Portoflio Manager Video Tutorials
Step 2: Create an Energy Star Portfolio Manager Account and Collect Property Data
This video series will show you how to use Energy Star Portfolio Manager to help track your building’s energy use and compare its performance to similar buildings across Canada. Portfolio Manager is a free, online energy benchmarking tool that also allows you to report your building’s energy and water use directly to the Ministry of Energy. This video covers how to create a Portfolio Manager Account and collect your property data.
Chapters in this video:
- Step 2: Get started with Energy Star Portfolio Manager (0:08)
- Create a Portfolio Manager account (0:19)
- Using Portfolio Manager for the first time (1:56)
- Use a Data Collection Worksheet to collect your data (2:10)
- Portfolio Manager's data requirements page (2:46)
- How to access monthly utility data (3:41)
- How to request electricity data from Toronto Hydro (3:56)
- How to request natural gas data from Enbridge Gas (4:35)
- How to download water data from the City of Toronto (4:54)
- Tips for requesting data from utility companies (6:00)
- Tip 1: Request data early (6:06)
- Tip 2: Request whole property data (6:25)
- Tip 3: Include the correct utility account holder information (6:44)
- Tip 2: Request whole property data (7:03)
Links referenced in this video:
- ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager Login:
https://portfoliomanager.energystar.gov/pm/login.html - Portfolio Manager Data Collection Worksheet:
https://www.energystar.gov/buildings/tools-and-resources/portfolio_manager_data_collection_worksheet - Toronto Hydro’s data request page:
https://www.torontohydro.com/for-business/reporting-of-energy-consumption - Enbridge’s data request form:
https://apps.enbridgegas.com/ewrb/ - MyWaterToronto: Toronto Water‘s online self-help portal:
https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/water-environment/how-to-use-less-water/mywatertoronto/