Standard IDs in Portfolio Manager

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Standard IDs are associated with local legislation, national campaigns, or other large benchmarking activities. For detailed steps to enter a Standard ID, see: How do I enter a Standard ID? These are open fields with no formatting, so please be careful when entering.

Standard IDs are broken into 4 categories; the City, County and State Standard IDs are limited to one each per property:

  1. City/Town 
  2. County/District 
  3. State/Province 
  4. Other

These cities/States are using the Standard ID of "UBID" (found under "Other") as their Standard ID:

  • Brisbane, CA
  • Chula Vista, CA
  • Indianapolis, IN
  • Maryland
  • New Jersey
  • Portland, ME


These are the US Standard IDs in Portfolio Manager (Canadian IDs are here):

  • Ann Arbor Building – A unique building code assigned by the City of Ann Arbor to identify buildings that are required to report benchmarking information.
  • Atlanta Building ID (ABID) – A unique six-digit code. When there are multiple buildings on one property, the ABID is the property's ABID plus an underscore (“_”) and letter to denote each building.
  • Austin Property ID - A County code that identifies owned properties such as Real Estate Properties and Business Personal properties by Account Number, Owner’s Name or Property Address, the County’s centralized real property database. Based on the property’s county location, the property ID will consist of a Travis Central Appraisal District ID (TCAD ID) or Williamson Central Appraisal District (WCAD ID).
  • Berkeley Building ID - A number that uniquely identifies buildings required to report energy data under Berkeley’s Building Energy Saving Ordinance (BESO).
  • BOMA BESt Building ID - A unique number assigned to each building pursuing BOMA BESt certification. In the case of a complex, each building is assigned its own unique BOMA BESt Building ID.
  • Boston Energy Reporting ID - A number that uniquely identifies buildings or parcels required to report energy performance under Boston’s Building Energy Reporting and Disclosure Ordinance.
  • Boulder Energy Reporting ID - A number that uniquely identifies buildings or groups of buildings required to report energy performance under Boulder’s Building Performance Ordinance.
  • California Building ID - A number that uniquely identifies buildings required to report energy data under California AB 802 – Building Energy Use Benchmarking and Public Disclosure.
  • Cambridge Building Energy Reporting ID - A number that uniquely identifies buildings required to report energy performance under Cambridge’s Building Energy Use and Disclosure Ordinance.
  • Chelsea, MA, Building ID - A number that uniquely identifies buildings or parcels required to report energy performance under Chelsea's Building Energy Reporting and Disclosure Ordinance. The number is based on the Map-Lot column from the Assessor's database.
  • Chicago Energy Benchmarking ID - A unique identification number assigned by the City of Chicago to identify buildings that are required to report benchmarking information, as prescribed by Chicago’s Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance (Municipal Code of Chicago, Chapter 18-14).
  • Colorado Building ID: A unique identification number assigned by the State of Colorado to identify buildings that are required to submit benchmarking data, in accordance with C.R.S. 25-7-142.  
  • Columbus Building ID - A number that uniquely identifies buildings required to report benchmarking data under Columbus Ordinance 0452-2020 – Energy and Water Benchmarking and Transparency.
  • CoStar Property ID - A unique number assigned to each building in CoStar. CoStar is a resource for verified commercial real estate information, including space for lease, property for sale, property and market analytics, and quarterly market reports.
  • Denver Benchmarking Building ID - A unique 4-digit number.
  • Des Moines Building ID (DMBI) – A unique four-digit code from 1001 – 2000.
  • Detroit Building ID - A number representing an individual free-standing structure in the City of Detroit.
  • DC Real Property Unique ID - The District of Columbia Government code for real property identification, as determined by the District Office of Tax and Revenue and housed in the Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal (CAMA) database, the District's centralized real property database. For most properties, this is the property's Square Suffix Lot (SSL) or Parcel number. For condominium buildings, this is the Square Suffix + Regime number.
  • Evanston Building ID - A unique six-digit code that identifies properties required to report annual energy and water use to the City of Evanston.
  • Fort Collins Building ID - is an identifier provided by Fort Collins and used for reporting energy performance information through the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager tool. This list is updated annually and available through the City’s Open Data Portal: https://opendata.fcgov.com/Environmental-Health/City-of-Fort-Collins-Building-IDs/ytk2-zimb
  • Green Globes CIEB Project ID - A unique number used to identify every building registered for Green Globes for Continual Improvement of Existing Buildings (GG CIEB) from the Green Building Initiative (GBI). GBI assigns the Green Globes CIEB Project ID to each building at the time of building registration in the GG CIEB online assessment module.
  • Green Globes NC Project ID - A unique number used to identify every project registered for the Green Globes for New Construction (GG NC) assessment from the Green Building Initiative (GBI). GBI assigns the GBI New Construction Project ID to each project at the time of project registration in the GG NC online assessment module.
  • GSA Lease Number
  • Hennepin County, Minneapolis Property ID (PID) - A 13 Digit unique identifier assigned by Hennepin County. You can find this ID on your property tax or assessment statement
