The ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager is the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) interactive energy management tool that allows you to track and assess energy and water consumption of your buildings. It generates weather-normalized energy intensity (kBtu/sq. ft.) and greenhouse gas emissions metrics for all buildings, as well as a percentile energy performance score for many eligible building types. Custom reports and graphs also allow users to see time trending information and compare facilities within their portfolio.

Benchmarking can not only assess energy performance baselines for buildings and set goals for improvement; it also can track and report on energy performance, costs, and environmental impact over time for individual buildings and entire portfolios. In addition, buildings with scores above 75 are eligible to receive the ENERGY STAR label, and earn points toward LEED® certification.

To learn more about how Portfolio Manager works, visit www.energystar.gov/benchmark where you will find numerous tools to get started, including a Benchmarking Starter Kit
For general questions on Portfolio Manager, refer to ENERGY STAR's online Help and FAQ or contact buildings@energystar.gov.

If you have questions or information that you wish to share relating how to leverage the EPA’s Portfolio Manager Tool please comment below.

If you are an EECBG recipient and would like to speak for free with a Portfolio Manager expert who can help you determine what option makes most sense for your project, please contact your local Regional Coordinator for Technical Assistance, or make the request directly through DOE’s Technical Assistance Center (TAC).

Content for this blog post courtesy of Marylou Einfalt, Southeast 1 Regional Coordinator, ICF International.