The Los Angeles Existing Buildings Energy and Water Efficiency Program (EBEWE)
The Los Angeles Existing Buildings Energy and Water Efficiency Program (EBEWE) is the City of Los Angeles’ local benchmarking disclosure and performance ordinance. In effect since 2017, the goal of the law is to identify and reduce energy and water consumption in LA’s existing multifamily, commercial and industrial buildings that are 20,000 sq.ft. and above. A two-phased program, all covered buildings must undergo the following:
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ENERGY STAR® BENCHMARKING
ANNUALLY
Every year, an ENERGY STAR benchmarking report must be submitted per building to LADBS. Using the previous year’s data, benchmarking measures your energy and water use, compares it against similar buildings and scores it’s performance on a scale of 1-100. Buildings with a score of 75 and above may be eligible for ENERGY STAR Certification.
AUDIT/RETRO-COMMISSIONING (A/RCx)
EVERY FIVE (5) YEARS
Every five years, a declaration of completion or exemption must be submitted per covered building, verifying that you have met the outlined performance requirements of the ordinance. Requirements and exemptions range in complexity (and cost) from:
- ENERGY STAR Certification
- Verified Energy and Water % Reduction
- Implementing prescribed efficiency retrofits
- ASHRAE Level II audit
- Retro-commissioning
Green EconoME provides complete Phase I and II compliance services. EBEWE Phase II services begin with the benchmarking data. If we have completed the benchmarking, we automatically identify your best, least cost path to compliance and provide pricing. If we have not done your benchmarking we start with an evaluation to determine whether the data is accurate. From there, we identify your best, least cost path to compliance, provide pricing and get started! Green EconoME’s Phase II compliance services include ENERGY STAR certification, energy and water reduction verification, ASHRAE Level II energy and water audits, retro-commissioning, and efficiency retrofit implementation. Our CA licensed professionals will verify, provide the report and sign off on your EBEWE declaration of completion.
TESTIMONIALS
“Green EconoME has been and continues to be proactive and very detailed on working on our behalf. Their team has integrated with us seamlessly and has added efficiency to our efforts. The team helped Rexford with our various energy benchmarking requirements. When we had problems with getting the relevant utility information, they took care of it right away.”
Marika at Green EconoME is fabulous. She is an expert in her field, delivers what she promises and was able to gather an excellent team to achieve energy savings.
We wanted a building that would be able to meet the demands of the next 20 years in terms of energy consumption and a modern look to appeal to new tenants. We plan to own the building for the long-haul, so it was important to reduce operating costs immediately and on an on-going basis.
“Thank you, Marika and your spectacular team! We have dramatically improved our Energy Star score by installing low-flow toilets, shower heads and replacing aerators. The lighting throughout our common areas and parking garage has also been completely replaced and now we are energy efficient.”
“We have worked with Marika Erdely and the team at Green EconoME for several years and are very happy with the service they provide and the results. They have efficiently managed our benchmarking process and we have never had to worry about anything.”
“Marika is quite knowledgeable in her industry and very easy to work with. Her staff is also knowledgeable and helpful which is definitely a reflection of her being a great business owner/leader.”