  • HUD Property AMP ID - A unique number 11 characters long, comprised of 2 letters denoting the state, 3 numbers denoting the organization, and 6 numbers denoting the property.
  • HUD Property REMS ID - A unique numeric, 10-digit identifying number.
  • Kansas City Building Reporting ID - A unique building code assigned by the City of Kansas City Missouri that identifies buildings reporting benchmarking information per the Energy Empowerment Ordinance (No 150299).
      • The format for the unique Building ID is 00-XX-00000
        • where the first two numbers are the last two digits of the building zip code;
        • the next two are a code referring to the Building Type;
        • and three digits for street intersection followed by 2 random digits Building Types include MF – Multifamily; CM – Commercial; IS – Institutional; IN – Industrial; OU - Other/Unknown.
      • Ex: 06-IS-01230 is the ID for City Hall which is at zip code 64106 (06), an institutional building (IS) and is located on 12rd street (012). The last two digits (30) are randomly created.)
      • Find your building ID here: http://city.kcmo.org/kc/EnergyCRM/Search.aspx
  • LEED US Project ID - A unique number to identify projects registered for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) recognition from the US Green Building Council (USGBC). USGBC assigns each project (building or neighborhood) this unique ID at the time of registration in LEED Online.
  • Lexington, MA Reporting ID: A unique 4-digit number that identifies buildings required to report energy and water performance under Lexington, MA’s, Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance.
  • Longmont CO Energy Benchmarking Building ID - A unique identifier assigned by the City of Longmont, Colorado, that identifies properties in the City of Longmont's building energy benchmarking program. The identifier is six digits long, starting with CM for commercial building followed by four numerical digits.
  • Los Angeles Building ID - A unique 12-digit number assigned by the City of Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety to identify buildings that are required to report benchmarking information as prescribed by LA City Ordinance No. 184674.
      • The LA Building ID can be found in one of these ways:
        • At the top of your Official Notification letter
        • In LADBS’ Building Information Online system (BIO) at http://lacitydbs.org/buildinginfo : Click the “Search by” dropdown menu and select “Building ID,” type in the building ID, and the map will highlight the building that corresponds to that particular building ID. Also, note the zip code for the building as you will need to enter this in Portfolio Manager.
  • Los Angeles County ID (LCID) – A unique code assigned by the County of Los Angeles to identify buildings that are required to report benchmarking information.
  • Madison, WI Building ID - 
  • Miami Building ID -  A unique identification number assigned by the City of Miami to identify buildings that are required to report benchmarking information, as prescribed by Miami’s Building Efficiency 305 Program (Municipal Code of Miami, Chapter 10, Article 12).
  • Milwaukee Benchmarking Building ID – A unique building identification code assigned by the City of Milwaukee to identify buildings required to report benchmarking information as per the Milwaukee Efficient Buildings Benchmarking program.
  • MN Cities Efficient Buildings Collaborative ID – A unique (City-Town) ID that identifies buildings that are required to comply with the Efficient Buildings Collaborative in some Minnesota ciites. The ID consists of two to three letters followed by a set of numbers
  • Montgomery County, MD Building ID (MBID) - A unique 8-digit number
      • Where there is only one building on a single parcel, it is the Parcel Identification Number/Tax ID.
        • EX: 01234567
      • When there are multiple buildings on a single parcel, the MBID is the Parcel Identification Number/Tax ID plus an underscore (“_”) and letter to denote each building
        • EX: 01234567_a
      • When a single building sits upon multiple parcels, all Parcel Identification Number/Tax IDs should be listed, separated by commas.
        • EX: 01234567_a, 01234567_b, 01234567_c
      • Find your MBID here: https://apps.montgomerycountymd.gov/realpropertytax/
  • New Orleans Property ID - A unique code that identifies properties in the City of New Orleans.
  • Newton, MA, BERDO ID - Newton Building Energy Reporting ID: A number that uniquely identifies each building required to report energy performance under Newton’s Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO).
  • NYC Borough Block and Lot (BBL) - A unique 10-digit identifier (Format: N-BBBBB-LLLL)
      • N is your property's borough represented by a number. Borough numbers are as follows:
        • Manhattan = 1, Bronx = 2, Brooklyn = 3, Queens = 4, Staten Island = 5
      • BBBBB is the 5-digit "Tax Block" number with additional zeros entered to the left as needed
        • Example: "Tax Block: 845" = 00845
      • LLLL is the 4-digit "Tax Lot" number with additional zeros entered to the left as needed
        • Example: "Tax Lot: 27" = 0027
      • Find your Building ID here: benchmarking_cbl_compliance_2023.pdf (nyc.gov)
      • Note there are 2 Standard IDs for the New York City, so this one is in the "City/Town" category. 
  • NYC Building Identification Number (BIN) - A seven-digit identifier
      • Example: 1234567
      • Find your BIN located at the top of each building’s Property Profile Overview screen on the New York City Department of Buildings’ Building Information System (BIS).
      • Note there are 2 Standard IDs for the New York City, so this one is in the "Other" category. 
  • O’ahu Building ID - A unique ID used by the City and County of Honolulu to identify individual building structures on O’ahu. The ID is a Structure Object ID (SOI) calculated from the US National Grid Coordinate for the center of the structure.
