BPS Programs

Across the U.S. and Canada, an increasing number of jurisdictions are adopting Building Performance Standards (BPS) — regulations that require building owners to meet defined targets for energy efficiency, water usage and greenhouse gas emissions. In parallel, many cities and states have introduced Audit, Tune-Up and Retro-commissioning policies, which mandate technical upgrades for underperforming buildings.

These programs vary significantly in terms of scope, applicable building types and reporting requirements, making compliance a complex and evolving challenge for many organizations.

The table below provides a brief overview of BPS programs that have been adopted or are currently in development, along with key details for each program.

Jursidiction: State/Provinence	Jurisdiction: City/ County Name	Program Name	Program Type	Covered Buidings	Links
California	Berkeley	Building Emissions Saving Ordinance (BESO)	Audit / Retro-Commissioning (A/RCx)	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: 50,000 sq. ft.	Program Site Regulation Text
California	Brisbane	Building Efficiency Program Beyond Benchmarking – Audit & Tune Up Requirements	Audit / Retro-Commissioning (A/RCx)	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial, Industrial GFA Threshold: 10,000 sq. ft.	Program Website Covered Building List Regulation Text
California	Chula Vista	Building Energy Saving (Ordinance 3498)	Audit & Tune Up	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: 20,000 sq. ft.	Program Website Covered Building List Regulation Text
California	Los Angeles	Existing Buildings Energy and Water Efficiency (EBEWE) (Ordinance No. 18)	Audit / Retro-Commissioning (A/RCx)	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: 20,000 sq. ft.	Program Site Covered Buidling List Regulation Text
California	San Francisco	Existing Buildings Energy Ordinance (EBO)	Audit / Retro-Commissioning (A/RCx)	Property Type: Commercial GFA Threshold: 10,000 sq. ft.	Program Website Covered Building List Regulation Text
California	San Jose	Energy and Water Building Performance Ordinance (EWBPO)	Audit / Retro-Commissioning (A/RCx)	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: 50,000 sq. ft.	Program Site Covered Building List Regulation Text
California	Santa Monica	BPS Coalition: BPS Development	Building Performance Standard	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: 20,000 sq. ft.	Program Website Regulation Text
California	Statewide	Water and Energy Savings Act (SB 48)	Building Performance Standard	Not yet adopted	Regulation Text
Colorado	Aspen	Building IQ – BPS	Building Performance Standard	Not yet adopted	Program Website Regulation Text
Colorado	Boulder	Boulder Building Performance Ordinance (Ordinance No. 8071)	Audit / Retro-Commissioning (A/RCx)	Property Type: Commercial GFA Threshold: 20,000 sq. ft.	Program Site Covered Building List: Excel link on website Regulation Text
Colorado	Denver	Energize Denver (Bill 21-1310)	Building Performance Standard	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: 25,000 sq. ft. Note: Buildings 5,000 -24,999 sq. ft. do not need to meet EUI targets but are required to demonstrate lighting improvements or renewable energy utilization	Program Website Covered Building List Regulation Text
Colorado	Fort Collins	Building Performance Standards Proposal	Building Performance Standard	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: 5,000 sq. ft.	Program Website Regulation Text
Colorado	Statewide	Energy Performance for Buildings (HB 21-1286)	Building Performance Standard	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: 50,000 sq. ft.	Program Site Covered Building List Regulation Text
Florida	Miami	Building energy and water consumption benchmarking and retuning ordinance (BE305)	Audit / Retro-Commissioning (A/RCx)	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: 50,000 sq. ft.	Program Site Covered Building List Regulation Text
Florida	Orlando	Building Energy & Water Efficiency Strategy	Audit & Tune Up	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: 50,000 sq. ft.	Program Website Covered Building List Regulation Text
Georgia	Atlanta	Commercial Building Energy Efficiency Ordinance (CBEEO)	Audit / Retro-Commissioning (A/RCx)	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: 25,000 sq. ft.	Program Website Covered Building List
Illinois	Chicago	BPS Coalition: BPS development	Building Performance Standard	Not yet adopted	N/A
Illinois	Evanston	Healthy Buildings Ordinance	Building Performance Standard	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: 20,000 ft. sq.	Program Website Covered Building List Regulation Text
Maryland	Montgomery County	Building Energy Use Benchmarking and Performance Standards (Bill 16-21)	Building Performance Standard	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: 25,000 sq. ft.	Program Site Covered Building List Regulation Text
Maryland	Statewide	Climate Solutions Now Act (SB 528)	Building Performance Standard	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: 35,000 sq. ft.	Program Website Covered Building List Regulation Text
