5. Share your properties with the City of Madison Benchmarking ESPM account

Before being able to share your properties with the City of Madison Benchmarking ESPM account, you must first connect with them on ESPM. 

STEP 1 - Send a connection request to the City of Madison Benchmarking ESPM account. You have two options for completing this step. 

OPTION 1:  Add the City of Madison Benchmarking as a contact on ESPM by clicking on the Connection Request Link.

OPTION 2:  Follow the steps below to manually add the City of Madison to your ESPM contacts.

• Click on ‘Contacts’ on the upper right hand corner, then ‘Add New Contacts/Connections.’

• Search for the BESP ESPM account by entering ‘city of madison’ in the Name field under ‘Connect with an Existing User for Sharing’ and clicking ’Search.’ Connect with the ‘City_of_Madison_Benchmarking’ account.

STEP 2 - After your request has been approved (up to 2 business days), share your property directly with the ‘City_of_Madison_Benchmarking’ account. Click on the Sharing tab and then on ‘Share with your Utility or Service Provider for exchanging data’.

STEP 3 - Share your properties by completing the information required:

• Select account to share with (City_of_Madison_Benchmarking)

• Select properties to share

• Choose Permissions  (access rights) for sharing with the City of Madison. You must select ‘Bulk Sharing (Simple Option) and ‘Exchange Data Full Access.’

When you have completed this step, click ‘Authorize Exchange’

For more information and to contact the Help Desk, Submit a Ticket for 'Help using Energy Star Portfolio Manager'.