Building Benchmarking | City of Loveland Utilities

The City of Loveland's Building Benchmarking Program, established to meet directives of the State of Colorado's Energy Office (CEO), has been successfully supporting large building owners in reducing utility expenses through enhanced energy efficiency.

By providing detailed energy data, we assist property owners in accurately assessing their building's energy score and identifying opportunities for energy and cost savings. On top of facilitating compliance with the CEO's Building Performance Colorado requirements, we offer guidance on implementing straightforward efficiency measures and planning strategic upgrades that benefit both businesses bottom line and environmental sustainability.

We remain committed to helping business owners achieve continued improvements in energy efficiency and cost management.

What is Building Performance Colorado (BPC)?

Building Performance Colorado (BPC) is a statewide program administered by the Colorado Energy Office (CEO) aimed at increasing energy efficiency and decreasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the building sector.

The program was created as a result of the "Energy Performance for Buildings" Statute and is administered by the CEO. The goal of the BPC program is to help Colorado building owners to understand and track energy use from large buildings and reduce GHG pollution economy-wide.

Background for BPC

The "Energy Performance for Buildings" Statue (House Bill 21-1286) passed the Colorado General Assembly on June 8, 2021 and went into effect on September 6, 2021.

This law requires owners of large commercial, multifamily and public buildings 50,000 square feet or more to annually benchmark their whole-building energy use to the Colorado Energy Office (CEO).

Benchmarking is simply the measurement and tracking of energy use in buildings, which helps building owners and tenants better understand how their building's energy performance compares to similar buildings and identify opportunities to cut energy waste and save money.

The Importance of BPC

According to the Colorado Energy Office (CEO), buildings consumed 40% of all energy in the U.S. in 2020 and produced 4.5% of the total (90.6M metric tons) Colorado CO2 emissions in 2018.

Energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions associated with a building cause increasing costs to utility ratepayers for increased energy production, negative health effects associated with air pollution and worsening impacts of climate change.

Through the Building Performance Colorado (BPC) program, building owners can make energy improvements, reducing their emissions and energy costs. Benchmarking and Building Performance Standards will also support job growth in Colorado, especially in the energy efficiency sector.

Nationwide, businesses that benchmark see an average savings of 2.4% on their annual energy costs. Getting started is easy.

First, you will need to verify that the square footage of your building is greater than 50,000 square feet. If it is, you will be required to submit the information to the state. In order to do this, you will need the state identification number for your building.

On the state identification number website, you simply need to enter your building address and search for the number of your building, it will begin with "C". You will need this number in order to submit a request to the city for the energy usage information for your building.