Our facility is a 3-story suburban office building with one owner, and a large surface parking lot. All of the lighting in the parking lot is owned and maintained by the utility company, and we pay a monthly rental fee for the lighting. Do we need to include the usage of this lighting energy in our Energy Star calculations? (It's the same amount each month on our statement since we rent it for a flat rate, so no way to show savings due to photocells, timing adjustments, upgraded fixtures, etc.). The lighting is separately metered and on a different bill than the main building energy bill.
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Jenny Carney
Vice PresidentWSP
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June 1, 2010 - 2:19 pm
Kimberly - you should check out the PE Guide to Energy Star: http://www.energystar.gov/ia/business/evaluate_performance/pm_pe_guide.pdf
It details what can and cannot be excluded. Generally, teams have the option of either including or excluding exterior parking and the energy consumption associated with it, as long as it's submetered. However, if you don't report the energy, you need to make sure that you also excluding the parking area or you would end up with an artificially low score.