Important Changes to Energy Benchmarking in Montgomery County

The calendar year 2023 benchmarking season as begun. Energy benchmarking reports are due to DEP by Monday, June 3, 2024. This year, energy benchmarking is required of all commercial and multifamily buildings 25,000 gross square feet and larger. DEP is beginning outreach to covered buildings and the buildings inventory provides a list of all covered buildings.

DEP is hosting two webinars to prepare you for benchmarking this year:

• February 28, noon – 1:30 pm: Montgomery County Energy Benchmarking

  This presentation is geared to new benchmarkers or those less familiar with ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager and the benchmarking requirements.  REGISTER

• March 13, noon – 1:30 pm: This presentation is geared to benchmarking service providers and data verifiers and will provide more in-depth information about ensuring data quality, accessing aggregated utility data, and fielding questions.  REGISTER

Read on for two important updates for benchmarking and reporting this year:

New Montgomery County Energy Benchmarking Reporting Portal

DEP has created a new Montgomery County Energy Benchmarking Reporting Portal to provide benchmarking resources and status updates in one place. Within the Portal, users can:

• Claim building(s)
• Submit an extension, waiver, or exemption request
• Submit annual benchmarking report(s)
• Re-report data for previous calendar years or submit revisions to benchmarking data
• View compliance status and disclosed data for each building

As such, the process for submitting your calendar year 2023 benchmarking report to DEP has changed. Reporters must follow the updated instructions to submit data.

To report your benchmarking data to DEP once you have entered all required information into ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, reporters must connect with MontgomergyDEP and share your building(s) via ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager. Reports can then be submitted via the new Montgomery County Building Energy Benchmarking Reporting Portal.