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

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

Special Building Look up (Condos):

If your building is a condo, its likely that your Building ID will not appear as a single building ID. Use this link to look up your Special Building 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 with your Utility or Service Provider for exchanging data

7. Select the required buildings, and then select Detroit Benchmarking Reporting.

8. Choose Bulk Sharing (Simple Option)

9. Select Exchange Data Full Access (with full access to all properties and meters)

10. Select Authorize Exchange