Benchmark Colorado

Aurora, Colorado covered buildings

682 buildings in Aurora are on the state covered list.

Every covered building in Aurora owes the state a benchmarking report through ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager by November 1 each year, along with $500 in annual fees, and must reach a 2030 performance target for its property type or a 29% cut from its baseline. The state program is the only building performance standard that applies here. The next deadline is November 1, 2026, when the benchmarking report, fees, and progress survey are due.

Commercial electric service in Aurora is mostly Xcel Energy. Statewide audit funding through the Building Decarbonization Enterprise, paid for by the $400 annual fee, is expected but amounts are not yet published. How the funding works.

Upcoming dates for Aurora buildings

  1. 43 daysBPC
    Benchmarking report, fees, and progress survey due

    Submit the prior calendar year of energy data through ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager into BEAM, pay the $100 program fee and $400 enterprise fee, and complete the progress survey. Reporting window opens July 1.

  2. 103 daysBPC
    2026 interim target (unenforced)no penalty

    On the books, but owners may track progress instead (C.R.S. 25-7-142(8.6)(b)(I)). No penalty attaches to missing it.

  3. 408 daysBPC
    Last day to elect a 2019 baseline

    File 2019 data by this date to measure the 29% reduction from 2019 instead of 2021. Valuable if 2021 was a low-occupancy year.

  4. 774 daysBPC
    Last day to change compliance pathway without documentation

    Switch between the property-type target and the percent-reduction pathway with no supporting audit.

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