EnergySmart Buildings

CANDO/EnergySmart Buildings

Municipalities

Benchmarking Energy Usage - What to Bring and Requirements
Facility data collection, profiling & benchmarking; analyzing building energy use; initial screening for opportunities & modeling building performance.  Hospitals, municipalities, state and private building owners will be able to use this tool as well.

Basic Building Information Needed:
Office (General) applies to facility spaces used for general office, professional, and administrative purposes. The total gross floor area should include all supporting functions such as kitchens used by staff, lobbies, atria, conference rooms and auditoria, fitness areas for staff, storage areas, stairways, elevator shafts, etc.

The following information is required for a General Office Space.
Zip code
Gross floor area
Weekly operating hours
Number of occupants
Number of personal computers
To be eligible to receive an energy performance rating on EPA's Portfolio Manager, General Office buildings must meet the following criteria:

At least 50% or more of the facility's gross floor area (not including Garages and Parking Lots) must be comprised of an eligible space.
The total gross floor area must be greater than or equal to 5,000 square feet and less than or equal to 10,000,000 square feet.
The floor area of all Computer Data Center space(s) cannot exceed 10% of the total building space (not including Garages and Parking Lots).
The floor area for all "Other" space types cannot be greater than 10% of the facility's gross floor area. Gross floor area includes the floor area for all space types excluding Garages and Parking Lots.
The floor area of all Garages cannot exceed 100% of the gross floor area of the entire facility.
The facility must be operating 35 or more hours per week.
The facility must contain at least 1 personal computer, but no more than 25,000.
The facility must contain at least 1 occupant, but no more than 25,000. The facility must have at least 75% occupancy to qualify for the ENERGY STAR.
At least 11 full consecutive calendar months of user-entered energy data must be present for all active energy meters in the facility. If there is more than one energy meter, these months must be overlapping.
No individual electrical meter entry can be greater than 65 days during the 12 month evaluation period.
At least 11 full consecutive calendar months of user-entered space attribute data must be present for at least one primary space in the building.

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