1. Check the applicable fuel type (electric, natural gas, water, etc.) boxes for all meters
2. Provide any additional requested information (such as whether the electricity is purchased from the grid or generated onsite)
3. Enter the the number of meters for each

1. Use the “How to Gather Utility Data” section below. 
2. Click “Click to add an entry,” enter each month’s usage for all 12 months for that meter
3. If you have tenants that pay their own utility bills, make sure to visit the FAQs in this section for more information on data gathering.
4. Repeat for each type of meter and click “Continue”

1. Check the boxes for each meter
2. Check “these meters account for the total energy/water consumption for this property.”

If the owner pays the utility bills for the whole building, or there are four or more tenant meters the utilities can provide aggregated data for the whole building directly to the owner or their designee.  This data is also available from bill copies if the owner is able to obtain them. If this applies to you, skip to the instructions for gathering data from each utility in the following drop downs.

Buildings with three or fewer tenants that pay their own utility bills will have to gather utility data from their tenants. This can be accomplished by the tenant submitting the proper data consent forms for each of their water and energy utility providers. For water and other city utilities, tenants will reach

• City of Aspen – Tenants must fill out the City of Aspen Utilities Data Consent Form to receive their  water and, if applicable electrical consumption data and then email it to utilities@aspen.gov. Note, ALL BIQ participants receive your water through the City of Aspen Utilities and should fill out the City of Aspen Utilities release, regardless of your other energy providers.
• Holy Cross Energy Data Consent Form
• Black Hills Energy Data Consent Form

Fill out the City of Aspen Utilities Data Consent Form to receive your building’s water and, if applicable your electrical consumption data and then email it to utilities@aspen.gov.

Note, ALL BIQ participants receive your water through the City of Aspen Utilities and should fill out the City of Aspen Utilities Data Consent Form, regardless of your other energy providers.

Holy Cross Energy – 

1. Login to your Holy Cross account
2. Click Start Now in the View and Manage My Usage Box
3. Click Use the Usage Explorer tool in the Usage Explorer Box 
4. Click Green Button Download My Data icon 
5. In the pop-up box called Download Usage Data: 
   1. choose correct account number (if more than one available) from the drop down options
   2. Set date range back 1 year
   3. Chose choose CSV and click on Download Usage Data
6. Once the file is downloaded, close the pop-up box.

If you have 3 or fewer tenants, have them fill out the HCE Utility Consent Form

If there are any issues, please contact Ginette Puidokas at gpuidokas@holycross.com.

For more information visit: www.holycross.com/benchmarking/

Black Hills Energy (BHE) has set up a process that allows building owners to apply for energy usage information that can be provided to the state or local governments.  

1. Visit Energy Usage for Large Buildings webpage.
2. Register your building – complete and submit the form 
   1. Confirm all addresses are associated upon receipt of the Building Association email from BHE.  
   2. If any addresses are missing, reply to the email with the missing addresses.  
3. Request Energy Use data through the Energy Benchmarking Form Request – complete and submit the form 
   1. If applicable, check the box verifying permission has been received from tenants to provide their usage data for aggregation purposes. If the building has 3 or fewer tenants, permission is required. 
   2. Confirm all addresses are accounted for upon receipt of Energy Benchmarking Report email from BHE. 
   3.  If any addresses are missing, reply to the email with the missing addresses.

The electricity use from onsite solar and wind must be reported and included in your total energy consumption and ENERGY STAR score calculation. The use of onsite renewable electricity is part of your overall site energy consumption (i.e. the energy requirement of your property). A property with onsite solar or wind power is likely to receive a higher score.

You can enter this into Portfolio Manager when setting up your meters. Obtain data from your installer on the energy used, any energy exported out to the grid, and about any renewable energy certificates generated. If you report your renewable energy generation and use accurately, it will be reflected in your building’s greenhouse gas emissions. For additional details on green power, see this document.