The Ultimate Guide to Benchmarking takes a “create your own adventure” approach to teaching both building owners and the professionals who serve them how to use ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager®. Are you a building owner interested in benchmarking your property’s energy performance?  A manager or solutions provider focused on identifying buildings most in need of efficiency improvements? A broker who needs to know how new benchmarking mandates affect whole-building sales, leases, financing, and refinancing?  This online/on-demand training system will provide you with the level of detail you need in a convenient and time-efficient manner.  You can experience one or two modules to gain awareness.  You can focus on the module(s) that relate to your particular property type(s).  Or you can view every module and become the benchmarking maven in your own organization or even begin offering benchmarking services for a fee.The Ultimate Guide to Benchmarking is comprised of a series of short training modules, each of which addresses a specific topic related to benchmarking. 

• Why should you benchmark?
• And if you do, why should you use ENERGY STAR’s Portfolio Manager online tool? 
• Which territories and types of transactions now require energy performance disclosures? 
• Which data points do you need to benchmark a building? 
• How do you establish your Portfolio Manager account? 
• How do you enter a property into the tool? 
• How about the energy data?  
• How do you authorize your utility or other service provider to upload your meter data to Portfolio Manager on your behalf?  
• How do you set baselines and targets to help with goal-setting and progress-tracking?
• How do you generate reports…or share building data with others? 

You’ll find the answer to each of these questions (and many more) by selecting the appropriate module and viewing a short presentation.  Many modules also feature links for downloading supporting resources.The Ultimate Guide to Benchmarking is by far the most convenient way to learn how to benchmark your building. Log on whenever your schedule allows. Explore individual modules that pertain to your situation.  Focus on the building type(s) that are most relevant to you.  Pause, rewind, and re-watch as necessary.  You can even view this resource on an iPad, iPhone or other device to provide step-by-step guidance as you use your own computer to enter your building into Portfolio Manager. Moreover, your registration for the Ultimate Guide also includes access to our team of benchmarking experts – providing you with one-on-one technical assistance at no cost to help ensure the success of your benchmarking efforts.You cannot manage what you do not measure. Benchmarking your building’s energy performance is the first step to understanding and reducing its energy consumption and costs.  With California’s AB 1103 and the City of San Francisco’s Existing Commercial Buildings Energy Performance Ordinance now requiring energy performance disclosures for certain buildings, there’s never been a better time to learn how to benchmark using ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager.  And with the new Ultimate Guide to Benchmarking, there’s never been a more comprehensive or convenient way to do so!

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