Improving Energy Efficiency Through Benchmarking and Transparency

Enhancing energy efficiency in cities by increasing building owners' awareness of energy performance through benchmarking and transparency initiatives. Building owners report energy usage, compare performance, and share data with the city and community, leading to cost savings, improved investments, tenant satisfaction, and overall sustainable building practices. Cities with such policies are witnessing reduced energy consumption and cost savings, boosting job opportunities, attracting new businesses, and increasing property values.

• Energy efficiency
• Benchmarking
• Transparency
• Sustainability
• Building performance

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1. BENCHMARKING AND TRANSPARENCY IS Making a city more energy efficient by improving building owners awareness of energy performance

2. TRANSPARENCY is reporting that benchmarking information to the city, which is shared with the community. This fills an information gap in the market, improving consumer choice and rewarding energy efficiency in buildings. BENCHMARKING is tracking energy use of our buildings and helping building owners access information to improve, compare, and track the energy use of their buildings over time. ENERGY STAR scores rank energy performance of buildings nationwide FIRE STATION 73 CITY HALL 48 HOSPITAL 55 OFFICE BUILDING 95 SCHOOL 17 BANK 74 GROCERY STORE APARTMENT BUILDING 86 RETAIL STORE 91 20

3. HOW BENCHMARKING AND TRANSPARENCY WORKS A building owner reports, compares, and shares performance with the city, tenants, banks, and other building owners. MY BUILDING 68 OFFICE BUILDING 24 OFFICE BUILDING 91 COMPARING SHARING REPORTING Building owners report energy usage and building characteristics. ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager provides performance metrics to building owners so they can compare to similar buildings Building owner submits performance metrics to the city and this data is then made available to the market.

4. HOW BENCHMARKING AND TRANSPARENCY BENEFITS BUILDING OWNERS SAVE MONEY PLAN INVESTMENTS Building owners can save money on utility bills, better project future investments, improve tenant satisfaction and retention, and demonstrate leadership in climate and sustainability. RETAIN TENANTS LEAD THE WAY

5. HOW BENCHMARKING AND TRANSPARENCY BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY MORE JOBS INCREASED ATTRACT NEW BUSINESS PROPERTY VALUE Across the U.S., cities with benchmarking and transparency policies are maximizing opportunities and benefits for their communities by seeking out efficiency and sustainable approaches to operations and maintenance of their buildings. AFFORDABLE UTILITY BILLS LOWER EMISSIONS

6. RESULTS FROM CITIES WITH BENCHMARKING ORDINANCES MINNEAPOLIS ENERGY CONSUMPTION 3.4% FROM 2014 TO 2016 DENVER ENERGY CONSUMPTION 4.5% CHICAGO ENERGY CONSUMPTION 5.2% FROM 2014 TO 2018 FROM 2017 TO 2018 $13.5M $21M BILL SAVINGS/YEAR BILL SAVINGS/YEAR $15.1M BILL SAVINGS/YEAR SEATTLE ENERGY CONSUMPTION 3% SAN FRANCISCO ENERGY CONSUMPTION 7.9% NEW YORK ENERGY CONSUMPTION 10% FROM 2010 TO 2015 FROM 2014 TO 2015 FROM 2010 TO 2014