commercial building owner in response to a 
request from the building owner. 
‘‘(ii) A Federal agency that is a tenant of 
the space shall provide to the building owner, or 
authorize the owner to obtain from the utility, 
the energy consumption information of the 
space for the benchmarking and disclosure re-
quired by this subparagraph.’’. 
(b) STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Energy, in collaboration with the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, shall complete 
a study— 
(A) on the impact of— 
(i) 
State 
and 
local 
performance 
benchmarking and disclosure policies, and 
any associated building efficiency policies, 
for commercial and multifamily buildings; 
and 
(ii) programs and systems in which 
utilities provide aggregated information re-
garding whole building energy consumption 
and usage information to owners of multi-
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tenant commercial, residential, and mixed- 
use buildings; 
(B) that identifies best practice policy ap-
proaches studied under subparagraph (A) that 
have resulted in the greatest improvements in 
building energy efficiency; and 
(C) that considers— 
(i) compliance rates and the benefits 
and costs of the policies and programs on 
building owners, utilities, tenants, and 
other parties; 
(ii) utility practices, programs, and 
systems that provide aggregated energy 
consumption information to multitenant 
building owners, and the impact of public 
utility commissions and State privacy laws 
on those practices, programs, and systems; 
(iii) exceptions to compliance in exist-
ing laws where building owners are not 
able to gather or access whole building en-
ergy information from tenants or utilities; 
(iv) the treatment of buildings with— 
(I) multiple uses; 
(II) uses for which baseline infor-
mation is not available; and 
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(III) uses that require high levels 
of energy intensities, such as data 
centers, trading floors, and televisions 
studios; 
(v) implementation practices, includ-
ing disclosure methods and phase-in of 
compliance; 
(vi) 
the 
safety 
and 
security 
of 
benchmarking tools offered by government 
agencies, and the resiliency of those tools 
against cyber attacks; and 
(vii) international experiences with re-
gard to building benchmarking and disclo-
sure laws and data aggregation for multi-
tenant buildings. 
(2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—At the conclu-
sion of the study, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 
of Representatives and Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate a report on the re-
sults of the study. 
(c) CREATION AND MAINTENANCE OF DATABASE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act and following 
opportunity for public notice and comment, the Sec-
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retary of Energy, in coordination with other relevant 
agencies, shall maintain, and if necessary create, a 
database for the purpose of storing and making 
available public energy-related information on com-
mercial and multifamily buildings, including— 
(A) data provided under Federal, State, 
local, and other laws or programs regarding 
building benchmarking and energy information 
disclosure; 
(B) information on buildings that have dis-
closed energy ratings and certifications; and 
(C) energy-related information on buildings 
provided voluntarily by the owners of the build-
ings, only in an anonymous form unless the 
owner provides otherwise. 
(2) COMPLEMENTARY
PROGRAMS.—The data-
base maintained pursuant to paragraph (1) shall 
complement and not duplicate the functions of the 
Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star 
Portfolio Manager tool. 
(d) INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS.—The Secretary of 
Energy shall seek input from stakeholders to maximize the 
effectiveness of the actions taken under this section. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, 
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