VILLAGE OF OAK PARK

BECHMARKING REQUIREMENTS

Who is required to do this? 

The Village of Oak Park’s energy and water benchmarking ordinance requires buildings 10,000 square feet and larger to report annual energy use and water consumption. 
 

How do you do this? 

Building owners are required to track the energy and water usage for their building(s) using the US EPA’s ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager and report that data to the Village.

What is the process? 

 

The compliance process for the Village's Energy and Water Benchmarking ordinance is: 

  1. Register your property in ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager 
  2. Enter your utility data for the calendar years of 2023 and 2024 
  3. Share your data with the Village of Oak Park


Resources

For more detailed instructions and tutorials on Portfolio Manager, visit the Building Performance Helpdesk. Be sure to explore benchmarking support workshops held by the Village to assist property owners and managers in reporting their annual energy and water consumption. The Village is also partnering with MEEA to offer an energy data jam. Data jams are workshops where building owners and property managers receive hands-on help in setting up their buildings in Portfolio Manager and creating automatic connections to utility data. 

Questions?

Please contact the village at 708.358.5770 or sustainability@oak-park.us.

Already benchmarked? Refer to the Energy Efficiency Checklist.

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