Energy Star Portfolio Manager

Depending on the type of project you might find your answer here - http://portfoliomanager.supportportal.com/link/portal/23002/23010/Article/34288/How-do-I-account-for-my-office-property-s-vacant-space-in-Portfolio-Manager here - http://www.energystar.gov/buildings/sites/default/uploads/tools/pm_lp_guide.pdf?1e71-b60a or here - http://icma.org/en/icma/knowledge_network/documents/kn/Document/304708/Sustainability_Howto_Guide_Series__EPAs_ENERGY_STAR_Measurement_and_Tracking_Tool__Portfolio_Manager

Kelly, I don't think you can just ignore the area. Try looking here - http://portfoliomanager.supportportal.com/link/portal/23002/23010/Article/35187/I-m-getting-an-alert-that-I-do-not-have-an-associated-IT-energy-meter-when-in-fact-I-do-Why Here http://portfoliomanager.supportportal.com/link/portal/23002/23010/Article/35103/I-m-adding-a-new-data-center-to-my-property-Do-I-have-to-wait-a-year-to-get-a-score or here http://portfoliomanager.supportportal.com/link/portal/23002/23010/Article/34389/The-data-center-property-use-located-within-my-office-building-is-already-sub-metered-Can-we-use-this-information-to-enter-IT-Energy-Consumption-for-the-data-center-when-benchmarking-in-Portfolio-Mana

I have the same question that Kelly. I understand that when you want to perform an Energy Star score for a building, you can't remove data center consumption. But LEED EBOM also enables to remove 10% of the building total area for LEED certification (providing that this 10% are submetered and managed by a third party). According to my understanding, for LEED, you have to perform an Energy Star score not to the entire building but only for the 90% if you decide to exclude a 10% area. So I dont understand why it would be impossible to exclude the data rooms? I'm wainting for answers of USGBC but if you can give me information, it would be very helpful! Thanks!

Both LEED and ENERGY STAR have a rule in which 10% of the building may be excluded from either the LEED requirements or from the building profile in Portfolio Manager in certain situations. However, this rule is not applied the same way in LEED and in Portfolio Manager. The primary difference is that in order for the space to be excluded from Portfolio Manager, it must be a space type that cannot receive an ENERGY STAR score. Per LEED requirements, the space that is excluded from EAp2 is not required to be a space type that cannot receive an ENERGY STAR score. For example, for a building that is entirely office that has a data center space that is under separate management, that represents less than 10% of the gross square footage, that is separately metered, and in which the tenant is unwilling to share energy usage data, the project team may exclude the data center space from the building profile in Portfolio Manager (along with the energy usage associated with that space), even though that space is a ratable space type. Please note that if the data center is a part of or supports a larger space in the building under the same tenancy, unless both the data center and supported space are able to meet the exemption criteria they cannot be excluded. In this situation, the building would not be eligible to receive the ENERGY STAR but would be complying with LEED requirements for EAp2. While this exception is allowed, it is preferred that the entire building be included in Portfolio Manager.