ENERGY STAR
PORTFOLIO MANAGER-QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
HOUSES OF WORSHIP ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A1 TO 100 RATING
Tracking Your Energy Performance
Portfolio Manager is an online, interactive energy management tooi
that allows you to measure and track your house of worship's energy
and water consumption, identify investment priorities, and verify im-
provements over time. If you are also responsible for facilities which
are ineligible to receive an ENERGY STAR® 1 to 100 energy per-
formance rating - such as fellowship halls, gymnasiums, or resi-
dences-you can still enter your facility into Portfolio Manager to
track your weather-normalized energy use intensity (EUI), energy
costs, greenhouse gas emissions, and water consumption.
USE PORTFOLIO
MANAGER STEP-BY-STEP
Step
Activity
Action
Access Portfolio Manager
Access your account by:
• Creating a new account, or
• Logging into an existing account
Review system updates and enter
into account
Add a new facility
Select House of Worship and enter
general facility information.
Enter space use data
Enter Energy Use Data
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PORTFOLIO MANAGER-QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
ENERGY STAR
INTERPRETING YOUR:
ENERGY PERFORMANCE SCORE
Review your calculated Energy Performance Score and evalu-
ate your performance on a 1 to 100 scale
Invest
Adjust
Invest
Adjust Maintain
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Energy Performance Rating
SOURCE EUI
Review your calculated annual source EUI, and compare it to
the national average source EUI for your building type or
across your portfolio.
Then, set improvement goals and create an action plan. Use
the guidance below to determine the appropriate next steps.
Below average Greatest opportunity for improvement. Invest=
(1-25)
Average
(26-74)
ments in new equipment, combined with ag-
gressive low-cost operations and mainte-
nance practices could have the greatest im-
pact on your bottom line.
Significant opportunities to reap savings. Sim-
ple, low-cost operations and maintenance
practices, combined with equipment up-
grades, could yield significant savings.
Above average Opportunity to demonstrate best practices.
(75 or Greater) Continue to improve and maintain superior
performance by focusing on operations and
maintenance. If you score 75 or greater,
you are eligible for the ENERGY STAR
Label for your House of Worship.
DATA NEEDED
¦ Building address including zip code
¦ Gross floor area
¦ At least 12 consecutive months of overlapping energy use for
all fuel types
¦ Seating Capacity
¦ Number of weekdays (Monday through Friday) that the facil-
ity is typically open.
¦ Weekly operating hours
¦ Number of PCs
¦ Presence of cooking facilities
¦ Number of Commercial Refrigeration/Freezer Units
¦ Parking lot size
www.energystar.gov/benchmark
E-mail: buildings@energystar.gov
HELPFUL HINTS
¦ Enter 12 consecutive months of overlapping energy data without
gaps in time.
¦ When entering data, there is no need to include commas or other
punctuation.
¦ When inputting a facility's energy use, be sure to select the cor
rect units of measurement.
View answers to Frequently Asked Questions.
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Maintain contact information for your energy team.
iUse this option ore-maii buildings@energystar.gov.
] Access user-support information and get answers.
FEATURES
¦ Share facilities across accounts. From the My Portfolio page,
go to "Sharing Data" section and click ADD. Select user from current
address list, enter a new Portfolio Manager name, or select a Portfo-
lio Manager Account to share with.
¦ Generate a Statement of Energy Performance: Facility Sum-
mary. Review your facility's energy performance and environmental
impact for a 12-month period and against a baseline. Use it as a
management report and transactional document. From the Facility
Summary page, click GENERATE A STATEMENT OF ENERGY
PERFORMANCE and select a period ending date. Click GENER-
ATE REPORT.
¦ Customize Your Facility Performance View. Portfolio Manager
offers pre-set views to compare buildings to commonly used met-
rics. From the Facility Summary page, go to "Facility Performance"
and choose an option from the "Select View" menu.
h Track Water Meters. From the Facility Summary page, go to the
"Water Meters" section below the "Energy Meters" section. Click
ADD METER and follow steps to get started.
¦ Additional Guidance. For more detailed guidance on using Port-
folio Manager - including how to correct and update space use char-
acteristics over time - register for live or recorded trainings on the
ENERGY STAR Web site at www.energystar.gov/training.
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