That enforce brandingBuilding Benchmarking An Overview of City and Utility Efforts NARUC Winter Meeting

February 10, 2014 | Washington, DC

Andrea KrukowskiSenior Associate, Building Energy Performance PolicyInstitute for Market Transformationandrea@imt.org

National best practices center for the design, adoption and implementation of building energy performance policies in cities.

Policy advisor to state and local governments, federal agencies, the Administration, and industry groups

Hands-on experience assisting cities in preparation and execution of policies

Serves as the U.S. hub for the Global Buildings Performance Network, an international best practices network for building energy efficiency, and DATA Alliance, partnership with large building owners

Institute for Market Transformation

HUGE opportunity in the building sector

The Water-Energy Nexus

http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/clean_energy/10-Things.pdf

Energy production requires large amounts of water.

Dempsey Apartments, Courtesy of Dattner Architects ©James Shanks

The Multifamily Sector: Quick Facts

• More than 15 million occupied rental units

• $22 billion in energy expenditures

• 100 million tons of carbon emissions

• Median age of multifamily buildings: 36 years

Soaring utilities costs have added to affordability

pressures since 2000.

Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies. America’s Rental Housing –Meeting Challenges, Building on Opportunities. April 2011.

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Building benchmarking yields energy and water savings

EPA analysis shows 7% energy savings from benchmarking

http://www.energystar.gov/ia/business/downloads/datatrends/DataTrends_Savings_20121002.pdf?3d9b-91a5

http://blog.wegowise.com/2014-02-04-holy-spikes!-have-you-checked-your-utility-data-recently

Tracking water use leads to detection of leaks and savings

Even the most aggressive codes and incentive programs have only managed to flatten per capita energy usage.

U.S. Benchmarking Policy Landscape

In large cities with good public transportation, buildings typically account for 70% or more of CO2 emissions and energy usage.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Buildings (74%)

Transportation (22%)

Waste (2%)

Metro transit (2%)

NEW YORK CITY

Buildings (75%)

Transportation (20%)

Solid waste, wastewater

and fugitive (5%)

BOSTON

Buildings (71%)

Transportation (29%)

CHICAGO

Buildings (70%)

Transportation (21%)

Other (9%)

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN MAJOR CITIES

Jurisdiction

Energy Benchmarking(Building Type and Size)

Disclosure Water

Non-residential

Multi-family

On publicweb site

To tenants Transactio

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Austin 10k SF+ 5+ units - - -

Boston 35k SF+35k SF+/35+ units

- -

Chicago 50k SF+ 50K SF+ - - -

Washington, DC

50k SF+ 50k SF+ - -

Minneapolis 50k SF+ - - -

New York City

50k SF+ 50k SF+ - -

Philadelphia 50k SF+ - -

San Francisco

10k SF+ - - -

Seattle 20k SF+ 20k SF+ - -

Commercial Building Benchmarking Policy Elements

Early Findings from Energy Benchmarking in New York City

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Early Findings from Energy Benchmarking in New York City

Report for the California Public Utility Commission:

Utility-led benchmarking programs yielding substantial energy savings

April 2012

• 62% took energy management actions

• 84% planned or implemented energy efficiency improvements

• 81% link improvements to utility efficiency programs

• 82% said utility training had been sufficient to benchmark buildings on their own

Of those who benchmarked:

Building owners often can’t get utility data for their buildings

Barriers:•Separately-metered tenants

•Lack of clear procedures

•Utility policies and state privacy laws

•Lack of standardization

Utilities Supporting Benchmarking

Utility Company (State) Aggregate Whole-building Data

Automated Upload to Portfolio Manager

Austin Energy (Texas) -

Avista (Washington)

California IOUs -

Commonwealth Edison (Illinois)

Consolidated Edison (New York) -

PECO (Pennsylvania)

Pepco (District of Columbia) 2014

Puget Sound Energy (Washington)

Seattle City Light (Washington)

Utilities Supporting Benchmarking

• Investment Needs

• Privacy Concerns

Utility Challenges

Utility Meter Data Sensitivity

Current Practices

Utility Company (State) OR Public Utility Commission (PUC)

Account Aggregation Threshold

Number of accounts / maximum percentage of total energy usage one account can contribute

Avista (Washington) No threshold

Consolidated Edison (New York) No threshold

Seattle City Light (Washington) No threshold

Commonwealth Edison (Illinois) 4

Austin Energy (Texas) 4/80*

Puget Sound Energy (Washington) 5

Pepco (District of Columbia) 5

* Only applies to commercial buildings

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Andrea KrukowskiInstitute for Market Transformationandrea@imt.org

Questions?

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