• All buildings on the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager list of property types can join.
• The buildings can be of any size and must be in Calgary.
• Owners must sign up for the program and agree to the Terms and Conditions.
• Owners must use ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager to track monthly, whole-building energy and water consumption.
• Each year, owners share their energy, water and GHG data with BenchmarkYYC and receive a Building Performance Scorecard, access to discounted training opportunities and timely notifications of new building retrofit funding and financing programs.
• Owners can choose how to disclose their building energy, water and GHG emission performance. Learn more about our disclosure options.

BenchmarkYYC tracks and shares your buildings’ energy, water and GHG emissions data.

The Building Performance Scorecards provides:

• Your energy use, water use and GHG intensity compared to the previous year and other similar buildings.
• Your monthly energy and water use trends compared to similar buildings.
• A breakdown of the main systems in your building that use energy and create greenhouse gases.
• Insights and recommendations on how to improve your energy, water and GHG emissions performance.
• Estimated cost savings associated with performance improvements. 

The goal is to equip Calgary building owners and operators with essential data insights about their building performance to confidently implement energy, water and GHG emissions measures that will save money.

See the Terms and Conditions for the full list of the data collected.

All energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data reported through BenchmarkYYC are collected using the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, ensuring standardization of calculation methodologies. All data submissions are analyzed by ENERGY STAR Portfolio Managers Quality Check  and subsequently reviewed by a Certified Energy Manager. All data quality concerns are communicated to the representative of the participating organization.

ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager calculates greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions using methodologies consistent with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol developed by the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. This ensures that the calculations are relevant, complete, consistent and transparent.

• BenchmarkYYC collects energy, water and GHG emissions data from May to October each year.
• Each building should have a minimum of 12 consecutive months of whole-building energy consumption data.
• If sharing water use data, a minimum of 12 months consecutive months of whole-building data is needed.
• Owners share their data using the Data Request Links below.

Submit your data:

1. Building Energy and Emissions Performance by Property Type - Open Calgary
2. Program Summary Report (2019-2023)