Energy and Water Reporting Benchmarking (EWRB)
Benchmarking is the process of documenting your building’s energy and water use and comparing its performance to other similar buildings in order to identify opportunities for improvement.
Understanding Energy and water reporting benchmarking
Energy and water usage can represent some of the largest operating costs in your building. Ontario’s Regulation O.Reg. 506/18 requires large buildings to report their annual energy and water use to the Ministry of Energy by July 1st of each year. Ontario’s Energy and Water Reporting and Benchmarking (EWRB) initiative is aimed at monitoring and improving energy and water efficiency. Companies and organizations may be required to report their energy and water usage, and benchmarking involves comparing this data to established standards or industry averages to assess performance.
If your building has a gross floor area of 50,000 square feet or more, you may be required to report.
- Access accurate and reliable information about building performance
- Annualized reporting provides a snapshot of your facility
- Identify energy and water consumption outliers and opportunities
- Compare your energy and water usage to similar buildings
- Better manage your energy consumption through improved data use
Understanding Energy and water reporting benchmarking
Energy and water usage can represent some of the largest operating costs in your building. Ontario’s Regulation O.Reg. 506/18 requires large buildings to report their annual energy and water use to the Ministry of Energy by July 1st of each year. Ontario’s Energy and Water Reporting and Benchmarking (EWRB) initiative is aimed at monitoring and improving energy and water efficiency. Companies and organizations may be required to report their energy and water usage, and benchmarking involves comparing this data to established standards or industry averages to assess performance.
If your building has a gross floor area of 50,000 square feet or more, you may be required to report.
- Access accurate and reliable information about building performance
- Annualized reporting provides a snapshot of your facility
- Identify energy and water consumption outliers and opportunities
- Compare your energy and water usage to similar buildings
- Better manage your energy consumption through improved data use
What is The process?
1. Data Collection
Collection of building-specific information from the Owner, including aiding in the determination of your buildings Gross Floor Area (GFA), through review of existing drawings and/or on-site measurements.
2. Request Submissions
Submission of requests to your building’s electricity, gas and water providers for release of utility data.
3. Verification
We verify the energy and water usage data received from your local service providers in comparison to the national average for similar buildings.
4. Report Submission
We upload and submit the reporting data to the Ministry of Energy through the Energy Star Portfolio Manager website.
how does ewrb effect me?
Who Needs to report?
Commercial, Industrial, and multi-residential buildings 50,000 square feet or more need to report their annual energy and water usage in Ontario.
How to report?
Energy Star Portfolio Manager is used to report and benchmark all facilities. Data is collected from bills and basic building information.
ewrb id
The EWRB ID is a unique six-digit number assigned to your property by the Ministry of Energy. The EWRB ID for a building remains the same each year, even if the building is bought or sold.
Mandatory vs. voluntary
Buildings smaller than 50,000 square feet can still report as a tool to gauge their performance. Municipalities are currently approving municipal by-laws that will enforce fines for non-compliant organizations!
have you reported this year? contact us today
Energy and water usage can represent some of the largest operating costs in your building, take the next step in identifying these costs and understanding the measures to reduce them.
What is The process?
1. Data Collection
Collection of building-specific information from the Owner, including aiding in the determination of your buildings Gross Floor Area (GFA), through review of existing drawings and/or on-site measurements.
2. Request Submissions
Submission of requests to your building’s electricity, gas and water providers for release of utility data.
3. Verification
We verify the energy and water usage data received from your local service providers in comparison to the national average for similar buildings.
4. Report Submission
We upload and submit the reporting data to the Ministry of Energy through the Energy Star Portfolio Manager website.
how does ewrb effect me?
Who Needs to report?
Commercial, Industrial, and multi-residential buildings 50,000 square feet or more need to report their annual energy and water usage in Ontario.
How to report?
Energy Star Portfolio Manager is used to report and benchmark all facilities. Data is collected from bills and basic building information.
ewrb id
The EWRB ID is a unique six-digit number assigned to your property by the Ministry of Energy. The EWRB ID for a building remains the same each year, even if the building is bought or sold.
Mandatory vs. voluntary
Buildings smaller than 50,000 square feet can still report as a tool to gauge their performance. Municipalities are currently approving municipal by-laws that will enforce fines for non-compliant organizations!
have you reported for 2023? contact us today
Energy and water usage can represent some of the largest operating costs in your building, take the next step in identifying these costs and understanding the measures to reduce them.
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