - [CONTACT](https://buildee.com/contact-us/) - [Get Started](https://buildee.com/get-started/) - [Home](https://buildee.com/) - [Customers](https://buildee.com/utilities/) - [About Us](https://buildee.com/about-us/) - [News](https://blog.buildee.com) - [Contact](https://buildee.com/contact-us/) - [Get Started](https://buildee.com/get-started/) # Case Study: Inform Retrofit Decisions April 17, 2019 # The Beck Group Identifies Energy Savings at 1/2 the Cost in 1/3rd the Time Using the buildee Software Platform **![Gateway Church Image - With Text-2](https://blog.buildee.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Gateway%20Church%20Image%20-%20With%20Text-2.jpg?width=2500&name=Gateway%20Church%20Image%20-%20With%20Text-2.jpg)** **Introduction** Commercial building owners today are faced with high utility operating costs, tenant demands for sustainable properties, mandated reporting of their performance, and climate action plans. Building stakeholders, including owners, operators, and energy managers, seek to invest in their properties to reduce operating expenses, remain competitive with tenants and increase sales value. - 22% of building operating expense is on Energy - Commercial Property represents $57 billion of wasted generation, emissions, and building operating expenses every year - 70% of urban emissions come from buildings - 80% of Commercial Real Estate is 25 years or older This case study presents how The Beck Group, an integrated architecture and construction firm, used [buildee®](https://buildee.com/) software to overcome the challenges of high utility operating costs, tenant demands for sustainable properties, mandated reporting of their performance, and climate action plans to more efficiently make lasting and meaningful energy recommendations and solutions to Gateway Church in Frisco, Texas. The Beck Group offers sustainability consulting for building owners who want energy efficient retrofit projects to reduce their building’s energy and operational costs.  With the use of buildee, The Beck Group provided a building upgrade plan that would save $11,000 annually while simultaneously improving the quality of the space in terms of thermal comfort, lighting, and air quality. 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