Building Performance Ordinance

Building Performance Ordinance (BPO) Program

Program aims to reduce energy use and improve the quality of Boulder’s commercial and industrial building stock.

About the Ordinance

The Boulder Building Performance Ordinance (Ordinance No. 8071) is a set of rating, reporting and energy efficiency requirements that move beyond current voluntary programs. This program aims to reduce energy use and improve the quality of Boulder’s commercial and industrial building stock.

For all commercial buildings, rating and reporting requirements are phased in based on building size. Deadlines for each requirement vary by building size.

Ordinance Requirements

There are four main requirements of the Boulder Building Performance Ordinance.

Rating and Reporting

One-time Lighting Upgrade

Retro-Commissioning

Exemptions, Deadline Extensions and Enforcement

30 Day Warning Notices will be sent to all covered building owners who have not submitted a compliant benchmarking report or been granted exemption or extension.

60-Day Noncompliance Notices – Early June 2024

UPCOMING REPORTING DEADLINES

Exemptions

Rating and Reporting exemptions may be available if a building is unconditioned and unlit; has operated less than a year based on the Certificate of Occupancy; or has proof of financial hardship. Exemption Reference Guide (PDF) and Exemption Request Form

Deadline Extensions

All covered buildings 20,000 square feet and over must: submit a benchmarking report with complete 2023 calendar year data by May 1st.

Enforcement

Owners of affected buildings are required to rate and report building energy data, and complete efficiency actions by the deadlines posted (see above). Failure to do so can result in fines of $0.0025 per square foot – up to $1,000 per day of non-compliance.

Any tenant of an owner subject to the provisions of this chapter shall, within 30 days of a request, provide the owner with any information required for compliance that cannot otherwise be acquired by the owner.

Large Industrial Campuses

provisions of this chapter shall, within 30 days of a request, provide the owner with any information required for compliance that cannot otherwise be acquired by the owner. Large Industrial Campuses

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