ies webinar: what's your score? benchmarking your buildings with energy star®
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As the need for public performance reporting continues to grow – more organizations are looking to better understand how to fully leverage ENERGY STAR’s Portfolio Manager for Reporting and Certification. Join Ecova as we share: Why benchmark reporting is growing in importance Demonstration on how to benchmark a building through Portfolio Manager Once you have your score, what’s next? Hosts: Ricardo Fleury, Energy Manager and Katie Nichols, Resource Management Specialist, both with Ecova.TRANSCRIPT
What’s Your Score? Benchmarking Your Buildings with ENERGY STAR® August 7, 2014
Presenters: Ricardo Fleury, Energy Manager, Ecova Katie Nichols, Resource Management Specialist, Ecova
Learning Objectives
What is ENERGY STAR for Buildings?
Overview of Portfolio Manager
Benchmarking
− What it is
− Why it’s becoming more important
Creating a building profile in Portfolio Manager
What you can do with the results
Q&A
What is ENERGY STAR for Buildings?
EPA voluntary climate protection partnership with energy users and service and product providers
Helps organizations benchmark, track, and improve energy performance
Helps organizations save energy and money and protect the environment
Brand recognition - 85% of Americans know the ENERGY STAR logo
ENERGY STAR on a building = Superior Energy Performance
EPA’s Portfolio Manager provides a score of 1-100, 75+ eligible for certification
What is Portfolio Manager?
Free, secure, online energy-benchmarking tool for buildings
− Benchmarking through ENERGY STAR allows you to compare one building against a national sample of similar buildings, and to compare all of your buildings of a similar type to one another
Tracks energy intensity, cost, GHG emissions
Normalizes for weather, operating hours, occupant density, and other characteristics
1 - 100 score based on source energy use intensity (EUI), compared to a national statistical sample
Platform for ENERGY STAR building certification
More than 325,000 buildings tracked to date (40% of U.S. commercial building market)
What and Why: Benchmarking
Fuel efficiency standards and testing
ENERGY STAR benchmarking & comparison model
1-100 ENERGY STAR score
Benchmarking is Becoming Law
Visit www.ecova.com/news-media/regulatory-compliance-guide.aspx for a list of locations with current and pending legislation.
Creating a Profile in Portfolio Manager
What You Will Need
Information to have on hand: – PROPERTY INFORMATION: Property function, address, etc.
– PROPERTY TYPE: Gross floor area, weekly operating hours, number of computers, etc.
– ENERGY CONSUMPTION: monthly/quarterly/delivery bills containing service start and stop dates (or date of delivery), usage and units of usage, and cost
• If your property generates energy on-site, this will need to be noted as well
Portfolio Manager Location
Portfolio Manager can be found at:
www.energystar.com /benchmark
Username and Password
Create a Username and Password − Provide your company name, select directory view settings, and
answer security questions
Your Portfolio Homepage
Homepage for all your portfolio
entries
Property Type, Buildings, and Status
Property Information
Property Use Attributes
Enter all information If making an estimate, check ‘Temporary Value’ or select
‘Use a default’.
Property Summary Page
Home/dashboard page from which you can access property attributes,
meters, energy goals, etc.
Meters
Add and access meter information for energy
usage at your property
Energy Types
•Choose the energy type and number of meters to
be added to the profile
Meter Information
Enter basic information about your meters
Add Consumption Information
Enter a line for each service period. Enter begin and end
date, usage, and cost.
Add Consumption Information Start Date End Date Usage Cost Estimated Value
1/1/2014 1/31/2014 150000 16050 FALSE
It’s best to calendar normalize your data before entry.
Include the most recent 12 months worth of energy usage.
Enter Information for All Meters
What You Can Do with the Results
Once your profile is complete, Portfolio Manager will display metrics, charts and graphs based on your property or entire portfolio’s data.
What You Can Do with the Results
Various reports are available for
generation and download:
Performance Highlights,
Energy Performance, Certification
Status, and more
ENERGY STAR Score
Your ENERGY STAR Score is now displayed
ENERGY STAR Certification
ENERGY STAR Score of 75 to 100
Professional Verification
(incl. site visit by P.E. or R.A.)
Submit Online Application
(& Respond to any EPA questions)
Celebrate Achievement &
Submit Building Profile
Certification*
*Year of certification is based on date awarded
Summary
ENERGY STAR for Buildings is a partnership with energy users to benchmark, track, and improve energy performance
Benchmarking is becoming law in cities, counties, and states
Portfolio Manager is ENERGY STAR’s online tool that benchmarks and provides metrics for your building’s energy use
Setting up a building profile in Portfolio Manager requires only basic attribute information and recent energy use data
Becoming certified and displaying the ‘ENERGY STAR Certified’ logo, available to buildings with a score of 75 or higher, exhibits Superior Energy Performance
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Q&A
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