A. Each year, an owner of a covered property shall collect and enter all data needed to benchmark the entire property for the previous calendar year into the benchmarking tool. Aggregated whole-building data for a property's energy and water use shall be compiled using one or more of the following methods:
1. Obtaining aggregated whole-building Data from a utility;
2. Collecting data from all tenants; or
3. Reading a master meter.
B. If the owner of a covered property does not have access to aggregated whole-building data (energy and water), such owner shall request aggregated whole-building data from each utility company that provides energy or water service to a property. If a utility does not provide aggregated whole-building data for energy ow water service, an owner of a covered property shall request energy and water data from any applicable tenants. An owner may also request authorization from any applicable tenants for the utility to share their data with an owner.
C. Each nonresidential tenant located at a covered property shall provide an owner with all information necessary to comply with the requirements of this article that cannot otherwise be acquired by an owner within forty-five (45) days of a request.
D. Nothing in this article shall be construed to permit a property owner to use tenant energy usage data for purposes other than compliance with benchmarking report requirements, nor shall the reporting requirements of this article be construed to excuse property owners from compliance with federal or state laws governing direct access to tenant utility data from a responsible utility. (Ord. 23-18, 2-6-2023)