Property Size

Commercial, multifamily, and public buildings 10,000 Sq. Ft. or larger.

Annual benchmarking reporting requires 12 calendar months of whole-building energy and building use data. For example, in 2025, building owners must report 12 months of 2024 data.

Note: Lakewood buildings that need to comply with the State’s Building Performance Colorado, can continue reporting according to the state’s schedule and simply add Lakewood as another reporting entity.

December 31, 2026 and every June 1 thereafter. Benchmarking reports must be submitted on an annual basis using the previous year’s data via ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager®. This is the EPA’s benchmarking tool that is used for compliance reporting in most ordinances across the country.

Building Performance Standards (BPS) are often considered Phase II of these building energy use ordinances. After reporting your benchmarking data, many ordinances require you to make changes to the building’s operations or equipment to lower energy use over time.

Lakewood is currently developing its Building Performance Standards program and is expected in 2027.

BPS Due Date

Lakewood BPS is expected to be adopted in 2027.

Third-party data verification requires owners/managers of covered buildings to hire a third-party expert who will independently review and verify the building’s benchmarking data.

Under Lakewood’s policy, data verification is not currently required. However, third-party data verification is often a key aspect of confirming compliance with building performance standards.

Failure to comply with Lakewood’s benchmarking policy can result in a fine up to $2,000. If a building owner fails to pay the fine, the City can place a lien on the property.

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Lakewood Benchmarking compliance can be confusing and hard to navigate. Bringing on a consultant like VCA Green streamlines the entire process while ensuring accurate reporting. We also offer free consultations with our benchmarking clients to review the reports and identify inefficiencies to improve.

Ordinances such as the Lakewood Energy Benchmarking Ordinance are already in effect across the country, and deadlines are rapidly approaching. Retrieving historical building data will take time, especially when coordinating with property managers and utilities.

Waiting until the last minute risks missing compliance windows resulting in fines and enforcement penalties. VCA Green takes every measure to ensure complete and accurate data collection. The sooner you reach out, the sooner you will reach compliance.

Property Size

Commercial buildings 5,000 Sq. Ft. or larger.

Annual benchmarking reporting requires 12 calendar months of whole-building energy, water, and building use data. For example, in 2025, building owners must report 12 months of 2024 data.

June 1, annually. Benchmarking reports must be submitted on an annual basis using the previous year’s data via ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager®. This is the EPA’s benchmarking tool that is used for compliance reporting in most ordinances across the country.

Building Performance Standards (BPS) are often considered Phase II of these building energy use ordinances. After reporting your benchmarking data, many ordinances require you to make changes to the building’s operations or equipment to lower energy use over time.

Fort Collins does not currently have a BPS program.

Third-party data verification requires owners/managers of covered buildings to hire a third-party expert who will independently review and verify the building’s benchmarking data.

Under Fort Collins BEWS, data verification is not required to be completed by a third party. However, building owners must run their data through ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager’s data quality checker.

Failure to comply with Fort Collins BEWS can result in a fine up to $3,000 per year of non-compliance.

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Fort Collins Building Energy and Water Scoring (BEWS) compliance can be confusing and hard to navigate. Bringing on a consultant like VCA Green streamlines the entire process while ensuring accurate reporting. We also offer free consultations with our benchmarking clients to review the reports and identify inefficiencies to improve.

Ordinances such as Fort Collins BEWS are already in effect across the country, and deadlines are rapidly approaching. Retrieving historical building data will take time, especially when coordinating with property managers and utilities.

Waiting until the last minute risks missing compliance windows resulting in fines and enforcement penalties. VCA Green takes every measure to ensure complete and accurate data collection. The sooner you reach out, the sooner you will reach compliance.

Property Size

Commercial buildings 5,000 Sq. Ft. or larger.

Multifamily buildings 15,000 Sq. Ft. or larger.

Annual benchmarking reporting requires 12 calendar months of whole-building energy, water, and building use data. For example, in 2025, building owners must report 12 months of 2024 data.

June 1, annually. Benchmarking reports must be submitted on an annual basis using the previous year’s data via ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager®. This is the EPA’s benchmarking tool that is used for compliance reporting in most ordinances across the country.

Building Performance Standards (BPS) are often considered Phase II of these building energy use ordinances. After reporting your benchmarking data, many ordinances require you to make changes to the building’s operations or equipment to lower energy use over time.

The Aspen Building IQ building performance standards policy is currently under development. The ordinance provides framework for the policy that it must contribute to reductions in community greenhouse gas emissions of 63% by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

BPS Due Date

BPS policy and deadlines are still being developed.

Third-party data verification requires owners/managers of covered buildings to hire a third-party expert who will independently review and verify the building’s benchmarking data.

Under Aspen Building IQ, data verification is not currently required. However, once the BPS policy is established, data verification is often included to confirm buildings have met their performance targets.

Aspen Building IQ violations will result in a $100 fine for the first offense, $200 fine for the second offense, and potential mandatory court appearances and additional fines for subsequent offenses.

