ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager Data Collection Worksheet
For Houses of Worship
This worksheet was designed to help building owners and managers collect data to benchmark
buildings using EPA ENERGY STAR'S Portfolio Manager. The information in this worksheet will be
used to establish your building's profile in Portfolio Manager, which is critical to calculate benchmarks
of key metrics such as energy intensity and costs, water use, and carbon emissions. All building
types can be entered into Portfolio Manager and receive energy and water benchmarks, as
well as a comparison of performance against a national average for buildings of a similar type.

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Some buildings will also receive an ENERGY STAR rating. The ENERGY STAR rating is a benchmark that indicates how
efficiently buildings use energy on a 1-100 scale. A rating of 50 indicates that energy performance is average compared to
similar buildings, while a rating of 75 or better indicates top performance, and means your building may be eligible to earn
the ENERGY STAR label. To receive an ENERGY STAR rating, the gross floor area of the building must be comprised of
50% or more of one of the following space types:
Bank/Financial Institution
Courthouse
Hospital (acute care and children's)
Hotel
Houses of Worship
K-12 School
Medical Office
Multifamily Housing
Office
Residence Hall/Dormitory
Retail Store
Supermarket
Warehouse
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Required Data for ENERGY STAR Benchmarking
•	Portfolio Manager username and password.
•	The building street address, year built, and contact information.
•	The building gross floor area and key operating characteristics for each major space type. Use this worksheet to
collect this information before logging in to Portfolio Manager.
•	12 consecutive months of utility bills for all fuel types used in the building. If you don't have this information
readily available, contact your utility provider(s) as most will be able to easily supply this historical information.
General Building Information
Facility name	Year built
Building address	
City	State	ZIP	
Space Use Attributes
Before compiling the information noted in the boxes below, review the following important information:
•	Specific definitions and instructions for each of the data fields listed in the boxes below can be viewed by
navigating to the Portfolio Manager Help, selecting "Space Type Definitions," choosing the appropriate building
type, and selecting "Space Use Information."
•	Some buildings may contain multiple space types within a single building (e.g. office, computer data center, and
parking OR K-12 school and swimming pool). Complete the fields below for each applicable major space types
within the building.
•	For buildings with multiple tenants with the same space type, these spaces should be entered separately only
when the number of weekly operating hours among tenants differs by more than 10 hours. For example, in a
100,000 square foot (SF) office building where 75,000 SF operates 60 hours a week and 25,000 SF operates 80
hours a week, please list as two separate spaces - one 75,000 SF space and one 25,000 SF space. As this is
most common in office buildings, multiple office space fields are provided below to capture data for multiple
tenants if necessary.
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• Default values supplied by Portfolio Manager can be used for all space use characteristics with the exception of
gross floor area. Using default values will result in an approximate energy performance rating which can be a
beneficial metric for estimating energy performance. If defaults are used for an initial rating, it is recommended
that actual data be added later to more accurately measure a facility's energy performance. Facilities using
default values are not eligible to apply for the ENERGY STAR label. Leave any of the requested information
below blank (except gross floor area) to use a default value for the field.
House of Worship:
	Gross Floor Area (SF)
	Seating Capacity (number of seats)
	Number of weekdays (Monday through Friday) that the facility is typically open.
	Weekly operating hours
	Number of PCs
	Presence of cooking facilities (Yes/No)
	Number of Commercial Refrigeration/Freezer Units
Parking:
aross floor area that is enclosed OF)
aross floor area that is unenclosed with a roof
(SF)
aross floor area that is open (SF)
weeklv hours of access
K-12 school:
aross floor area (SF)
#	of personal computers
#	of walk-in refriaeration/freezer units
hiah school - ves or no
open weekends - ves or no
on-site cookina - ves or no
Percent of floor area that is cooled in 10%
increments (10%, 20%, 30%, etc.)
Percent of floor area that is heated in 10%
increments (10%, 20%, 30%, etc.)
General office:
aross floor area (SF)
weeklv operatina hours
#	of workers on main shift
#	of personal computers
Percent of floor area that is air conditioned (>50%,
<50%, or none)
Percent of floor area that is heated (>50%, <50%,
or none)
Dormitory/Residence hall:
aross floor area (SF)
# of rooms
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Other:
aross floor area (SF) (must be less than 10% of
gross building floor area in order for the building to
be eligible for a rating)
Retail Store:
aross floor area (SF)
weekly operatina hours
#	of workers on main shift
#	of personal computers
#	of cash reaisters
#	of walk-in refriaeration/freezer units
#	of open & closed refriaeration/freezer cases
Percent of floor area that is cooled in 10%
increments (10%, 20%, 30%, etc.)
Percent of floor area that is heated in 10%
increments (10%, 20%, 30%, etc.)
Computer Data Center:
aross floor area (SF) (must be less than 10% of
gross building floor area in order for the building to
be eligible for a rating)
weekly operating hours
Swimming Pool:
swimmina oool size, choose from:
Olympic 1 (50 meters x 25 meters)
Olympic 2 (50 meters x 25 yards)
Recreational (20 yards x 15 yards)
Short Course (25 yards x 20 yards)
indoor or outdoor
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