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AB1103Non Residential Building Energy Disclosure Law
Commercial Investment Meeting of the Bakersfield Association of Realtors
Bob RidingCommunity Energy Manager
Sustainable Communities
April 19th, 2013
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CA Utilities Service Territories
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, incorporated in California in 1905, is one of the largest combination natural gas and electric utilities in the US.
Based in San Francisco, PG&E provides natural gas and electric service to approximately 15 million people throughout a 70,000-square-mile service area in northern and central California.
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Most California utilities’ revenues are de-coupled from their rates”
Most customers don’t know that…
They don’t make more money by selling more powerThey make money “selling” energy efficiency.
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4% of U.S. HouseholdsOwned Microwave Oven
Apple unveils the Macintosh
The VCR is in 60%Of U.S. homes.
37% of U.S. householdsOwn a personal computer
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What is AB1103?
California Assembly Bill 1103
Commercial Building Energy Use Disclosure Program signed into law October 2007
Utilities must provide consumption data on request from customers
Non-residential building owners are required to disclose building energy use via ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager
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Benefits of AB1103
Makes historical energy usage, and the Energy Star score available before sale, lease, or lending transactions are completed.
Allows prospective owners, tenants, and lenders to consider energy usage and efficiency as part of the decision making process
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Who and When
Compliance with Assembly Bill 1103 expects owners of nonresidential buildings to take certain actions at least 30 days before the sale, lease, or financing of the entire building, with disclosure no later than 24 hours prior to transaction”
Compliance schedule:
• July 1, 2013: Buildings 50,000+ sq ft.• Jan 1, 2014: Buildings 10,000+ sq. ft.• July 1, 2014: Buildings 5,000+ sq. ft.
*system shutdown June 24 - July 10
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ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager
Nationwide benchmarking tool created by the EPA
• Provides a benchmarking score from 1-100 by comparing your building to other similar buildings, for certain space types.
• Normalizes building variables affecting energy consumption:• Building size• Space type• Weather• Hours of operation• Occupancy • Plug load
• PG&E’s Automated Benchmarking Service (ABS)
• Owners enter their building and meter information once, and then authorize PG&E to upload energy use automatically every month
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Benchmarking Benefits
Track and assess a building’s energy consumption
• Heighten awareness of energy use, as well as greenhouse gas emissions and energy cost information
• Assess effectiveness of current operations, policies, and practices
• Assess energy performance baselines and set goals for improvement
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Apply for Energy Star label with scores above 75 in ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager*
*Certain steps can be completed by owner, or agent, but licensed professional services are required for certification
Earn points towards LEED certification
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Compliance Flowchart*
2. Building Owner requests Automated
Benchmarking Service
1c. Tenant signs Data Authorization Release
4. Building Owner completes
benchmarking
1a. Building Owner opens Energy Star Portfolio Manager
Account
3. PG&E uploads
data
1b. Building Owner requests Tenant
permission
*This will be changing as of July, 2013
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Compliance Details
Compliance with Assembly Bill 1103 expects owners of nonresidential buildings to take certain actions at least 30 days before the sale, lease, or financing of the entire building, or “no later than 24 hrs prior to transaction”
1. Register for an account with “Portfolio Manager,” the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR program online tool for managing building energy use data.
2. Create a profile within Portfolio Manager for the nonresidential building.
3. Use Portfolio Manager to request that utilities serving the building release the last 12 months of energy use data for the building to Portfolio Manager. What you’ll get is:
◦Disclosure Summary Sheet;◦Statement of Energy Performance;◦Data Checklist; and◦Facility Summary (collectively, the “Disclosure Data”).
4. After the utility data has been provided, download the Disclosure Data; and provide the Disclosure Data as part of the sale, lease, or financing.
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PG&E workshops and trainings
Live Trainings: PG&E offers monthly DIY benchmarking workshops and instructional webinars, as well as ‘Build Your Benchmarking Business” training to develop the workforce to support the benchmarking market
On-Demand Trainings: PG&E offers a benchmarking webinar and a How To Guide, and ENERGY STAR offers several training resources as wellhttp//:www.pge.com/benchmarking
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A free tool that enables your building's monthly energy use to be automatically uploaded into EPA's ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager.
Once you establish your account and activate the ABS feature, your ENERGY STAR score will automatically reflect your building's energy performance on a monthly basis
PG&E’s Automated Benchmarking Service (ABS)
This will not longer be called ABS starting in July 2013; it will be called ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager web services
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For More Information
PG&E
http//:www.pge.com/http//:www.pge.com/benchmarking
CECAB 1103 Commercial Building Energy Use Disclosure
http://www.energy.ca.gov/ab1103/
PG&E’s Business Customer Service Center
at
1 800 468-4743
Contact your local PG&E Account Manageror
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Call toll-free (855) 621-3733 or sign up online at www.hometuneupnow.com