CONTACT US HERE to learn more and get started with compliance.

Aspen Building IQ compliance can be confusing and hard to navigate. Bringing on a consultant like VCA Green streamlines the entire process while ensuring accurate reporting. We also offer free consultations with our benchmarking clients to review the reports and identify inefficiencies to improve.

Ordinances such as Aspen Building IQ are already in effect across the country, and deadlines are rapidly approaching. Retrieving historical building data will take time, especially when coordinating with property managers and utilities.

Waiting until the last minute risks missing compliance windows resulting in fines and enforcement penalties. VCA Green takes every measure to ensure complete and accurate data collection. The sooner you reach out, the sooner you will reach compliance.

Property Size

Privately owned commercial and industrial buildings that are 20,000 Sq. Ft. or larger.

City-owned buildings that are 5,000 Sq. Ft. or larger.

Newly built commercial and industrial buildings that are 10,000 Sq. Ft. or larger. New buildings are defined as buildings whose initial building permit was issued on or after January 31, 2014 under Boulder BPO.

Rating and Reporting, also known as benchmarking, requires 12 calendar months of whole-building energy and building use data. For example, in 2025, building owners must report 12 months of 2024 data.

June 1, annually. Rating and Reporting reports must be submitted on an annual basis using the previous year’s data via ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager®. This is the EPA’s benchmarking tool that is used for compliance reporting in most ordinances across the country.

Boulder BPO requires affected buildings to complete energy assessments every ten years. Affected buildings that are less than 50,000 Sq. Ft. must complete ASHRAE Level I assessments and affected buildings that are 50,000 Sq. Ft. or larger must complete ASHRAE Level II assessments.

All assessments must be completed by a Qualified Service Provider.

Energy assessments are required every ten years and following the timeline below:

• City buildings 10,000 Sq. Ft. or larger – May 1, 2019
• Existing buildings 50,000 Sq. Ft. or larger – June 1, 2019
• New buildings 10,000 Sq. Ft. or larger – June 1, 2019
• Existing buildings 30,000 Sq. Ft. or larger but less than 50,000 Sq. Ft. – December 31, 2021
• Existing buildings 20,000 Sq. Ft. or larger but less than 30,000 Sq. Ft. – June 1, 2023

Boulder BPO requires affected buildings to complete a one-time lighting upgrade. These upgrades must reach compliance with the City of Boulder Energy Conservation Codes (COBECC) according to the list below:

• Occupancy Sensor Controls must meet the 2017 COBECC section C405.2.2.2
• Time-switch Controls must meet the 2017 COBECC section C405.2.2.1
• Exterior Lighting Controls must meet the 2017 COBECC section C405.2.4
• Interior Lighting – Power must meet 2017 COBECC section C405.5
• Exterior Lighting – Power must meet 2012 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) section C405.6

One-time lighting upgrades were due according to the following timeline:

• City buildings 10,000 Sq. Ft. or larger – May 1, 2022
• Existing buildings 50,000 Sq. Ft. or larger – June 1, 2022
• New buildings 10,000 Sq. Ft. or larger – June 1, 2022
• Existing buildings 30,000 Sq. Ft. or larger but less than 50,000 Sq. Ft. – June 1, 2023
• Existing buildings 20,000 Sq. Ft. or larger but less than 30,000 Sq. Ft. – June 1, 2025

Boulder BPO requires affected buildings to conduct retro-commissioning (RCx) studies and implement all measures with a payback period of two years or less. RCx studies must be completed by a qualified service provider.

Retro-commissioning studies must be completed according to the timeline below. All RCx measures must be implemented within two years of the study.

• City buildings 10,000 Sq. Ft. or larger – May 1, 2022
• Existing buildings 50,000 Sq. Ft. or larger – June 1, 2022
• New buildings 10,000 Sq. Ft. or larger – June 1, 2022
• Existing buildings 30,000 Sq. Ft. or larger but less than 50,000 Sq. Ft. – June 1, 2023
• Existing buildings 20,000 Sq. Ft. or larger but less than 30,000 Sq. Ft. – June 1, 2025

Boulder Building Performance Ordinance requires affected buildings to rate and report building energy data and complete efficiency actions by their respective deadlines.

Failure to meet a deadline can result in fines of $0.0025 per Sq. Ft. up to $1,000 per day of non-compliance.

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Boulder Building Performance Ordinance compliance can be confusing and hard to navigate. Bringing on a consultant like VCA Green streamlines the entire process while ensuring accurate reporting. We also offer free consultations with our benchmarking clients to review the reports and identify inefficiencies to improve.

Ordinances such as Boulder BPO are already in effect across the country, and deadlines are rapidly approaching. Retrieving historical building data will take time, especially when coordinating with property managers and utilities.

Waiting until the last minute risks missing compliance windows resulting in fines and enforcement penalties. VCA Green takes every measure to ensure complete and accurate data collection. The sooner you reach out, the sooner you will reach compliance.