BOMA San Francisco Members:
The April 1st deadline for commercial non-residential properties over 25,000 sq. ft. to benchmark their energy use and disclose it to the San Francisco Department of Environment is fast approaching.
Additionally, as we've mentioned recently, The Department of Environment will post a list of buildings that have complied with the benchmarking requirement on March 15. A list of properties that city records indicate were required to benchmark by October 1, 2011 – and have not complied – will also be posted*. The Department of Environment records indicate that nearly all major real estate firms have compliant properties, as well as noncompliant properties.
If this deadline applies to you, or you are just interested in learning more about benchmarking, The Department of Environment and PG&E invite you to an upcoming workshop. These are the last workshops before the deadline, so reserve your seat now!
If this deadline applies to you, or you are just interested in learning more about benchmarking, The Department of Environment and PG&E invite you to an upcoming workshop. These are the last workshops before the deadline, so reserve your seat now!
Benchmarking and the San Francisco Ordinance
Webinar
March 8th
2:00 p.m to 3:30 p.m.
This fast-paced 90-minute webinar will detail how to meet, and benefit from, the new requirements:
- Overview of the SF ordinance – Requirements, covered buildings, timelines;
- Step-by-step instructions on how to benchmark a building with Portfolio Manager, including how to create an account;
- How to setup PG&E’s Automated Benchmarking Services (ABS) to automatically update energy use data;
- Preparing an Annual Energy Benchmark Summary;
- Highlights of the audit requirement;
- Incentives and resources to put energy efficiency ideas into action.
Benchmarking Energy Use in Commercial Buildings
PG&E’s Pacific Energy Center – 851 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103
March 14th
8:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
California law (AB 1103) will soon require the disclosure of an energy performance benchmarking score prior to selling, refinancing or leasing certain whole buildings. Learn how to benchmark your building's energy performance with the help of PG&E's Automated Benchmarking Service - a free, easy-to-use service that automatically sends your commercial building's energy use information to the EPA's ENERGY STAR(R) Portfolio Manager every month. This class will include a hands-on benchmarking exercise using portable Wi-Fi hotspots so that attendees can evaluate an actual building from start to finish and see the ENERGY STAR score.
You’ve Benchmarked Your Building: What’s Next?
PG&E’s Pacific Energy Center – 851 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103
March 14th
1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Getting your building's benchmarking score is just the beginning. This course explores how to set targets for improvement: estimating the actual amount of energy savings needed to reach a higher score; which low-/no-cost or capital upgrades might produce various magnitudes of savings; which utility incentive programs could help identify or finance those improvements; etc. It's not about what your building's score is today -- it's about what you want that score to be and how to get it there!
Questions? Contact us at info@eefg.com or 415-814-3744.
*To ensure that facilities in your organization’s portfolio are recognized for leadership in energy management, please provide The Department of Environment with a current list of non-residential properties associated with your firm (ownership, management, primary tenant, or other). The Department of Environment will be glad to check it against the list of properties that have complied, as well as the list of properties subject to the ordinance, and report back to you promptly. Please send a basic spreadsheet listing the properties in your portfolio to: benchmark@sfenvironment.org.
Property lists should include:
Property lists received by March 9 will be checked by department staff prior to publication of the map, but participating earlier will provide more time to correct omissions. The map will focus solely on compliance at this time; all Annual Energy Benchmark Reports due in 2011, including the actual amount of energy used by a building, will remain confidential.
On April 1, 2012, Annual Energy Benchmark Summary Reports are due for properties 25,000 sq. ft. and larger. For properties 50,000 sq. ft. and larger, this date will mark the second year these facilities are benchmarked, and the reported information will be available to the public this summer.
- Property address and name (if different from address)
- Parcel number (if readily available)
- If the property was bought during or after the reporting period - calendar year 2010 - then note the month of the transaction. (Such transactions may leave the current owner unable to obtain energy use data).
Property lists received by March 9 will be checked by department staff prior to publication of the map, but participating earlier will provide more time to correct omissions. The map will focus solely on compliance at this time; all Annual Energy Benchmark Reports due in 2011, including the actual amount of energy used by a building, will remain confidential.On April 1, 2012, Annual Energy Benchmark Summary Reports are due for properties 25,000 sq. ft. and larger. For properties 50,000 sq. ft. and larger, this date will mark the second year these facilities are benchmarked, and the reported information will be available to the public this summer.
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