Configuring GRESB group settings
In the GRESB Group Settings page, configure settings that apply to assets in a group, such as the entity ID, and reporting settings.
If you have an Envizi group configured with more than 100 locations, the performance of the GRESB Group Review page can be slow because of the amount of data being retrieved from GRESB. To improve the performance of the GRESB Group Review page, configure smaller child groups or fewer locations with the same entity ID.
To access the GRESB Group Settings page, in a Group Summary page, click
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You can configure the following settings:
- GRESB Reporting Period Starting Month
- This period must match the value configured in GRESB when configuring an entity. If this field does not match, most dates will fail validation when sending data to GRESB.
- Entity ID
- Do not update this value as this will sever the connection from Envizi to GRESB for this entity. A group in Envizi maps to a reporting entity in your GRESB web portal. For more information about configuring the entity ID, see the related link to the Connecting to GRESB by API topic.
- Reporting Group Active
- This field enables the GRESB group reporting entity and its child locations to be used for GRESB reporting. It must be explicitly set to Active for the API to work. When a location is shared between multiple groups e.g., a joint venture location, only one of the groups should have this flag set to Active and the remaining groups need to be set to Inactive. For example, if one asset is part of two groups in Envizi both of which have entity IDs, the Reporting Group Active field tells the GRESB Asset Summary page which entity the asset is reporting against. Also note that after changing this field, you will need to review and update your asset ID in the Asset Characteristics section to align with the group entity that you are reporting against.
- Floor area metrics are reported in
- Similar to the reporting period, this value must match Envizi for floor areas to be interpreted correctly. To view or make updates to the reporting period or floor area metrics in GRESB, login to the GRESB portal, locate the entity and click Manage. Scroll down to view and edit the reporting period and floor area metrics.