City must track energy and water use in its buildings

(a) There is hereby established a municipal building energy benchmarking policy for the city to measure facilities' energy and water use over time for transparency in energy usage. Under this policy, the city hereby expresses its commitment to increasing the energy efficiency of its building stock to reduce the city's energy usage and its associated costs and carbon pollution. (b) The office shall develop or coordinate actions with city departments and agencies with responsibilities for the maintenance of public buildings and facilities, as appropriate, to facilitate the energy benchmarking of every existing covered city facility for the purposes of measuring energy use and performance over time. The office shall: (1) Report the city's energy use data collected in § 2-10.3 , water use data collected in § 2-10.6 , and any other basic property and usage characteristics necessary to benchmark covered city facilities against other similar properties in an industry-recognized benchmarking tool such as ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager or comparable tool as determined by the executive; and (2) Provide training on ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager or comparable tool as needed by the city departments and agencies. (c) The office shall annually report a summary of city facilities' benchmarked data in the annual sustainability report specified in § 2-10.15 . (d) The office shall assist all necessary and relevant city departments and agencies, as appropriate, in using the benchmark to monitor efforts to improve the efficiency of the city's building stock and in securing federal funds to advance additional energy efficiency gains.