Building Benchmarking – Energy Star – Columbia Rural Electric Association

In 2019 the WA State Clean Buildings bill was signed into law, expanded in 2022, and augmented in 2023. The objective is to lower costs and pollution from fossil fuel consumption in the state’s existing covered buildings, multifamily buildings, and campus district energy systems.

To streamline the reporting process for Columbia REA members with applicable buildings, Columbia REA may automatically link energy-use data from the covered building electric meter(s) directly to the EnergyStar Portfolio Manager software for benchmarking, and the building owner may review and download periodically. These building owners will need to register with Columbia REA to authorize this upload of energy-use data.

Registration for Covered Building Owners

Covered building owners are required to submit the Building Owner Request Form, (below) for each tenant if the building has fewer than four tenants, to begin the process of energy-use data uploads to the Portfolio Manager.
Once approved, please follow the below “After acceptance instructions” for configuring your building benchmarking account in the EnergyStar Portfolio Manager.
After this registration process is completed and your Portfolio Manager account has been configured for Columbia REA to share data with you, automated uploads of electric meter energy-usage data will be available.

For questions regarding building benchmarking or compliance with the law, please contact the WA Department of commerce.

Registration Process

Building Benchmarking – Request Form

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Your Name(Required)

First Last

Building Owner Name(Required)

Columbia REA Customer number(Required)

Meter number(s) (commas between each)(Required)

Building Address(Required)

Street Address Address Line 2 City State ZIP Code

Preferred Method of Contact(Required)

Your Email Address(Required)

Email Address Confirm Email Address

Your Phone(Required)

Best Time to Call You(Required)

Your Comments/Questions

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By clicking Submit, you are requesting to streamline the reporting process, and are requesting that Columbia REA will upload your energy-use data from the electric meter(s) directly to the EnergyStar Portfolio Manager software. Columbia REA reserves the right to not complete the process under some circumstances. If you agree, click “Submit” below.

Security Check

We will reach out to you an discuss the next steps. Keep the URL of this site handy for future reference.

Once you have had contact with Columbia REA, please follow the instructions:

After acceptance instructions

And Energy Star.GOV has a web page designed to provide you with all the essential “how-to” information – The Basics of Building Benchmarking to Meet State and Local Policy Requirements

Building Benchmarking – Energy Star