  • Orlando Building ID - A unique identification number assigned by the City of Orlando to identify buildings that are required to report benchmarking information, as prescribed by Orlando's Building Energy and Water Efficiency Strategy (BEWES). (Municipal Code of Orlando, Chapter 15).
  • Philadelphia Building ID - The Building ID number that identifies unique buildings within the Philadelphia property information and assessment database.
  • Pittsburgh Building Benchmarking ID - A code assigned by the City of Pittsburgh to uniquely identify buildings that are required to report benchmarking information as prescribed by the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title VI, Article II, Chapter 626: Building Benchmarking.
      • The building ID is included in the notification letter sent to building owners. If you do not have a building id, you can request one by emailing benchmarking@pittsburghpa.gov
  • Portland, OR Building ID – The Building ID is based on the tax lot and includes a combination of uppercase letters and numbers separated by hyphens
      • Example: 1S1E03BC-3500-B1
  • Providence’s Energy Reporting ID - A number that uniquely identifies buildings required to report energy performance under Providence’s Building Energy Reporting Ordinance. The number format is the Assessor’s Property ID followed by a period (.) and the parcel card number associated with the property.
      • Example: 12609.1
      • Find your property’s ID using the “Public Covered Buildings List” on the City’s Building Energy Reporting webpage: Providence Covered Properties List
  • REALPac Energy Benchmarking Program Building Name - A unique name used to identify each building with an energy profile entered into the REALpac Energy Normalization Database. Users create their own REALpac Building Name when they save data into the Database.
  • Reno Building ID (will be changed to Reno Parcel ID) – A unique four-digit code .
  • Saint Paul Parcel ID - This ID is no longer in use. Use the MN Efficient Buildings Collaborative ID.
  • Salt Lake City Building ID – A number that uniquely identifies buildings or groups of buildings required to report energy data under Salt Lake City’s Energy Benchmarking & Transparency Ordinance.
  • Santé Québec - This is an "Other" Standard ID for Canada only. 
  • San Diego Building ID - A number that uniquely identifies buildings required to report energy data under City of San Diego’s Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance.
  • San Francisco Building ID - A unique building code assigned by the City of San Francisco that identifies all buildings required to report annual energy performance to the City of San Francisco per the Existing Commercial Building Energy Performance Ordinance.
  • San Jose Building ID - A unique seven-digit code (Format: ####-#-##)
  • Seattle Building Energy Benchmarking Reporting ID - A unique five-digit code (Format: 1-99999)
      • Example: 1-12345
      • Find your reporting ID here: www.seattle.gov/energybenchmarkingmap or by contacting energybenchmarking@seattle.gov
  • St. Louis Building ID - A unique identification number assigned by the City of St. Louis to identify all municipal, institutional, commercial, and multifamily buildings that are required to report annual energy and water usage, as prescribed by St. Louis’s "Building Energy Awareness" Benchmarking and Transparency Ordinance (ordinance #70474).
  • State of Minnesota Building ID - the unique State/Province building ID for the State of Minnesota’s Large Building Energy Benchmarking Program. The ID consists of the letters MN followed by five numerical digits, e.g., MN00000.
  • State of Washington - Clean Buildings Program -  A unique Building ID assigned by the Washington State Clean Buildings Program that identifies existing commercial buildings over 50,000 square feet required to report annual energy performance to the Department of Commerce per the Clean Buildings Performance Standard.
      • Note there are 2 Standard IDs for the State of Washington, this one is in the "State/Province" category. ​​​​​​​
  • State of Washington - Unique Facilities Identifier (UFI) - A unique number that identifies assets owned or leased by the State of Washington, in the Office of Financial Management (OFM) Facility Inventory System (FIS), which is the State of Washington’s centralized real property database. -
      • Note there are 2 Standard IDs for the State of Washington, this one is in the "Other" category. 
  • U.S. Agency Designated Covered Facility ID - This is a standard ID within the US Federal Government. This ID is the agency-assigned internal covered facility identifier used in the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA ) 432 Compliance Tracking System (CTS). This identifier provides the link between CTS and building data entered into Portfolio Manager and must be unique across the top-tier U.S. department or agency.
  • U.S. Federal Real Property Unique Identifier - The U.S. Government ID code that identifies owned, leased, or otherwise managed assets in the Federal Real Property Profile, the Federal Government’s centralized real property database. In Portfolio Manager the Real Property Unique Identifier is entered by the user for individual building assets.
  • Unique Building Identifier (UBID) - A geospatial identifier that allows for the identification of every unique building across the U.S. in a consistent format, similar to the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) on a motor vehicle. It is used by some US cities for local benchmarking ordinances, as well as for other reporting to third parties. If your property contains multiple individual buildings, enter the corresponding UBIDs into this field separated by semicolons, or enter a single UBID if it’s a single-building property. Example: 849VQJH6+95J-51-58-42-50 . More information: https://www.pnnl.gov/unique-building-identification
  • USDA Property AMAS ID - Unique 12-digit alpha-numeric identifier tag assigned by USDA to each multifamily housing property within USDA’s portfolio.

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