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April 17, 2017

Denver Now Requires Energy Benchmarking – Are You Ready To Comply?

By Lane Schwarzberg

DENVER’S NEW ENERGY BENCHMARKING REQUIREMENT IS FAST APPROACHING…

The first deadline for Denver’s new energy benchmarking requirement is fast approaching – come June 1st of 2017, buildings over 50,000 square feet are required to submit their annual report. This is the first wave of the Energize Denver program passed unanimously in late 2016; the City Council ordinance aims at reducing energy usage in Denver’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions by requiring energy benchmarking in multifamily and commercial buildings and enabling the market to better value energy efficiency.

Complying – Who, When, and How

Commercial and multifamily buildings over 25,000 square feet will be required to report starting on these dates:

  • June 1, 2017 – buildings over 50,000 square feet will be required to report their score
  • June 1, 2018 – buildings over 25,000 square feet will be required to report their score.

Continue reading the GlobeSt blog here.

About the Authors

Lane Schwarzberg

Lane Schwarzberg

National Client Manager
Lane Schwarzberg has more than 12 years of experience in environmental consulting and commercial real estate due diligence, specializing in transactions nationwide. He has significant experience in due diligence assessments for a variety of property types and the needs and requirements of a varied number of reporting standards, including ASTM standards, EPA’s All Appropriate Inquiry (AAI), and customized client formats. Mr. Schwarzberg currently works as a relationship manager providing consulting services and transactional due diligence solutions to a variety of client types including banks, insurance lenders, brokers, developers, individual investors, equity/institutional investors, and developers under Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae guidelines. With a primary area of expertise in the environmental due diligence field where he has performed and/or managed thousands of Phase I ESAs and physical diligence projects, including multiple large multi-site due diligence portfolios. His experience allows him to provide risk-based solutions with a keen understanding of environmental and physical due diligence risk as it relates to specific stakeholders within a particular transaction. He takes pride in assisting his clients in meeting their goals by providing well-documented reports and risk-based solutions that allow his clients to make sound risk management decisions and close deals.

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