Benchmarking Reporting
San Diego Municipal Code § 1412.0108
in effect§1412.0108 Benchmarking Reporting
(a) The City Manager shall provide shared benchmarking information to the California Energy Commission in accordance with the AB 802 regulations.
(b) The City Manager shall make shared benchmarking information available to the public.
(c) Shared benchmarking information and any calculated metrics based on the raw data for disclosable buildings may include, without limitation:
(1) Descriptive information
(A) property address,
(B) county,
(C) year built,
(D) property type,
(E) gross floor area,
(F) latitude and longitude,
(G) property or building name, if any,
(H) property floor area (building and parking),
(I) open “comments” field for the disclosable building owner to provide additional information about the building,
(J) property ID,
(K) percentage of space occupied (occupancy),
(L) number of occupants, and
(M) number of buildings if served by one common energy meter without sub-metering.
(2) Energy Use and Emissions information
(A) ENERGY STAR Score,
(B) monthly and annual site energy use by energy type,
(C) monthly and annual site energy use intensity,
(D) monthly and annual source energy use intensity,
(E) monthly and annual weather-normalized site energy use intensity,
(F) monthly and annual weather-normalized source energy use intensity,
(G) monthly and annual peak electricity demand, and
(H) total annual greenhouse gas emissions.
(3) Compliance or non-compliance with this Division.
(d) Prior to providing a benchmarking submission to the City, the owner shall run the automated data checking tools in ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, correct any errors, and provide a data quality checker report along with the other required data.
(e) The owner shall annually provide a benchmarking submission for each disclosable building to the City Manager, in an electronic format as established by the City Manager, by the date specified in sections 1412.0106(a) and (b).
(f) If the owner learns that any information reported as part of the benchmarking submission is inaccurate or incomplete, the owner shall amend the information reported in ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager and provide the City Manager with an updated benchmarking submission within 30 business days of discovery of the inaccurate or incomplete information.
(“Benchmarking Reporting” added 2-4-2019 by O-21041 N.S.; effective 3-6-2019.)
Source: City of San Diego Office of the City Clerk, San Diego Municipal Code and City Charter (docs.sandiego.gov PDFs)URL: https://docs.sandiego.gov/municode/MuniCodeChapter14/Ch14Art12Division01.pdf#page=5Fetched: 10/28/2026