A city ordinance adopted by the Denver City Council in late 2016 requires commercial and multi-family buildings of 25,000-square-feet and over to track and publicly report their annual energy performance.
The deadline for property owners of larger buildings (50,000+ square feet) to file 2016 energy benchmarking reports is June 1. There is a city 90-day grace period for filing, ending on September 1.
Owners of smaller buildings, of 25,000 – 50,000 square-feet, are required to file their energy performance reports by June 2018.
According to the city, 57 percent of Denver’s greenhouse gas emissions are generated by large commercial and multifamily buildings.
Katrina Managan, Senior Advisor, Energy Efficiency, Denver Department of Environmental Health, reports that ”there are approximately 2,400 buildings over 50,000 square feet that need to comply this first year.”
The city of Denver plans to publish building energy performance data annually.
See:
“$2,000 penalty looms for Denver building owners who don’t say how much energy they’re using” | Adrian D. Garcia, Denverite, 11 July 2017
“Colorado signs on to U.S. Climate Alliance, joining states committed to exceeding Trump’s rejected Paris climate targets” | Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 11 July 2017
“Denver Imposes $2,000 Fine for Building Owners Who Don’t File Energy Benchmarking Reports” | Emily Holbrook, Energy Manager Today, 12 July 2017
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