How to Add a Building to Your Collection in Momentum

A step-by-step guide on how to add a building to your collection in Momentum, edit its details, and customize its scope.

March 19, 2025 By Jason Block

In this guide, we'll learn how to efficiently add a building to your collection in Momentum. The process involves inputting its address, verifying its details, and customizing a scope based on desired measures. By following these steps, you can accurately manage building information, optimize for compliance and rebates, and tailor the scope to your specific needs. Let's dive into the detailed steps below.

Adding a Building to Your Collection

To begin, click on the "Add Building" option in Momentum and choose a collection to place the building in. Input the address of the building and click on "Find Building" to retrieve its details.

Editing Building Details and Customizing Scope

Review the building information and make any necessary edits by clicking on the "Edit Details" button. Customize the scope by selecting relevant measures that align with your goals.

Sharing and Finalizing Your Scope

Once you have tailored the scope to your liking, save your changes and review the summary of incentives, costs, and savings. You can view this information per dwelling unit or for the entire building. If needed, share your customized scope with a colleague by entering their email address.

Let's get started.

Okay, I will demonstrate how to add a building to my collection in Momentum.

Go to Momentum

First, I'll click on the "Add Building" option.

Step #2: Click "+ Add Building" — Click "+ Add Building"

I see that I have various collection options.

Step #3: Click "Default Collection" — Click "Default Collection"

I'll put this one in my Gatsby collection. Just pick any one, and I'll type in an address here.

Step #4: Click "Enter Address" — Click "Enter Address"

Step #5: Click "Search for a Building Search By Address * Enter Address" — Click "Search for a Building Search By Address * Enter Address"

I'll look at 1088 Park Avenue, New York, New York.

Type "1088 park avenue"

Step #7: Click "1088 Park Avenue" — Click "1088 Park Avenue"

Step #8: Click "FIND BUILDING" — Click "FIND BUILDING"

That's a multifamily building. Here's a picture of the building with information we know from public data. If you notice any incorrect information, click on the "Edit Details" button. You will see all the information there, including additional fields, and you can edit any necessary details.

Step #9: Click "Edit Details" — Click "Edit Details"

You can adjust the size of the building, its heating system, utilities, and costs. Remember to save your changes.

You will find various scope options on the left side based on different themes. Some focus on Local Law 97 compliance, while others aim at maximizing rebates, such as option one and option two. Each option includes a list of relevant measures for the building, along with estimates of costs, rebates, operating costs, energy savings, and greenhouse gas savings. These are initial suggestions to prompt your consideration.

Step #11: Click "Customize" — Click "Customize"

You can customize any measurement or scope. For example, if you decide, "I just finished my roof and ceiling, so I don't need to work on those."

Step #12: Click "Air sealing package" — Click "Air sealing package"

Step #13: Click "This measure covers the installation of ceiling insulation to re the thermal conductance of the building envelope . Energy a demand savings are realized through reductions in the build heating and cooling loads ." — Click "This measure covers the installation of ceiling insulation to re the thermal conductance of the building envelope . Energy a demand savings are realized through reductions in the build heating and cooling loads ."

Step #14: Click "Window replacement" — Click "Window replacement"

I haven't changed my windows yet, but I plan to add solar panels on the roof soon.

Step #15: Click "Solar PV" — Click "Solar PV"

You can do that. Click there, go to save, and now you have a copy of your scope with the different measures you've selected.

You can view a summary of the scope, incentives, costs, and other details. You have the option to view it per dwelling unit or per building. If desired, you can enter an email address here to share it with a colleague.

Step #18: Click "Per - Unit Estimates" — Click "Per - Unit Estimates"

Step #19: Click "Building Total Estimates" — Click "Building Total Estimates"

Step #21: Click "Cancel" — Click "Cancel"