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Home » Commercial Buildings » Benchmark » Understand Metrics » Property Types in Portfolio Manager

Property Types in Portfolio Manager

You can use Portfolio Manager to benchmark the performance of any type of building. There are 18 broad categories and, within those, more than 80 choices for building type. This makes it easy for you to identify and compare similar buildings within your portfolio.

Click on the category below that best describes the use for the majority of your building. From there, you’ll see the available property types within each category and how they’re defined.

Twenty-one of the more than 80 property types are also eligible to receive a 1 – 100 ENERGY STAR score. See the property types that are eligible to receive a 1 – 100 ENERGY STAR score.

Choose your category

  • Banking/financial services
  • Education
  • Entertainment/public assembly
  • Food sales and service
  • Healthcare
  • Lodging/residential
  • Manufacturing/industrial
  • Mixed use
  • Office
  • Parking
  • Public services
  • Religious worship
  • Retail
  • Technology/science
  • Services
  • Utility
  • Warehouse/storage
  • Other (select this option if your property doesn't fit into any of the categories above – read more)

Banking/financial services

  • Bank Branch
  • Financial Office

Education

  • Adult Education
  • College/University
  • K-12 School
  • Pre-school/Daycare
  • Vocational School
  • Other – Education

Entertainment/public assembly

  • Aquarium
  • Bar/Nightclub
  • Bowling Alley
  • Casino
  • Convention Center
  • Fitness Center/Health Club/Gym
  • Ice/Curling Rink
  • Indoor Arena
  • Movie Theater
  • Museum
  • Performing Arts
  • Race Track
  • Roller Rink
  • Social/Meeting Hall
  • Stadium (Closed)
  • Stadium (Open)
  • Swimming Pool
  • Zoo
  • Other – Entertainment/Public Assembly
  • Other – Recreation
  • Other – Stadium

Food sales and service

  • Bar/Nightclub
  • Convenience Store with Gas Station
  • Convenience Store without Gas Station
  • Fast Food Restaurant
  • Food Sales
  • Food Service
  • Restaurant
  • Supermarket/Grocery Store
  • Wholesale Club/Supercenter
  • Other – Restaurant/Bar

Healthcare

  • Hospital (General Medical & Surgical)*
  • Medical Office
  • Outpatient Rehabilitation/Physical Therapy
  • Residential Care Facility
  • Senior Living Community
  • Urgent Care/Clinic/Other Outpatient
  • Other – Specialty Hospital

Lodging/residential

  • Barracks
  • Hotel
  • Multifamily Housing
  • Prison/Incarceration
  • Residence Hall/Dormitory
  • Senior Living Community
  • Single Family Home
  • Other – Lodging/Residential

Manufacturing/industrial

  • Manufacturing/Industrial Plant

Mixed use

  • Mixed Use Property

Office

  • Medical Office
  • Office
  • Veterinary Office
  • Other – Office

Parking

  • Parking

Public services

  • Courthouse
  • Drinking Water Treatment & Distribution
  • Fire Station
  • Library
  • Mailing Center/Post Office
  • Police Station
  • Prison/Incarceration
  • Social/Meeting Hall
  • Transportation Terminal/Station
  • Wastewater Treatment Plant
  • Other – Public Service

Religious worship

  • Worship Facility

Retail

  • Automobile Dealership
  • Convenience Store with Gas Station
  • Convenience Store without Gas Station
  • Enclosed Mall
  • Lifestyle Center
  • Retail Store
  • Strip Mall
  • Supermarket/Grocery Store
  • Wholesale Club/Supercenter
  • Other – Retail/Mall

Technology/science

  • Data Center
  • Laboratory
  • Other – Technology/Science

Services

  • Data Center
  • Personal Services (Health/Beauty, Dry Cleaning, etc)
  • Repair Services (Vehicle, Shoe, Locksmith, etc)
  • Other – Services

Utility

  • Drinking Water Treatment & Distribution
  • Energy/Power Station
  • Wastewater Treatment Plant
  • Other – Utility

Warehouse/storage

  • Self-Storage Facility
  • Distribution Center
  • Non-Refrigerated Warehouse
  • Refrigerated Warehouse

Other

  • Other – Education
  • Other – Entertainment/Public Assembly
  • Other – Recreation
  • Other – Stadium
  • Other – Restaurant/Bar
  • Other – Specialty Hospital
  • Other – Lodging/Residential
  • Other – Office
  • Other – Public Service
  • Other – Retail/Mall
  • Other – Technology/Science
  • Other – Services
  • Other – Utility
  • Other – Other

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