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Boulder Building Performance Ordinance

Requiring Energy Audits and Benchmarking, Energy Use Benchmarking and Auditing
Local Governments
Requires owners of commercial and industrial buildings to annually rate and report the energy use of their buildings and perform periodic energy assessments.

Atlanta’s Benchmarking and Auditing Requirements

Requiring Energy Audits and Benchmarking, Energy Use Benchmarking and Auditing
Local Governments
Requires both energy benchmarking and auditing. Benchmarking is required for city-owned buildings over 10,000 sf or certain classes of buildings over 25,000 sf. 

Berkeley’s Energy Savings Ordinance (No. 7397)

Requiring Energy Audits and Benchmarking, Energy Use Benchmarking and Auditing
Local Governments
Requires energy assessments at time of sale for medium, small, and single family buildings, and will phase-in all buildings by building size and year, with the exception of single family homes (1 to 4 units).

ASHRAE’s Procedures for Commercial Building Energy Audits

Requiring Energy Audits and Benchmarking, Energy Use Benchmarking and Auditing
States and State Governments, Local Governments, Private Entities
These standards describe three levels of energy audits, which are frequently cited in defining the scope of a required energy audit.

EPA’s Energy Star Portfolio Manager tool

Requiring Energy Audits and Benchmarking, Energy Use Benchmarking and Auditing
Individual Agencies
Designed to measure and track energy and water consumption, as well as greenhouse gas emissions, for either one or a whole portfolio of buildings.

Morgan Hill gas prohibition ordinance

Natural Gas Bans in New Buildings
Local Governments
Morgan Hill adopted a gas prohibition ordinance in 2019. Its gas-free commitment is similar to Berkeley’s in that it’s based on health and safety grounds, but it goes a step further by immediately impacting more buildings. 

Brisbane electric reach code

Natural Gas Bans in New Buildings
Local Governments
In 2019, Brisbane passed a mandatory all electric reach code for new construction. There are exemptions for cooking appliances, but the code requires pre wiring throughout the building so a transition from gas to electric in the future is possible.

Brookline’s new gas hookup ban

Natural Gas Bans in New Buildings
Local Governments
In November 2019, Brookline MA approved a bylaw that prohibits the installation of oil and gas heating systems in new construction beginning in 2021. It makes an exception for gas stoves. In July 2020, Massachusetts' AG blocked the ban.