Guides

Short, sourced explainers for building owners and managers. Each one ends with the dates that matter.

• What is Building Performance Colorado?

  Colorado's benchmarking and performance standard for buildings of 50,000 square feet or more: who is covered, what is due each year, and what happens in 2030.

• Got a benchmarking notice from CDPHE? Here is what to do

  What a Building Performance Colorado enforcement notice means, how to confirm your building's status, and how to resolve it before penalties escalate.

• How to file your Building Performance Colorado report

  The steps to benchmark a Colorado building: ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, whole-building utility data, the BEAM portal, fees, and the progress survey.

• Building Performance Colorado vs Energize Denver

  How the state program and Denver's city ordinance overlap: thresholds, deadlines, targets, penalties, and what a Denver building owner has to file twice.

• The 2030 targets: how the two compliance pathways work

  Property-type EUI and GHGI targets versus the 29 percent reduction pathway, the 2019 baseline option, and the adjustment deadlines that require an audit.