2. Add & Set up your property

STEP 1 - After logging in to ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager (Website Link), click the ‘Add a property’ button on the upper left of the MyPortfolio tab.

STEP 2 - Answer questions about your property

• Property type (Main property type)

• Number of buildings (Partial building, Single building or Multiple buildings)

• Construction Status (‘Existing’)

After adding this information, click ‘Get Started’

STEP 3 -  Add basic property information for all required fields (with a red star *).

• Property name

• Country

• Address

• City/Municipality

• Province

• Postal code

• Year built

• Gross Floor Area (GFA) in square meters

• Occupancy

STEP 4 - Add your building’s Building Benchmark BC Building ID to your property in ESPM in the section ‘Standard IDs’ using one of the two options below. This important step enables the proper submission and tracking of your property in the BESP.

OPTION 1 - Add your Building Benchmark BC Building ID to a new ESPM property

• Continuing from the previous step of setting up your new property, scroll down to find the field ‘Standard ID - State/Province’ and select “British Columbia - Building Benchmark BC ID”.

• Enter in one of the ID Numbers provided to you (they will be 10 characters long, starting with BBBC)

After adding this information, click ‘Continue’

OPTION 2 - Add your Building Benchmark Building ID to an existing ESPM property

• To add your Building Benchmark BC Building ID to an existing property, select the property from the ‘MyPortfolio’ tab, click on the ‘Details’ tab and click the Edit button under ‘Unique Identifiers (IDs)’.

• Enter in one of the ID Numbers provided to you (they will be 10 characters long, starting with BBBC) and Save.

STEP 5 - Complete your property set-up by answering required fields (with a red star *) about how it is used.  

• To complete this step, add the Gross Floor Area (in square meters) for each property use. The total square footage of your combined property uses should match the square footage of your property that you entered in Step 3.

• If your property has multiple property uses (for example Office and Retail) you can add the additional property uses here. Note: Please use the minimum number of property uses possible as per ESPM guidance (Website link).

• When you have completed this step, click ‘Add Property’.

Note: Weekly Operating Hours, Number of Workers on Main Shift and Number of Computers are not required for BBBC. These fields are used to calculate the building’s ENERGY STAR Score, which is useful for building owners and managers but not required for benchmarking with BBBC.

Do you have a question or need assistance? Contact us by email or visit the Building Benchmark BC Website for more information.