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Aggregated utility data – total whole-building energy or water data for a specified period as provided by the utility company or a third party for the building for a given utility type.

Blended Custom Source Energy Use Intensity or Blended Custom Source EUI – The DOEE developed customized metric for the College/University Campus property type using the local median Source EUI adjusted for the square footage percentage of high-intensity space present on each building of a campus, accounting for the diverse property type uses that might be present on a university campus (e.g. laboratories, residence halls/dormitories, dining halls, offices, restaurants).

Building – any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy.

Building owner – an individual, partnership, corporation, trust, association, firm, joint stock company, organization, commission, or other private entity either possessing title or designated to govern a privately-owned building, or an agent authorized to act on behalf of the private entity.

College/University Campus – a secondary educational institution with multiple buildings in a single location that are owned by a single entity.

Department – the Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE).

Director – the Director of the Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE), or the Director’s representative, agent, designee, or successor.

District Benchmark Results and Compliance Report – The ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager report that includes benchmark and ENERGY STAR statements of energy performance, identifies reporting methodology, and contains data verification information when required by section 4 of the Green Building Act of 2006, effective March 8, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-234; D.C. Official Code § 6-1451.03).

ENERGY STAR Data Verification Checklist – a U.S. EPA ENERGY STAR form used to complete the third-party verification of District Benchmark Results and Compliance Reports.

ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager benchmarking tool, or Portfolio Manager – the system developed by the U.S. EPA that rates the energy and water performance of a building.

ENERGY STAR score – a 1-to-100 score provided to buildings by the U.S. EPA ENERGY STAR Program to assess how buildings perform in relation to similar buildings nationwide.

Hospital Campus – a hospital with multiple buildings in a single location that are owned by a single entity.

National Median – the ENERGY STAR score or Source EUI benchmark, available on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager® website, that fifty percent (50%) of properties perform above and fifty percent (50%) perform below.

Portfolio Manager Data Collection Worksheet – the list of data fields required to fulfill District benchmarking requirements, which includes the information needed for a building owner to request information from a non-residential tenant. This worksheet can be found on the U.S. EPA ENERGY STAR website.

Property type – the primary function of a building as determined through EPA’s ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager.

Property use information – the characteristics, such as the conditioned floor area, weekly operating hours, number of occupied units, and number of computers in use, described by Portfolio Manager for a particular building type.

Source Energy Use Intensity or Source EUI – the total amount of raw fuel that is required to operate a building, divided by the building’s gross floor area, as determined through EPA’s ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager.

Tenant – a person or entity entitled to the possession, occupancy, or the benefits of any rental unit owned by another person or entity, or the owner of an individual condominium unit within a condominium association.

Utility company – an entity distributing, supplying, or transmitting electricity, natural gas, or other fuel for heating, cooling, or power generation, or water to a building.

Utility data – energy or water consumption data from one or more meters for a specified period.

Weather Normalized Source Energy Use Intensity or Normalized Source EUI – the Source EUI a building would have consumed during thirty (30) year average weather conditions, as determined through EPA’s ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager.

Whole-building utility data – information about all energy and water consumed on the premises, including in common areas, tenant-controlled areas, and residential living areas, but not including spaces that meet all exclusion criteria described in the Portfolio Manager Data Collection Worksheet.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 11318 (October 31, 2008); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 367 (January 18, 2013); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 68 DCR 4643 (April 30, 2021); as amended by Final Rulemaking 68 DCR 011077 (October 22, 2021).