Energy Star Validation Item form
The Energy Star Validation Item form contains information about errors that occurred when you request ENERGY STAR ratings from the EPA Portfolio Manager.
Locating the Energy Star Validation Item form
You can find the Energy Star Validation Item form by selecting and opening an Energy Star Validation record. The Energy Star Validation Item records are in the Validation Results section.Building Details
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Building Name Blank | The box is checked if the Building Name is blank. |
| Geography Information Blank | The box is checked if the Address, the City, the State, the postal code, or the Country of the building is not specified. |
| Location Primary Use Blank | The box is checked if the building record does not contain location primary use information or energy space attributes. |
| Primary Use Do Not Have Associated Energy Space | The box is checked if the building record does not have an energy space that is associated to the location primary use but does include information about the location primary use. |
| Gross Floor Area Zero | The box is checked if the gross floor area of the location is not specified. |
| Federal Agency Details (Energy Star ID, Real Property Unique Identifier) | The box is checked if the federal agency details are not specified. When the building class is Federal, specify the Energy Star ID on the agency organization and the real property unique ID on the Federal tab of the Location record. |
| Failed Building XML Source record | The box is checked if the building request XML is not generated because some ENERGY STAR required data is missing. Confirm that Primary Energy Space is checked on the latest Energy Rating record. |
Meters
The Meters section on the General tab of the Energy Star Validation Item form contains all of the building equipment assets that is missing required data.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| In Service Date | The box is checked if the in-service date of the meter is not specified. |
| Meter XML Source | The box is checked if the meter request xml is not generated because some ENERGY STAR required data is missing. |
| Energy Type not selected | The box is checked if the energy type of the meter is not specified. |
| Energy Star UOM Type not selected | The box is checked if the unit of measure for the associated environmental meter type classification is not specified. |
| Energy Star Meter Type not selected | The box is checked if the ENERGY STAR meter type is not specified on the associated environmental meter type classification. |
| Property Meter Type not selected | The box is checked if the property meter type is not specified. The property meter type identifies how the meter is used, for example, for the whole property or for a tenant area only. |
| Tenant Common Area Energy Type not selected | The box is checked if the tenant common area energy type is not specified. Specify the tenant common area energy type when the Property Meter Type value is Combination of Tenant and Common Area Consumption. |
Energy Logs
The Energy Logs section of the Energy Star Validation Item form identifies the energy log records that have missing or invalid information. It also gives the total number of energy logs with issues.
Energy Space Attributes
The Energy Space Attribute section of the Energy Star Validation Item form identifies the data attributes values that are not specified for the energy space. The total number of energy space attributes with issues does not include XML schema validation errors.
XML Schema Validation
XML requests are created during the validation that is based on the energy rating record. The XML requests are validated against the ENERGY STAR XML schema to confirm that all data types and required values are populated. The generated XML requests are attached in the XML Schema Validation section if any required data is missing