DC Energy Benchmarking Katie Bergfeld Department of Energy & Environment Government of the District of Columbia April 29, 2016

Purposes of a Benchmarking Law 1.Help Owners and Managers understand and their energy use and compare to peers 2.Help Policymakers and DSM Program Administrators with analysis, planning, & program design 3.Drive Market Transformation

Building Energy Use in DC Buildings are DC’s largest source of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Utilities are the largest non-fixed expense for DC building owners. Source: BOMA, 2010 Source: DC 2011 GHG Inventory

DC Benchmarking Law Clean and Affordable Energy Act, 2008 (CAEA) Privately-owned commercial/multifamily properties over 50,000 ft2 Publicly-owned buildings over 10,000 ft2 Requires annual benchmarking and reporting to DOEE Deadline of April 1 st All data publicly disclosed Failure to comply: fines up to $100/day

Who does this cover? Number of buildings in DC: 128,000 Number covered by law: ~1,600 (1.3%) Building Area (49%) Building Area in DC: 357 million sq. ft. Area covered by law: ~175 million sq. ft. (49%) Number of Buildings (1.3%) Although this only affects a small number of buildings, it covers a large portion of the District’s building area.

Portfolio Manager Benefits of using Portfolio Manager: Free Accessible (web-based) Industry-standard Provides score to help building owners easily assess energy usage >400,000 commercial buildings >70,000 individual accounts >40% of commercial market

DC Benchmarking Law Buildings Covered by the Benchmarking Law: DC Government Buildings > 10,000 square feet Private Commercial + Multifamily > 50,000 square feet

Keys to Success 1.Common Standards 2.Transparency 3.Data Quality 4.Data Access 5.Training & Enforcement 6.Put the Data to Work

1. Common Standards

Ratings for all buildings Ratings disclosed to market Market compares building performance Market rewards energy-efficient properties Owners improve efficiency to compete Efficiency of existing building stock continuously improves Image courtesy of 2. Transparency

3. Data Completeness & Quality  76% of reports accepted initially; we have driven this to 96%!

Where can we intervene in this system? Technical Assistance Training Education Utility Data Upload EPA Data Quality Checks What about Third- Party Verification? Benchmarking Process Follow-up Research Enforcement & Fines Inspections Iterative Legislative & Regulatory Improvements

4. Utility Data Access: Protecting Privacy Image courtesy of

Partial Solution: DOEE requires non-residential tenants to provide their landlord access to data Better Solution: Aggregated whole-building consumption data, with direct automated upload to ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager Mandated in the Sustainable DC Act of 2014 Pepco (Electricity): Aggregation & Upload Available Now + Next-day Green Button Interval Data Feed Washington Gas: Aggregation Now, Upload in Utility Data Access: Expanded Access

5. Training & Enforcement Benchmarking Help Center Started by DCSEU, now run by DOEE Fielded Over 3,000 & phone requests 15+ in-person trainings Assistance both before and after reporting Enforcement is critical

6. Put the Data to Work

Thank You!