There are three ways to add energy use information to your ESPM property(ies): manually, by filling in and uploading a spreadsheet, or by setting up an automatic data exchange with your utility provider. Before setting up the data exchange, please ensure all of the meters accounting for the building’s total energy consumption have been added to the property profile. Please refer to our article on setting up data exchanges with your utility provider for more information (Help Desk Article).

Adding energy meter data manually

STEP 1 - Select your property from the MyPortfolio tab and click on the Energy tab. Click on ‘Add a Meter’.

STEP 2 - Select the type(s) of meter(s) (Electric or Gas, etc.), the energy source (Purchased from the grid or generated onsite) and enter the number of meters for each energy type. After adding this information, click ‘Get Started’.

STEP 3 - Click the white rectangle below ‘Date Meter became active’ to start adding the required information about your meters:

• Meter name (can include type of meter and account # for easy identification)

• Meter type (Electric, Gas or other)

• Units (Electric meter units = kWh; Gas meter units = GJ)

• Date meter became active

After adding this information, click ‘Create Meter(s)’

STEP 4 - Once you have created your meter(s), you are now ready to add monthly energy use information. There are two options to manually add monthly energy data to your meter in ESPM:

• Option 1: Add monthly data manually based on your monthly energy bill(s)

  • Click ‘add entry’ and add the required information for each month, then click ‘Save Bills’

• Option 2: Add monthly data in bulk from an excel spreadsheet

  • Download the single-meter spreadsheet, add the required information

    and upload the spreadsheet to ‘Upload data in bulk for this meter’

    
    

Click ‘Continue’ to move on to the final step of setting up your meters.

Note: You are not required to enter monthly data right away to finish setting up your meters.

STEP 5 - Select which meters to include for your property and confirm if these meters represent the total energy usage of your property, or only represent the partial energy usage of the building.

When you have completed this step, click ‘Apply Selections’.

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