Building Performance Standards
Simplify building performance standards (BPS) compliance with Conservice
As climate-related risk & stakeholder demand for ESG increases, a growing number of cities, states, and provinces across North America are enacting Building Performance Standards (BPS). Unlike traditional benchmarking ordinances that require certain buildings to disclose energy and/or water consumption, BPS laws require buildings to meet measurable performance standards or improvements, typically reduced utility consumption or greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Boston, MA
Name: BERDO 2.0
Reduction goal: 50% reduction by 2030; 100% reduction by 2050
Property type(s) covered:
- Commercial
- Multifamily
Implementation timeline:
- 2025: Properties with 35,000+ sqft.
- 2030: Properties with 20,000+ sqft.
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Boulder, CO
Name: Building Performance Ordinance (BPO) Program
Reduction goal: 70% reduction by 2030; 100% reduction by 2035
Property type(s) covered:
- Commercial
- Industrial
Implementation timeline:
Retrocommissioning
- June 1, 2025: Buildings with 20,000+ sqft.
RCx Measure Implementation
- June 1, 2024: Buildings with 50,000+ sqft.
- June 1, 2025: Buildings with 30,000+ sqft.
- June 1, 2027: Buildings with 20,000+ sqft.
Lighting Upgrade
- June 1, 2025: Buildings with 20,000+ sqft.
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Chula Vista, CA
Name: Building Energy Saving Ordinance, Ordinance 3498
Reduction goal: 55% reduction by 2030 (of 2005 levels)
Property type(s) covered:
- Commercial
- Multifamily
Implementation timeline:
- May 20, 2023: Buildings with 50,000+ sqft.
- March 20, 2026: Buildings between 20,000 - 50,000 sqft.
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Colorado, Statewide
Reduction goal: 7% reduction by 2026; 20% reduction by 2030 (from a 2021 energy use baseline)
Property type(s) covered:
- Commercial
- Multifamily
Implementation timeline:
- First reporting deadline in June 2024 with an annual reporting frequency
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Denver, CO
Name: Energize Denver (High-Performance Existing Buildings Program)
Reduction goal: 40% reduction by 2025, 60% reduction by 2030, 100% reduction by 2040 (of 2005 levels)
Property type(s) covered:
- Commercial
- Multifamily
Implementation timeline:
- 2024: Buildings with 25,000+ sqft.
- Additional Performance Targets in 2027 and 2030
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Montgomery County, MD
Name: Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS)
Property type(s) covered:
- Commercial
- Multifamily
Implementation timeline:
- 2028: Commercial properties with 50,000+ sqft.
- 2030: Commercial properties with 25,000+ sqft.; Multifamily properties with 250,000+ sqft.
- 2031: Multifamily properties with 25,000+ sqft.
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New York, NY
Name: Local Law 97
Reduction goal: 40% reduction by 2030; 80% reduction by 2050 (of 2005 levels)
Property type(s) covered:
- Commercial
- Industrial
- Multifamily
Implementation timeline:
- 2024: Buildings with 25,000+ sqft.
- Additional Performance Targets in 2030, 2035, 2040, and 2050
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Oregon, Statewide
Name: House Bill 3409
Property type(s) covered:
- Commercial
- Industrial
- Rental
Implementation timeline:
- June 1, 2028: Tier 1 properties with 200,000+ sqft.
- June 1, 2029: Tier 1 properties with 90,000+ sqft.
- June 1, 2030: Tier 1 properties with 35,000+ sqft.
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Seattle, WA
Name: Building Energy Performance Standards
Reduction goal: 40% reduction by 2030; carbon neutral by 2050
Property type(s) covered:
- Commercial
- Multifamily
Implementation timeline:
- June 1, 2026: Buildings with 220,000+ sqft.
- June 1, 2027: Buildings with 90,000+ sqft.
- June 1, 2028: Buildings with 50,000+ sqft.
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St. Louis, MO
Name: St. Louis Building Energy Performance Standard (BEPS)
Reduction goal: 100% reduction by 2050
Property type(s) covered:
- Commercial
- Multifamily
- Affordable Housing
Implementation timeline:
Commercial & Residential
- 2025: Buildings with 50,000+ sqft.
Affordable Housing & Houses of Worship
- 2027: Buildings with 50,000+ sqft.
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Washington, DC
Name: DC Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS)
Reduction goal: 50% reduction by 2032; 100% reduction by 2050 (of 2005 levels)
Property type(s) covered:
- Commercial
- Multifamily
Implementation timeline:
- 2025: Municipal buildings with 10,000+ sqft.
- 2025: Buildings with 50,000+ sqft.
- 2027: Buildings with 25,000+ sqft.
- 2030: Buildings with 10,000+ sqft.
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Washington, Statewide
Name: Clean Buildings Performance Standard
Property type(s) covered:
- Commercial
Implementation timeline:
- June 1, 2026: Buildings with 220,000+ sqft.
- June 1, 2027: Buildings with 90,000+ sqft.
- June 1, 2028: Buildings with 50,000+ sqft.
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Please note: BPS laws are a relatively new development; as such, the status and number of laws is continuously changing. The information on this page is accurate to the best of our knowledge. This page was last modified on 9/15/2023 and will be updated regularly to reflect evolving and emerging regulations.
