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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.

Director – the Director of the District Department of the Environment (DDOE), or the Director’s representative, agent, designee, or successor.

District Benchmark Results and Compliance Report – the Portfolio Manager report that includes benchmark results, identifies reporting methodology, and confirms completion of a building’s benchmarking to the District.

District Benchmark Reporting Template – the template developed by DDOE in partnership with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), that exports from Portfolio Manager the building information required for building owners to fulfill District benchmarking requirements.

District Data Collection Worksheet – the list of data fields required to fulfill District benchmarking requirements.

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.

Hospital Campus – a hospital with multiple buildings in a single location that are Environment

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.

Non-Residential Tenant Information Form – the District form a building owner may use to collect information required for benchmarking from a non-residential tenant.

Non-Residential Tenant Notification Letter – the District form letter a building owner may use to inform a non-residential tenant that the tenant is required to provide the information required for benchmarking.

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

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.

Space use attributes – information such as the conditioned floor area, weekly operating hours, number of occupied units, and number of computers in use as defined by the Portfolio Manager, according to a building type.

Tenant – a person or entity entitled to the possession, occupancy, or the benefits of any rental unit owned by another person or entity.

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.

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).