ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager® 10th Anniversary Special Recognition Awards

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the launch of the Canadian adaptation of ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager®, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is recognizing those individuals and organizations that have been essential to the launch, uptake, and continued success of the Portfolio Manager benchmarking tool.

In December 2023, NRCan launched a call for nominations of individuals/teams and organizations that have made significant achievements and contributions over the last 10 years to the success of the adaptation and/or adoption of ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager in Canada.  This special recognition is awarded to those that have:

• Demonstrated leadership in the benchmarking movement and the promotion of ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager.
• Played a major role in providing recommendations and information to enhance ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, including information for the development of scores for new building types.
• Provided significant endorsement of ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager to their members.
• Benchmarked a significant number of buildings/floor space in ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager on an ongoing basis.
• Played a significant role in the certification of a large number of buildings (LP, building owner, building manager).
• Used ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager as key part of benchmarking policies and sustainability initiatives to increase energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

And the winners are…

Provinces and Territories
Municipalities
Non-Governmental Organizations
Service Providers
Largest ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager Portfolios
Notable Mentions

Provinces and Territories

• Government of New Brunswick: Rob Taylor, Charbel Awad, Cheryl Hansen, Alan Roy
• Service New Brunswick Energy Management Branch: Tim Cross, Fritz Mathurin, Suad Aboabade, David Dumont, Brent Godbout, Kate Butler
• Nova Scotia: Efficiency Nova Scotia’s building benchmarking program
• Ontario: Energy and Water Reporting and Benchmarking (EWRB) Regulation

Municipalities

• City of Vancouver: Gurmeet Ghera
• City of Edmonton: Marni Devlin Moses, Barbara Daly
• City of Calgary: Brent Downey
• City of Montreal: Valerie Anne Brouillard

Non-Government Organizations

• BOMA Canada: Victoria Papp
• BOMA Québec et Econoler : Mario Poirier, Geneviève Gauthier, Linda Carbone
• Greater Victoria 2030 District, BOMA BC and CHRM Consulting: Trevor Barry, Samantha Agtara, Cora Hallsworth, Damian Stathonikos
• Horizon's Energy Network: Juanita Tompkins, Rheal Legere, Todd Bryenton, Dean Lake, Keith Fowler, Troy Loughery, Blaine Lynch   

Service Providers

• Brightly: Luke Beelen, Tinu Akintunde, Danish Karmally, Alyssia Yee, Jason Manikel
• JLL for Canada Post: David Faltenhine
• Énergie NB Power : Jeff Wilhelm, François-Guy Haché, Ann Legatt, Matt Robichaud
• OPEN Technologies: Daniel Eden, Dave Ramslie, Carol Gomez
• Windfall Ecology Centre
• Utility Web Service Providers:
• BC Hydro
• Énergir
• FortisBC
• Hydro Québec
• Manitoba Hydro
• NBPower

Notable Mentions

• Ilona Kovats commercial property manager from BlueStone Properties Inc.
• Jonathan Thorne from Kawartha Pine Ridge District School.

Thank you for your continued support of the Government of Canada’s energy efficiency programs.