Abs demo

EPA’s ENERGY STAR Market Demand and Automated Benchmarking System

Aclara Web Meeting10/1/10

Agenda

• Overview of Benchmarking Demand Growth

• Over view of Automated Benchmarking System

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Comparative Metric

Is 60 MPG high or low for this automobile?

Is 90 kBtu/SF/YR high or low for this building?

Fuel Efficiency: MPG

Energy Performance Score: 1 to 100

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What is Portfolio Manager

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• Free, online, benchmarking tool for existing buildings

• Whole-building ACTUAL energy performance score and benchmarking data

• Measures and Tracks energy intensity, cost, emissions

• Normalizes for weather, operating hours, occupant density, plug load

• Facilitates sharing and reporting of energy performance to corporate, association, government, and utility stakeholders

• Provides ENERGY STAR Label for Buildings

Benchmarking Activity Continues to Increase

www.energystar.gov/decade

Commercial Buildings Rated - Cumulative

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

110,000

100,000

90,000

80,000

70.000

60,000

50,000

40,000

30,000

20,000

10,000

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Labeling Activity Continues to Increase

www.energystar.gov/decade

ENERGY STAR Labeled Buildings -Cumulative

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

9,000

8,000

7.000

6,000

5,000

4,000

3,000

2,000

1,000

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ENERGY STAR Activity by City: Percent Increase in Number of Buildings Benchmarked

(Cumulative from 2008 to 2009)

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Benchmarking Activity Continues to Increase

• More than 3,600 C&I companies have committed to benchmark their portfolio of buildings.

• As of August 2010, – Over 19 billion square feet benchmark– Over 172,000 buildings are benchmarked– Over 11,000 buildings have qualified for the ENERGY

STAR label, EPA’s recognition for top energy performance

• 22 percent of the market has been rated

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State and Local Benchmarking Legislation Summary

Jurisdiction Public Buildings

Private Buildings

Disclosure Utility Data Requirement

California √ √ Transactional √

Washington √ √ Transactional √

Michigan √

Ohio √

Hawaii √

D.C. √ √ Annual

Austin, TX √ √ Transactional

Denver, CO √

West Chester, PA √ √

Seattle, WA √ √ Transactional √

City of New York √ √ Annual

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Mandatory State Initiatives

• CA: Assembly Bill (AB) 1103– Required all utilities to make available data for uploading

into Portfolio Manager upon the request of any commercial building owner

– In January 2011 requires the disclosure of an ENERGY STAR score and energy use data as part of commercial real estate transactions involving the sale, lease, or financing of a whole building

– Three-year phase-in for multi-tenant buildings >50,000 SF

• WA: State Bill 5854 - 2009-10– Benchmarking disclosure law very similar to CA law

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Mandatory Local Initiatives

• City of New York: Greater, Greener Buildings Plan– Requires eligible privately owned buildings >50,000 sq.

ft. and all municipal buildings >10,000 sq. ft. to benchmark annually in Portfolio Manager

– 22,000 buildings affected

• Washington DC: Clean and Affordable Energy Act of 2008– Requires eligible privately-owned commercial buildings

to benchmark using Portfolio Manager on an annual basis.

– Phased in over three years. Applies to buildings >50,000 SF in 2013

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Voluntary Campaigns and IncentivesLocation/Company Program

City of Albuquerque Green Path Program

City of Chicago Chicago Green Office Challenge

State of WI Lt. Governor ENERGY STAR School Challenge

City of Denver Watts to Water

City of Louisville Louisville Kilowatt Crackdown

Central Florida Central Florida Kilowatt Crackdown

City of Portland Portland Energy Showdown

State of PA Conservation Works and Small Business EE Grants

New England EPA Region 1 Community Energy Challenge

State of NM HB 534: Sustainable Building Tax Credits

City of Seattle Seattle Kilowatt Crackdown

City of San Francisco Earth Hour 24x7 Energy Challenge

Travelocity Travel for Good – Green Hotel Directory

Orbitz Eco-Tourism

CoStar Commercial Real Estate Multiple Listing Service

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State and Local Governments Leveraging Portfolio Manager – Voluntary and Mandatory Programs

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LEED Existing Buildings Projects

• Energy Star benchmarking is a prerequisite for Energy and Atmosphere credits

• 491 projects earned recognition

• Over 2300 projects registered for LEED EB

• High growth area for LEED

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Federal Executive Order (EO 13423 – January 2007)

• Requires agencies to reduce greenhouse gases through a reduction in energy intensity– 3% annually, 30% by the end of 2015

• Federal government owns approximately 445,000 buildings equal to more than 3 billion sq ft– Leases additional 57,000 buildings (374 million sq ft)

• EPA, DOE, and GSA partnered to create a checklist to comply with EO 13423– The checklist calls for all existing federal buildings to

track energy performance in Portfolio Manager

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ARRA-Funded Programs

• Measuring and reporting performance required for ARRA funded programs and some programs require or encourage the use of Portfolio Manager – Iowa SEP Grant Program– Efficiency Maine Commercial Project EECBG Grant

Program – New York Energy Efficiency Program – Pennsylvania Conservation Works! Program – Utah Advanced Energy Efficiency Strategies for

Buildings Program– New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning

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Benchmarking Demand: Utility Example

Cumulative Number of Buildings Added Oct 2008 - March 2010

71 142 188288

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2007 417 418

2008 870 1288

2009 1094 2382

PG&E Case Study:

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Automated Benchmarking System Overview

Benchmarking with Portfolio Manager

• Single Building Manual Entry• Enter benchmarking information into

Portfolio Manager.

• Bulk Data Upload• Upload large sets of data in Portfolio

Manager using an Excel template.

• Automated Benchmarking Services• A framework for exchanging data

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What is the Automated Benchmarking System (ABS)?

• A framework for exchanging data between EPA’s Portfolio Manager and a third party system such as a utility CIS

• Enables third party tools to deliver EPA benchmarking data as an alternative or in addition to a Portfolio Manger account

• Includes Web-based services using Extensible Markup Language (XML) to…– authorize data release– transfer energy and/or building data– report energy benchmarking results

• Utilities assist customers by providing the required 12 months of energy data for benchmarking automatically and monthly updates on an ongoing basis.

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ABS in the Market

• SPPs Offering ABS– 32 commercial products/services in the market– Listed on Energy Star Web site– Top 5: Advantage IQ, Siemens, The E Group, LPB Energy

Management, EnergyCAP• Current Utility ABS providers

– ComEd, Avista Utilities, Puget Sound Energy, WPPI Energy, PG&E, SDG&E, SoCal Gas, SCE, SMUD

• Utilities Considering ABS– Wisconsin Utilities, Seattle City Light, Austin Energy, New

Mexico utilities, BG&E, APS, City of Palo Alto• Utility vendors offering ABS: None = opportunity for Aclara to be

first

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Contact Information

Bill Von Nedia

[email protected]

Tracy Narel

[email protected]

Peter Flippen

[email protected]

(703) 349-5080

For technical questions about ABS, please contact [email protected]

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