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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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Page 1: Seattle Building Energy Rating & Reporting Ordinance

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

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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.

ElementsPurpose

Background

Definitions

Buildings Subject to Requirements > Non-residential Buildings

> Multifamily Buildings

> Mixed Use Buildings

> Exemptions

Initial Compliance Schedule > Non-residential Buildings

> Multifamily Buildings

> Mixed Use Buildings

> Utility Response Time

Compliance Checklist > Setting Up a New Building Record

> Working with and Existing Building Record

Compliance Process > Benchmarking Process

> Disclosure Process

> Reporting Process

> Existing Portfolio Manager Records

Clarifications > Defining a “Building”

> Reporting Responsibility

> Measuring Total Gross Floor Area

> Loads to Include/Exclude

> Reporting Tool

> Eligibility for Energy Star Rating

DRAFTDIRECTOR’S RULE

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Seattle Department of Planning & Developmentcity green building

www.seattle.gov/dpd/energybenchmarking

You Can’t Manage What You Don’t Measure

For Success...in commercial real estate, decreasing energy costs by 30% is equivalent to increasing net operating income by 4%.

in the healthcare industry, each dollar that a hospital saves in energy costs is comparable to generating new revenues of $20.

in the supermarket retail indus-try, a 10% reducation in energy costs is equivalent to increasing sales per square foot by $70.

Over the last 30 years, energy efficiency has reduced our country’s energy use by 47 percent and is our greatest energy “resource.”

Benchmarking informs organizations about how they use energy, where they use it, and what drives their energy use. It is a key step

in identifying opportunities to increase profitability by lowering energy and operating costs.

BENCH-MARKING

Energy-efficient Green Buildings...Have lower operating & maintenance costs > Save on average $0.50/sq ft

> Operating costs decrease 8-9%

Have lower negative environmental impact. > Consume 50% less energy (new construction) & 35% less en-

ergy (existing buildings)

> Have 35% less carbon emissions

Sources: USGBC, BetterBricks

Low- & No-cost Savings PotentialsO&M: 5 – 20% savings

Tenant Behavior: 3.5 – 15%Powering down office equipment at night ................. 0.6–5.2%

Instituting and Energy Awareness Campaign ..............0.4–1.7%

Changing the procurement policy to focus on energy efficiency ..............0.6–1.9%

Installing monitor and computer hardware power management software ............. 1.1–3.0%

Ensuring daylight is harvested and integrated into the work stations .......0.3–1.9%

Managing work station task lighting ...........................0.5–1.4%

Sources: BOMA Seattle, Energy Star, Carol Sabo & Katherine Johnson: Extreme Office Makeover, John Klein: Lighten Your Load


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