ESG SDDS Wiring-Guide

To calculate actual energy consumption under tenant control, report the actual operational energy used within areas where tenants have operational control, expressed in kilowatt hours (kWh) per year.

Only actual data should be included in this indicator. Actual data means consumption derived directly from verifiable sources such as tenant invoices, sub-meter outputs, or smart meter readings, and excludes any estimated or modelled values (ref: GRESB). If no actual data is available, report under the relevant estimated indicator (ESG3.1.3.1).

The indicator includes all forms of energy used in tenant-controlled areas, covering both renewable and non-renewable energy consumption, such as:

• Electricity consumed within tenant-demised areas
• Fuel or gas procured directly by tenants
• District heating and cooling (DH&C) used solely by tenant-controlled areas, excluding transmission and distribution (T&D) losses (ref: CRREM).

This indicator applies to tenant-controlled areas only. Landlord-controlled and shared services should be reported under ESG3.1.

Note 1: Primary data on actual building energy consumption, such as metered data, supports the highest quality PCAF real estate emissions calculations. Under the PCAF data quality hierarchy, actual energy consumption may contribute to a data quality score of 1 or 2, depending on the emission factors and other inputs used. PCAF scores apply to the resulting emissions calculation rather than to the energy data in isolation.

Note 2: Fugitive emissions (eg refrigerant leaks from HVAC or cooling systems) are not energy consumption and should therefore not be included in this indicator. Where applicable, they should be reported under the relevant GHG emissions indicator, subject to the reporting entity’s GHG accounting boundary.

Note 3: Energy consumption from tenant areas where the landlord retains partial or joint control, and has significant operational authority, should be reported under ESG3.1 instead.

Note 4: For the treatment of acquisitions and disposals, see ESG1.6.

Note 5: The same estimation principles, approaches and disclosure requirements described in ESG3.1.3 apply to tenant-controlled areas, taking into account the control classification.