How to Benchmark
Building Benchmarking Policy: Compliance How-to
The Detroit Benchmarking Ordinance requires commercial, industrial and multi family buildings to report their utility data using the EPA’s ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager. Buildings over 100k are required to begin reporting in 2024 and buildings over 25k sq ft to begin reporting in 2025. This video is an overview of the steps required to comply to the ordinance, as well as many resources for reporters.
Getting Started
Start Here: Benchmarking Resource Guide
Detroit Benchmarking Compliance Checklist
Energy Star Portfolio Quick Start Guide
Set up your Buildings in ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager
Guide: Benchmarking Resource Guide
ENERGY STAR: How to Set Up Your Property Guide
ENERGY STAR: How to Set Up Your Property Video Training
ENERGY STAR: Data Collection Worksheet
Access and Upload your Energy and Water Data
Electricity and Natural Gas Data with DTE
DTE Energy Date Hub-Guide: Getting Started
DTE Energy Date Hub-: Login Website
DTE Energy Date Hub ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager Connection Guide: Connecting to ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager
Energy Star: How to Get Utility Data Into Portfolio Manager Guide: How to manually upload data
Thermal and Steam Data with Detroit Thermal
Benchmarking Steam Meter Tracker
Water Data with Detroit Water and Sewage
Benchmarking Water Meter Tracker
Compliance to the Ordinance: Share your building profile to the City of Detroit
Add the Detroit Building ID:
- Look up your Detroit Benchmarking ID in the Building Lookup Tool
- Guide: Detroit Building ID
- ENERGY STAR: What is a Standard ID
Ensure the quality of your data
- Run the Data Quality Checker on your building.
Sharing your property with the City of Detroit
You can streamline the submission process by sharing your covered property with the City of Detroit. This is a one-time step that you can take to have your annual submission automated in future years. It only requires one-time action to share data and it easily shares updated information if there are any errors or warnings to correct.
1. Select Contacts in the upper right corner of your Energy Star Portfolio Manager webpage
2. Select Add New Contacts/Connections
3. Input “Detroit Benchmarking Reporting” to the Name and select search.
4. Select Connect
5. Navigate to the sharing tab.
6. Select Share or Edit Access to Property
7. Select the required buildings, and then select Detroit Benchmarking Reporting.
8. Choose Personalized Sharing & Exchange Data ("Custom Orders")
9. Select Exchange data
10. Select All settings to Read Only Access and Submit
Need Additional help?
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