Massachusetts	Boston	Building Emissions Reduction & Disclosure Ordinance (Chpt VII, Sec 7-2.1 & 7-2.2)	Building Performance Standard	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: M: 15+ units, C: 20,000 sq. ft.	Program Website Covered Buildings List Regulation Text
Massachusetts	Cambridge	Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (Ordinance 2021-26)	Building Performance Standard	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: Multifamily ≥ 50 units, Commercial ≥ 25,000 sq. ft.	Program Website Covered Building List Regulation Text
Massachusetts	Newton	Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO) Newton	Building Performance Standard	Property Type: Multifamily GFA Threshold: 100,000 sq. ft.	Program Website Covered Building List: Excel file on program site Regulation Text
Massachusetts	Statewide	Better Buildings Act (SB 2178)	Building Performance Standards	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: 20,000 sq. ft.	Regulation Text
Massachusetts	Watertown	Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance Watertown	Building Performance Standard	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: 20,000 sq. ft.	Program Website Regulation Text
Minnesota	Edina	Efficient Building Ordinance	Audit / Retro-Commissioning (A/RCx)	Property Type: Public, Commercial GFA Threshold: 25,000-49,999 sq. ft.	Program Website Regulation Text
Minnesota	Minneapolis	Energy Evaluation Requirements	Audit / Retro-Commissioning (A/RCx)	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: 50,000 sq. ft.	Program Website Covered Building List Regulation Text
Minnesota	Statewide	Building Energy Performance Standards (HF 5423)	Building Performance Standard	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: 50,000 sq. ft.	Regulation Text
Missouri	St. Louis	Building Energy Performance Standards (Ordinance 71132)	Building Performance Standard	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: 50,000 sq. ft.	Program Website Covered Buildings List Regulation Text
Nevada	Reno	Energy and Water Efficiency Program (ReEnergize Reno)	Audit / Retro-Commissioning (A/RCx)	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: 30,000 sq. ft.	Program Website Covered Building List Regulation Text
New York	New York City	Local Law 87: Energy Audits and Retro-commissioning	Audit / Retro-Commissioning (A/RCx)	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: 50,000 sq. ft.	Program Website Covered Building List: Excel file on program site Regulation Text
New York	New York	Sustainable Buildings NYC (Local Law 97)	Building Performance Standard	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: 25,000 sq. ft.	Program Website Covered Building List: File link on program site Regulation Text
Oregon	Portland	HEART BPS	Building Performance Standard	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial Not yet adopted	Program Website
Oregon	Statewide	Energy Performance Standards (HB 3409)	Building Performance Standard	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: M: 35,000 sq. ft. C: 20,000 sq. ft.	Program Website Regulation Text
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Building Energy Performance Policy	Audit / Retro-Commissioning (A/RCx)	Property Type: Commercial GFA Threshold: 50,000 sq. ft.	Program Website Covered Building List Regulation Text
Rhode Island	Statewide	Building Decarbonization Act (SB 0091)	Building Performance Standard	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: 25,000 sq. ft.	Regulation Text
Texas	Austin	Energy Conservation Audit and Disclosure (ECAD)	Audit / Retro-Commissioning (A/RCx)	Property Type: Multifamily, Single-Family GFA Threshold: Multifamily ≥ 10,000 sq. ft. and 5+ residential units, Single-Family – All (upon sale)	Program Website Regulation Text
Utah	Salt Lake City	Commercial Building Benchmarking and Market Transparency (Elevate Buildings)	Audit / Retro-Commissioning (A/RCx)	Property Type: Commercial GFA Threshold: 25,000 sq. ft.	Program Website Covered Building List Regulation Text
Washington	Seattle	Building Emissions Performance Standards	Building Performance Standard	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: 20,000 sq. ft.	Program Website Regulation Text
Washington	Statewide	Clean Buildings Performance Standard (HB 1257)	Building Performance Standard	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: 20,000 sq. ft.	Program Website Covered Building List Regulation Text
Washington, D.C.	Washington, D.C.	Building Energy Performance Standards and Benchmarking (D.C. Law 22-257)	Building Performance Standard	Property Type: Multifamily, Commercial GFA Threshold: 50,000 sq ft, 25,000 sq. ft., 10,000 sq. ft.(tiered)	Program Website Covered Building List: Excel file on program site Regulation Text
Wisconsin	Madison	Building Energy Savings Program (requires Tune-up)	Tune-Up	Property Type: Commercial GFA Threshold: 50,000 sq. ft.	Program Website Covered Building List Regulation Text
British Columbia, Canada	Vancouver	Greenhouse Gas and Energy Limits By-law (Bylaw 13472)	Building Performance Standard	Property Type: Commercial GFA Threshold: 100,000 sq. ft.	Program Website Covered Building List Regulation Text

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Last updated 7/22/2025