Seonhee -
The requirement to have 10 facilities and set up an account is only for people who are reporting via Portfolio Manager. Option 2 is for building owners who wish to just download the excel templates, fill them out, and then email them to USGBC.
Please check out this page: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=2201 to learn more about the Building Performance Partnership, which is closely tied with MPR #2. We will be posting an FAQ within the next few weeks to address common data reporting concerns.
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Steve Khouw
PrincipalDNA GreenDesign
169 thumbs up
November 7, 2010 - 11:28 pm
Cara, I am even more confused. Confirm this: if the Owner decided on Option 1, does s/he has to register the project in EnergyStar Portfolio Manager or is that only if s/he selected Option 2? Or it matters not whether Option 1 or 2 is selected, it is mandatory for the Owner to register the facility in EnergyStar Portfolio Manager.
Lastly, in the EnergyStar Portfolio Manager site, it refers for purposes of satisfying only LEED-EB project, but our projects are LEED-CI yet in the MPR form, it has references to EnergyStar Portfolio Manager. How come?
Cara Mae Cirignano
Specialist, LEED Resource DevelopmentUS Green Building Council
129 thumbs up
November 12, 2010 - 11:53 am
Hi Steve -
For option 1, yes, you must register with EnergyStar.
For option 2, you don't need to register with EnergyStar, just go to their website and download the template.
Portfolio manager can be used to help project teams earn credit in LEED-EB, but it can also be used as a data store to satisfy MPR #6 for any rating system.
I hope this is helpful.
best,
Cara Mae
Steve Khouw
PrincipalDNA GreenDesign
169 thumbs up
November 14, 2010 - 10:26 pm
Thank you, Cara.
One more irritant - when we tried to create a facility under EnergyStar PM and link it to USGBC, in Step 1 when we entered “USGBC - LEED Performance Reporting” in the field to the right of “Enter Portfolio Manager Username,” we get an error message "The provided username was not found" so where did we go wrong here?
Steve Khouw
PrincipalDNA GreenDesign
169 thumbs up
November 14, 2010 - 10:57 pm
Our project is a LEED-CI one.
Then in Step 3, when asked to specify the group from this user's account to place the shared facility, there is none for ID&C Commercial Interiors, only for Retails!
What to select?
Lauren Sparandara
Sustainability ManagerGoogle
LEEDuser Expert
997 thumbs up
December 10, 2010 - 1:46 pm
I am very much confused by the requirements for this option also. Looking forward to USGBC's upcoming FAQ document.