8:452. - Definitions.
(1) Aggregated whole-building data means energy or water data that has been summed for an entire property, which may include a single occupant or a group of separately metered tenants.
(2) Benchmark means to input and submit the aggregated whole-building data of a property for the previous calendar year and other property information for such property as required by the benchmarking tool. Aggregated whole-building data shall not include separately metered uses that are not integral to property operations, as determined by the Manager.
(3) Benchmarking report means a subset of:
(a) Aggregated whole-building data and property information input into the benchmarking tool.
(b) Information generated by the benchmarking tool, as determined by the Manager.
The benchmarking report is generated within the benchmarking tool in such a format as determined by the Manager.
(4) Benchmarking tool means the U.S. Environment Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager, or any additional or alternative tool adopted by the Manager, used to track and assess the energy and water use of certain properties relative to similar properties.
(5) Campus means a collection of two or more buildings which are owned and operated by the same party, have a single shared primary function, and are:
(a) Behind a common utility meter or served by a common mechanical/electrical systems (such as a chilled water loop) which could prevent the owner from being able to easily determine the energy use attributable to each of the individual buildings; or
(i) K—12 school;
(ii) Hospital;
(iii) Hotel;
(iv) Multifamily housing; or
(v) Senior care community.
(6) Condominium means a property that combines separate ownership of individual units with common ownership of other elements such as common areas.
(7) Covered city property means a property that:
(a) Exceeds 10,000 gross square feet in total floor area; and
(b) Is owned, leased, or managed by the city such that the city regularly pays all or part of the annual energy and/or water bills.
(8) Covered non-city property means a property, other than a covered city property, that exceeds 20,000 gross square feet in total floor area. The Manager may determine additional requirements pursuant to rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the authority granted in this chapter.
(9) Covered property means any covered city property or covered non-city property.
Exceptions:
(a) Single family and two-family residential homes and related accessory structures, or any other residential building with less than four units are not considered to be covered properties and are not subject to the requirements of this chapter.
(b) Properties or buildings owned by the State of Michigan and Federal Government are expected to make reasonable effort to comply with the requirements of this chapter.
(c) Other property types not meeting the purpose of this chapter, as determined by the Manager.
(10) Data quality checker means the function in ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager that runs a set of basic data checks on properties to help identify possible data entry errors and to see whether a Property differs from typical operational patterns.
(11) Data transparency information means information generated by the benchmarking tool and descriptive information about the physical property and its operational characteristics, which is shared with the public. The information, as defined by the ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager glossary, shall include, but is not limited to:
(a) Descriptive information:
(i) Property address;
(ii) Primary use;
(iii) Gross floor area;
(iv) Number of floors;
(v) Number of years the property has been ENERGY STAR® Certified and the last approval date, if applicable; and
(vi) Individual or entity responsible for submitting the benchmarking report.
(b) Output information:
(i) Site and source energy use intensity;
(ii) Weather normalized site and source energy use intensity;
(iii) The ENERGY STAR score, where available;
(iv) Total annual greenhouse gas emissions;
(v) Monthly energy use, by fuel type;
(vi) Indoor water use and water use intensity (consumption per gross square foot);
(vii) Outdoor water use (where available);
(viii) Total water use;
(ix) The ENERGY STAR Water Score, where available; and
(x) General comments section, if needed, to explain the property's ENERGY STAR scores.
(c) Compliance or noncompliance status.
(12) Data verification or ENERGY STAR Certification means validation by of the accuracy of the benchmarking report by a licensed professional using the ENERGY STAR Data Verification Checklist in the form of a stamped and signed application pursuant to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's "The U.S. Licensed Professional's Guide: Understanding the Roles and Requirements for Verifying Commercial Building Applications for ENERGY STAR Certification" and any additional requirements required by rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the authority granted in this chapter.
(13) Department means the Office of Sustainability and Innovations.
(14) Energy means electricity, natural gas, steam, or other product sold by a utility to a customer of a property, or renewable on-site electricity generation, for purposes of providing heating, cooling, lighting, water heating, or for powering or fueling other end-uses as recorded in the benchmarking tool.
(15) ENERGY STAR® Score means the 1—100 numeric rating generated by the ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager tool as a measurement of a Property's energy efficiency.
(16) ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager means the tool developed and maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to track and assess the relative energy performance of properties.
(17) Energy use intensity or EUI means a numeric value calculated by the benchmarking tool that represents the energy consumed by a property relative to its size.
(18) Gross floor area means the total building area, measured between the outside surface of the exterior walls of the building(s). This includes all areas inside the building(s) including but not limited to lobbies, tenant areas, common areas, meeting rooms, break rooms, atriums (count the base level only), restrooms, elevator shafts, stairwells, mechanical equipment areas, basements, and storage rooms.
(19) Manager means the Manager of the Office of Sustainability and Innovations or his/her designee.
(20) Owner means any of the following:
(a) An individual or individuals or entity possessing title to a property;
(b) The board of owners' association, in the case of a condominium;
(c) The master association, in the case of a condominium where the powers of an owners' association are exercised by or delegated to a master association;
(d) The board of directors, in the case of a cooperative apartment corporation; or
(e) An agent authorized to act on behalf of any of the above.
(21) Property means any of the following:
(a) A single building; or
(b) One or more buildings held in the condominium form of ownership, and governed by a single board of managers; or
(c) A campus. If two or more contiguous buildings do not meet the definition of a campus, the buildings are each treated as an individual property for the purposes of this ordinance.
(22) Property information means descriptive information of the property required by the benchmarking tool to calculate metrics. Property information includes, but is not limited to:
(a) Property name;
(b) Property address;
(c) Total gross floor area of the property;
(d) Irrigated area;
(e) Year built;
(f) Occupancy;
(g) Number of buildings; and
(h) Additional data required as determined by the property type, which may include information relating to a single occupant or a group of tenants.
(23) Tenant means a person or entity occupying or holding possession of a property, part of a property, or premises pursuant to a rental or lease agreement.
(24) Utility means an entity that distributes and/or sells natural gas, electric, water, or thermal energy services for properties.
(Ord. No. 21-30, § 1, 10-18-21)
