The City of Seattle has extended this year's annual reporting deadline for Energy Benchmarking to July 1, 2019 (for 2018 data). Nonresidential and multifamily buildings 20,000 SF+ must update U.S. EPA Portfolio Manager accounts with accurate space use details and consumption data for 2018. All buildings subject to the
annual requirement must be able to generate a 2018 December ending Energy Use Intensity (EUI) and ENERGY STAR® score (if available). Portfolio Manager accounts must also successfully share data with the City of Seattle Annual Reporting Portfolio Manager account by July 1, 2019 to be considered compliant. Compliance can be confirmed starting early March. For questions or technical assistance with reporting your building's annual energy consumption, email:
EnergyBenchmarking@seattle.gov.
Seattle Services Portal is live and accepting Building Tune-Ups submittals
The City of Seattle has launched the Building Tune-Ups module on the
Seattle Services Portal. What does this mean for Building Tune-Ups related submittals? After April 1, 2019, all submittals will be done using the Seattle Services Portal. At that point, the Microsoft Excel version of the Building Tune-Up Summary report and the PDF version of the Alternative Compliance request forms will no longer be accepted. Before submitting via the Seattle Services Portal, you will need to
create an account if you haven't previously done so, and then
claim your building use the claim code mailed to the owner of record. If you need assistance with a building claim code, please email us at
BuildingTuneUps@seattle.gov.
Upcoming Building Tune-Ups program deadlines
Deadlines for both 200,000+ SF buildings and 100,000-199,999 SF buildings are fast approaching. Reminder that for 200,000+ SF buildings, the deadline to submit Tune-Ups is March 1, 2019. For buildings between 100,000 SF and 199,999 SF, the Alternative Compliance deadline is April 1, 2019.
Tune-Up Specialist training and drop-in help sessions
We'll be offering the following training session, geared to Tune-Up Specialists but open to all, to introduce how to submit via the Seattle Services Portal. Come join us and get your account set up so you can begin working in the "portal".
When: Tuesday March 5th, 2019 from 8:30AM-9:30AM
Where: Room 6034 (60th floor) in the Seattle Municipal Tower - 700 5th Ave, Seattle, WA
Sign up for the session
here.
In addition to the "portal" training session, we'll also be offering drop-in help sessions on Tuesdays and Fridays from 11AM-1PM at the Seattle Municipal Tower room 6034 most weeks starting February 15th. If you have a question related to the Seattle Services Portal or the Building Tune-Ups program in general, please email
BuildingTuneUps@seattle.gov to reserve 1:1 in-person time to come in.
