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United States

California

  • Assembly Bill 802- Building Energy Benchmark Program
  • Los Angeles: Existing Buildings Energy & Water Efficiency Program
  • San Diego: Building Energy Benchmarking
  • San Francisco: Existing Buildings Energy Ordinance
  • San Jose: Energy And Water Building Performance Ordinance

Colorado

  • Building Performance Colorado
  • Denver: Energize Denver Ordinance
  • Aspen: Building IQ
DC
  • Washington, DC: Clean and Affordable Energy Act

Delaware

  • Delaware State Housing Authority (DHSA) Benchmarking

Florida

  • Orlando: Building Energy & Water Efficiency Strategy, Ordinance 2016-64

Georgia

  • Atlanta: Commercial Buildings Energy Efficiency Ordinance

Hawaii

  • Honolulu: Better Buildings Benchmarking Program

Illinois

  • Chicago: Chicago Energy Benchmarking

Iowa

  • Des Moines: Energy and Water Benchmarking Ordinance

Kansas

  • Kansas City: Kansas City Energy Empowerment Ordinance

Maine

  • South Portland: Energy & Water Benchmarking Ordinance
  • Portland: Energy Benchmarking Ordinance

Maryland

  • Montgomery County: Building Energy Benchmarking Law
  • Price George’s County

Massachusetts

  • Boston: Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance
  • Cambridge: Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance
  • Chelsea: Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance
  • Lexington: Building Energy Use Disclosure

Minnesota

  • Bloomington, Edina, St. Louis Park, St. Paul, Rochester: Efficient Buildings Collaborative
  • Minneapolis: Ordinance 47.190
  • St. Paul: Energy Benchmarking Ordinance

Missouri

  • St. Louis: Building Energy Performance Standard

New Jersey

  • New Jersey Housing Mortgage Finance Benchmarking (NJHMFA)
New York
  • New York City Local Law 84
  • New York City Housing Preservation Department Benchmarking (NYC HPD)
  • NY Homes and Communities Renewal (HCR)/Housing Financing Agency (HFA) Reporting

Ohio

  • Columbus: Energy & Water Benchmarking Ordinance

Oregon

  • Portland: Commercial Building Energy Reporting

Pennsylvania

  • Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance

Texas

  • Austin: Energy Conservation Audit and Disclosure Ordinance

Utah

  • Salt Lake City: Commercial Building Benchmarking and Market Transparency

Virginia

  • Arlington County

Washington

  • Benchmarking for the Clean Building Performance Standard
  • Seattle: Energy Use Benchmarking
Other Programs

Green Financing

  • Freddie Mac Green Advantage® Benchmarking
  • Fannie Mae Green Rewards Benchmarking
  • HUD Green Mortgage Insurance Premium (MIP) Benchmarking

Multifamily Programs

  • Better Buildings Challenge (BBC)
  • Earthcraft Multifamily
  • Enterprise Green Communities (EGC)
  • Evergreen Sustainable Development Standards (ESDS)
  • IHDA – Illinois Housing Development Authority Standards for Architectural Planning and Construction

Canada

Vancouver

  • Vancouver City: Vancouver GHG Limits – Vancouver Annual Greenhouse Gas Limits

Ontario

  • Regulation 2017 – Ontario’s Reporting of Energy Consumption and Water Use