Colorado’s Building Performance The “Energy Performance for Buildings” statute (HB21-1286) requires owners of commercial, multifamily, and public buildings 50,000 square feet or larger to annually benchmark their whole-building energy use and meet set building performance targets. Together, these buildings must reduce sector-wide emissions 7% by 2026 and 20% by 2030 from 2021 levels. Building Performance…
Energize Denver Ordinance Buildings 5,000 to 24,999 sq. ft., do not have to send annual Benchmarking Reports or meet an energy use intensity performance requirement. Instead, these buildings have two options* to comply with Energize Denver: *Building owners do not have to do both options, only one is required for compliance. Alternate compliance options are…
Energize Denver Ordinance The Energize Denver and Green Building Ordinances require buildings 25,000 sq. ft. and larger to: Install a cool roof or meet other compliance options when replacing a roof Benchmarking FAST FACTS: Purpose: Requires Covered Building Owners to benchmark building energy performance, and makes such energy performance information publicly available in order to…
WHY We understand that the benchmarking and performance requirement programs are burdensome, stressful, and complicated. Our team is passionate about saving time, money, and resources in ways that have a positive impact on people and the built environment. Rather than fighting these programs, we believe there are many creative solutions to optimize building performance that…