§ 15.05. Sharing and analysis of benchmarking information.

(1)

The director shall make available to the public on the internet the shared benchmarking information for the previous calendar year according to the following schedule:

(a)

For each covered city property, no later than September 1, 2018, and each September 1 thereafter; and

(b)

For each covered non-city property, no later than September 1, 2019, and each September 1 thereafter.

(2)

Below is a summary table of the first compliance dates:

	Notification of Benchmarking Requirement by the City	Required Benchmarking and Reporting by the Owner	Transparency of Benchmarking Output Information issued by the City
Covered city property	December 1, 2016	May 1, 2017	September 1, 2018
Covered non-city property	December 1, 2017	May 1, 2018	September 1, 2019

 

(3)

The city may provide non-anonymized data from benchmarking submissions to any utility serving a covered building or to any federal, state, or city-managed energy efficiency program, provided that the data will be used only for purposes of targeting incentives provided through energy efficiency programs, and provided that the city has first obtained the covered building owner's written or electronic permission to share the data with the utility or energy efficiency program. Where the building owner's permission can be granted electronically through acceptance of a default option, the city shall provide a clearly delineated option for owners of covered buildings to choose to opt out of granting this permission.

(Ord. No. 2016-64, § 1, 12-5-2016, Doc. #1612051208)