Mid-Sized City Building Energy

Benchmarking Workshop

CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS

Minneapolis Energy Benchmarking

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March 29, 2017

Katie Jones Schmitt

City of Minneapolis and Center for Energy and Environment

Activity!

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Contents

• Why did the city adopt a benchmarking ordinance?

• How does the program function?

• What is being done with the data?

• Who is part of the process?

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Why?

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Green jobs

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Climate change

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Global Temperature Scenarios Source: World Bank

Mpls GHG inventory

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Energy dollars outflow

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Total Energy Spending by City in 2013 Source: Regional Indicators Initiative

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llars

in 1

00

0s

Nearly $600,000,000 spent annually on energy

Energy dollars outflow

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Per Capita Energy Spending by City in 2013 Source: Regional Indicators Initiative

$2000

$1500

$1000

$500

Nearly $1,500 / capita spent annually on energy

Climate Action Plan

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That big pie piece

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How to spur energy reductions in this sector to: • Increase green jobs • Address GHGs • Have a light

regulatory touch?

Energy benchmarking

How?

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Policy

• Developed with help from: CM Glidden, Environmental Health, Sustainability Office

• “You can’t manage what you don’t measure.”

• Commercial Building Rating and Disclosure • Council members and staff engaged stakeholders

• Passed in 2013 with little opposition

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What buildings are included:

• Private commercial ≥ 50,000 sq.ft.

• Public commercial ≥ 25,000 sq.ft.

>50,000 sq.ft.

• ‘Covered building list’ determined by tax records

Timeline

Resources

• Benchmarking tool:

• Technical support: • Workshops

• Helpline

• One-on-one consultations

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Process

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Late winter

Mail and email notification,

scorecard included

Spring

Building manager enters data into

Portfolio Manager

Spring

Technical assistance

By June 1

Building manager submits data to City via Portfolio

Manager

Fall

Data is analyzed and feedback given in report, and map

Compliance

• Feedback given within 2 weeks

Compliance

• Rate:

• Citations first issued in 2016 for non-compliance

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Notices Waiting Period 2017 Enforcement Dates Citation $ Amount

Data submission

deadline 1-Jun -

Warning / violation

notice 2-Jun -

1st citation 45 business days 8-Aug $200

2nd citation 30 days 7-Sep $400

3rd citation 32 days* 10-Oct $800

4th citation 30 days 9-Nov $1,600

5th citation 32 days * 11-Dec $2,000

80%

85%

90%

95%

2013 2014 2015

What?

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Results

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Buildings

Analyzed

417

Represents

75% of all

commercial

building space

Median

ENERGY STAR

Score

71

Response Rate

94%

Public buildings

*Includes only consistently benchmarked buildings from 2012-2015. Shows aggregate change since 2012 for each entity.

Private buildings

*Includes only consistently benchmarked buildings from 2014-2015.

$31,000 savings

annually

$27,000,000 savings

annually

Potential dollar savings

High-using property types

• hospitals

• hotels

• worship facilities

• individual offices

Individual high users

• Identify high energy users from the list

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Map

• Compare year-over-year energy use for spikes

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Scorecard

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Building Energy Challenge

www.minneapolisenergybenchmarking.org

Calhoun Square 20%!

• Grants up to $20,000 to help fund energy efficiency practices at Minneapolis benchmarked businesses.

• Owners must be able to provide 80% matching funds for project.

Green Business Cost Share

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Who?

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Partners:

• Environmental Health Department – compliance and cost share

• Sustainability Office – policy and programs

• CEE – technical assistance and outreach

• RETAP – deep technical assistance

How do these partners interact?

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5 step process

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CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS

Thank you! Katie Jones Schmitt

Katie.schmitt@minneapolismn.gov

612-741-0596

www.minneapolisenergybenchmarking.org

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