City of Brisbane Building Efficiency Program – Stakeholder Survey 1: Benchmarking

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The City of Brisbane is developing an ordinance to address energy and water use in existing commercial buildings to help make them more efficient, thereby saving owners money, improving the safety and comfort of our building stock, and reducing emissions that are driving climate change. The ordinance would require commercial building owners to benchmark their building--that is, report on the basic building characteristics and its annual energy and water use--and for some buildings to periodically perform building audits or re-tuning to identify opportunities for retrofits and ensure systems are performing as intended.

Your opinion as a key stakeholder is highly valuable in the development of the ordinance. This survey focuses on the benchmarking aspects of the ordinance development and should take approximately 5-10 minutes to complete. A separate opportunity for feedback will be provided to discuss the audit portion and other relevant components of the ordinance.

Please select all representations that apply to you. *

Building Owner

Leasing Company

Property Manager

Service Provider (Consultant)

Utility

Public Agency

Labor

Local Resident

Business Owner

Other:

Required

Frequency - The vast majority of ordinances require annual benchmarking and reporting. *

Would it make sense to align with the Statewide Benchmarking Ordinance (AB 802) and require annual benchmarking and reporting? (select one)

Yes

Other:

Tools Available - All ordinances in the U.S. use the EPA ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager for benchmarking, including the Statewide Benchmarking Ordinance.

Should this ordinance specify Portfolio Manager? (select one)

Yes

Other:

Clear selection

Time-frame - How long between the launch of the ordinance and the deadline for reporting would be ideal? (select one) *

3-5 months

6-8 months

8-12 months

12+ months

Supporting Materials - What supporting materials would be most helpful for benchmarking compliance? (select one or more) *

Case Studies

Live Webinars

Fact Sheet

FAQ

Other:

Required

Gathering data - What do you foresee as the most difficult part of benchmarking? *

Easy

Moderate

Difficult

Gathering energy consumption data about the building

Gathering square footage, year built and other characteristics about the building

Gathering water consumption data about the building

Doing the data collection

Entering data in the online benchmarking tool

Finding outside help to benchmark the building

Disclosing information - What exceptions would you recommend be in place to give owners reporting alternatives if they wish not to disclose their data for the ordinance? (select one or more) *

New buildings, where the certificate of occupancy was not yet issued for some or all the calendar year being reported

Buildings with low occupancy rates, typically of 50 percent or less

Buildings whose owners are in financial hardship

Buildings where the owner can demonstrate that energy use data is proprietary or would compromise a trade secret, may be exempted from the transparency provisions but should still be required to benchmark and report

High-performing buildings; i.e. those with a recent ENERGY STAR score (e.g. above a score of 75) or LEED certification

Other:

Required

How to use the information - After you benchmark your building, what would help most to interpret the data? (select one or more) *

Live Q/A session(s)

City report to analyze the results

Building Scorecard

Help setting energy and cost reduction targets

A map of results across the city

Other:

Required

Recognition opportunities - What are some ways the City can provide recognition to building owners? *

Highlight in a case study

Community recognition

Award from City

Other:

Required

Would it be helpful and beneficial to have all city owned buildings comply with the ordinance ahead of a reporting deadline? *

Yes

What questions, concerns or suggestions do you have about benchmarking and/or the City’s ordinance development process?

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