Seattle Department of Planning & Development city green building www.seattle.gov/dpd/energybenchmarking Program outcomes lower energy costs to owners and tenants job opportunities in the green economy reduced greenhouse gas emissions building owners understand how to take control of energy costs, stop energy waste and start saving money Why? Because 26% of Seattle’s green house gas emissions are produced from energy use in our buildings To support the Green Building Capital Initiative goal to reduce energy consumption in Seattle’s existing building stock by 20% To allow an informed market to drive energy efficiency improvements Cycle of Improvement Ratings for all buildings Market rewards energy-efficient properties with more business Market compares building performance Owners improve efficiency to help competitiveness building stock Efficiency of existing continuously improves Ratings disclosed to market Seattle Building Energy Rating & Reporting Ordinance Legislation aimed to inform, educate and improve the energy performance of existing buildings Who needs to comply? Non-residential and multi-family building owners are required to conduct annual energy performance tracking through the EPA’s Energy Star benchmarking tool, Portfolio Manager. www.energystar.gov/benchmarking What do owners need to do? Annually benchmark whole building energy performance Disclose building energy performance information upon request Report building energy performance information annually to the City of Seattle When do I need to comply? October 3, 2011 Phase I Buildings 50,000 sf or greater April 1, 2012 Phase II Buildings 10,000–50,000 sf (including multifamily) What can I do to prepare? Start learning about your building — Use EPA’s data collection worksheet to help you capture the information you will need. Review the director’s rule online — Confirm you are benchmarking correctly. Sign-up for the listserve at seattle.gov/dpd/energydisclosure to receive educational materials and training notices 2011 Implementation Schedule April 26th Comments due on Draft Director’s Rule Week of May 9 Notification Letters Spring Education Resources Spring & Summer Training August 1 Utility Data Request Deadline GET YOUR GREEN ON
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Seattle Department of Planning & Developmentcity green building
www.seattle.gov/dpd/energybenchmarking
Program outcomeslower energy costs to owners and tenants
job opportunities in the green economy
reduced greenhouse gas emissions
building owners understand how to take control of energy costs, stop energy waste and start saving money
Why?Because 26% of Seattle’s green house gas emissions are produced from energy use in our buildings
To support the Green Building Capital Initiative goal to reduce energy consumption in Seattle’s existing building stock by 20%
To allow an informed market to drive energy efficiency improvements
Cycle of Improvement
Ratings for all buildings
Market rewards energy-ecient properties
with more business
Market compares building
performance
Owners improve eciency to help competitiveness
building stock Eciency of existing
continuously improves
Ratings disclosed to market
Seattle Building Energy Rating & Reporting OrdinanceLegislation aimed to inform, educate and improve the energy performance of existing buildings
Who needs to comply?Non-residential and multi-family building owners are required to conduct annual energy performance tracking through the EPA’s Energy Star benchmarking tool, Portfolio Manager. www.energystar.gov/benchmarking
What do owners need to do?Annually benchmark whole building energy performance
Disclose building energy performance information upon request
Report building energy performance information annually to the City of Seattle
When do I need to comply? October 3, 2011 Phase I Buildings 50,000 sf or greater
April 1, 2012 Phase II Buildings 10,000–50,000 sf (including multifamily)
What can I do to prepare?Start learning about your building — Use EPA’s data collection worksheet to help you capture the information you will need.
Review the director’s rule online — Confirm you are benchmarking correctly.
Sign-up for the listserve at seattle.gov/dpd/energydisclosure to receive educational materials and training notices
2011 Implementation Schedule April 26th Comments due on Draft Director’s Rule
Week of May 9 Notification Letters
Spring Education Resources
Spring & Summer Training
August 1 Utility Data Request Deadline
GET YOURGREEN ON
Seattle Department of Planning & Developmentcity green building
www.seattle.gov/dpd/energybenchmarking
What is the Director’s Rule?Director’s Rules are binding rules concerning codes administered by DPD. The document clari-fies and defines the intent of the ordinance and explains procedural requirements by topic to support proper compliance. Director’s Rules are adopted according to the Administrative Code of the City of Seattle (SMC Section 3.06.040), and are issued after public notice is published
in the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce.
How do I submit comments?Please email your comments to [email protected]
Informal Comment Period Deadline March 21st, 2011
Formal Comment Period Deadline April 26th, 2011
Where can I find the document?www.seattle.gov/dpd/energybenchmarking
The City of Seattle, Department of Planning and Development invites you to review and comment on the draft Director’s Rule for the Seattle Building Energy Rating and Reporting Ordinance.
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