Ontario EWRB and benchmarking ordinances in Scaler

Explains how Scaler tracks benchmarking ordinances on the Local Regulations page, with a focus on Ontario EWRB: who must report, when reports are due, and how to log submissions per year.

Benchmarking ordinances require building owners to report annual energy and water use, usually through ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager. The obligation is to disclose. A Building Performance Standard, by contrast, requires a building to meet a performance limit, with penalties for exceeding it.

Scaler tracks both on the Local Regulations page, in separate sections. Benchmarking has no compliance calculation and no penalty estimate — it tracks whether a report is due and whether you have filed it.

For a fuller explanation of the difference, see Benchmarking vs. Building Performance Standards on the Local Regulations page.

EWRB (Energy and Water Reporting and Benchmarking, Ontario Regulation 506/18) requires owners of large buildings in Ontario to report energy and water use annually to the provincial government.

Scaler detects EWRB applicability from each asset's location, size, and property type:

When an asset matches, Scaler shows an EWRB row in the Benchmarking section with the ordinance name, the due date, and a Report Submitted checkbox per year.

Beyond Ontario EWRB, Scaler detects a broader set of US and Canadian benchmarking ordinances, including NYC LL84 and Boston BERDO benchmarking. Each ordinance has its own location, size, and property-type rules, evaluated independently.

A single asset can match more than one ordinance. For example, a building may be subject to both a state-wide and a city ordinance. Scaler shows one row per matching ordinance, and you track each deadline separately.

Do not assume that because an asset is covered by a city's performance standard it is also covered by that city's benchmarking ordinance, or the reverse. The two are written separately, often with different size thresholds and covered building types. Scaler runs an independent check per regulation.

For Ontario specifically there is no performance-standard counterpart, so EWRB stands on its own.

Analytics Portal → Portfolio → Regulatory → Local Regulations

The Benchmarking section is the lower section of the page. For each applicable asset and ordinance it shows:

Tick the checkbox once you have filed each year's report, giving you a single record of submission status.

[Screenshot: Local Regulations page Benchmarking section showing an Ontario EWRB row with ordinance name, due date, and per-year Report Submitted checkboxes. Crop tightly to the Benchmarking table.]

Benchmarking applicability is driven by:

Benchmarking does not require Building Units or energy data, because there is no compliance calculation. That setup is only needed for the performance-standard layer.

Tip: If a portfolio has both layers applicable, complete the Building Performance Standards setup first — it covers everything benchmarking needs — then verify each layer separately, because the applicability rules differ.