The Basics of Building Benchmarking to Meet State and Local Policy Requirements

Are you a building owner who needs to meet a building performance reporting or policy requirement? Do you have little or no experience using EPA’s Portfolio Manager tool? 

You’ve come to the right place! This series serves as a beginner’s guide to Portfolio Manager and provide you with all the essential “how-to” information you need to start benchmarking and reporting your building data to your local or state government.

Part 1: A Beginner’s Guide to Using Portfolio Manager for State/Local Performance Reporting

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  • Relevant Building Sectors: U.S. commercial and industrial buildings
  • Recommended For: Anyone who is responsible for benchmarking to meet state/local requirements (i.e., building owners, managers and/or service providers)
  • Duration: 90 minutes

This webinar will serve as a beginner’s guide to Portfolio Manager and provide you with all the essential “how-to” information you need to start benchmarking and reporting your building data to your local or state government. Topics will include understanding how state and local jurisdictions use EPA’s Portfolio Manager tool to facilitate reporting and how to set up your Portfolio Manager account and properties, enter energy data, and report or share data with your jurisdiction.

NOTE: Each jurisdiction has different building performance reporting and policy requirements. This webinar will not address requirements specific to any one local or state government but will present general information on how to use Portfolio Manager and report data in the ways most commonly required by jurisdictions.

Topics Include:

  • Getting started with Portfolio Manager
  • Requesting energy and water data from your utility
  • Getting assistance from an ENERGY STAR service and product provider partner
  • Responding to a data request
  • Sharing your property with a local jurisdiction for reporting

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Part 2: Using Benchmarking Results to Understand Your Building’s Performance

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  • Relevant Building Sectors: U.S. commercial and industrial buildings
  • Recommended For: Anyone responsible for benchmarking to meet state/local requirements (i.e., building owners, manager, and/or service providers)
  • Duration: 90 minutes

Now that you’ve benchmarked, what’s next? Join us to understand how to interpret your results and your building’s performance. Learn how you can take things to the next level with more insights into your building’s performance metrics and use your data to identify actionable energy- and cost-saving opportunities!

NOTE: This session will focus on U.S. benchmarking policies only.

You Will Learn About:

  • Building performance metrics
  • How to check your building and energy data for errors
  • Using benchmarking data to develop an energy management plan

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Part 3: To Efficiency and Beyond! How to Benefit from Benchmarking Performance Reporting with Strategies for Improving Efficiency 

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  • Relevant Building Sectors: U.S. commercial and industrial buildings
  • Recommended For: Anyone responsible for benchmarking to meet state/local requirements (i.e., building owners, manager, and/or service providers)
  • Duration: 90 minutes

Now that you’ve benchmarked and understand your results, it’s time to work on improving your building's energy performance. In this session, you’ll learn about low-and-no-cost improvements that can help you reduce energy consumption and save money without significant capital investments. You’ll also learn about a variety of no-cost ENERGY STAR resources that are available to help you improve your energy performance. Finally, you’ll learn how to connect with service provider organizations that can help you achieve your energy efficiency goals and earn ENERGY STAR certification for your building.

NOTE: This session will focus on U.S. benchmarking policies only.

Topics Include:

  • Low- and no-cost energy efficiency improvements
  • ENERGY STAR program tools, resources, and additional training opportunities
  • Connecting with ENERGY STAR service providers

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