AB 802
A report produced by the EPA’s Energy Star Portfolio Manager software.
All commercial buildings and multi-family buildings over 50,000 sq. ft. must comply. However, there are a few exemptions that may qualify, contact us for clarification.
EPA’s Energy Star Portfolio Manager software is used for benchmarking, and LA Department of Building and Safety (EBEWE) / California Energy Commission (AB 802) websites are used for reporting.
For the City of LA’s disclosure, energy (electric, gas, solar) and water must be disclosed. For California’s AB 802, only energy (and solar) needs to be disclosed.
The owner of the building at the time of the reporting deadline (June 1) is responsible for submitting energy use data for the compliance year.
Yes, the ownership of the building will be required to comply and cooperation from the tenant will be necessary.
Yes, compliance will be required by the entity who owns the building on June 1 of the reporting year for the previous compliance year.
Yes, ownership during the current reporting year is responsible for complying.
Yes, since parking garages also consume energy they are also required to comply.
Yes, you will need to include the whole building's usage even if tenants pay for their own utilities. Utility providers can provide aggregated data for the report, but might require tenant consent forms for buildings with a small number of tenants.
If your parking area has lighting and/or consumes any energy usage, you will need to include the size of your parking area.
Send an email to Energy Star through their "Contact Us" page. (there's no actual email address until you submit a question, then they email you)
AB 802 Benchmarking requires that all energy generated and consumed must be reported. Energy Star Portfolio Manager will allow you to add renewable energy sources, so you can calculate all usage and consumption at your building.
You need to request the data from the utilities by filling out authorization and benchmarking forms. Then share the property with the utility through the EPA software, and the utility will upload the data into the account.
Annually by June 1 of each year.
You can find the list of building definitions here: https://portfoliomanager.energystar.gov/pm/glossary
Broker
Yes, the ownership of the building will be required to comply and cooperation from the tenant will be necessary.
Yes, compliance is required. However, who is responsible for compliance varies by law. Contact us for more information.
Yes, ownership during the current reporting year is responsible for complying.
Annually by June 1 of each year.
A California incentive program for buildings to be constructed at a higher efficiency than the current building code. Once enrolled, a building that is constructed at a minimum of 10% better than the required building code could receive an incentive of up to $150,000 for the owner and a percentage of the owner’s incentive to the design team. Utilities provide free advice to build at this higher efficiency.
It is the building owner’s responsibility to benchmark their building in compliance with these laws.
Yes, a registration fee is paid per building.
EBEWE
1. What is the sq. footage threshold for City of LA’s Energy and Water Disclosure Ordinance (EBEWE)?
All commercial buildings and multi-family buildings over 20,000 sq. ft. must comply
EPA’s Energy Star Portfolio Manager software is used for benchmarking, and LA Department of Building and Safety (EBEWE) / California Energy Commission (AB 802) websites are used for reporting.
For the City of LA’s disclosure, energy (electric, gas, solar) and water must be disclosed.
The current building owner is responsible for submitting energy use data for all previous and current compliance years (if compliance was not previously met).
Yes, the ownership of the building will be required to comply and cooperation from the tenant will be necessary.
Yes, the new owners would be responsible to bring the building up to code (i.e. complying for all the required benchmark years) and LADBS would provide extensions for them to do so.
Yes, ownership during the current reporting year is responsible for complying.
Annually by June 1 of each year.
Yes, since parking garages also consume energy they are also required to comply.
Yes, you will need to include the whole building's usage even if tenants pay for their own utilities. Utility providers can provide aggregated data for the report, but might require tenant consent forms for buildings with a small number of tenants.
If your parking area has lighting and/or consumes any energy usage, you will need to include the size of your parking area.
You will need to log into your DBS Account to check if your report has been received and accepted by DBS. If it has, your account will display the date the report was submitted and the date your building complied. If your account still says "Not Complete" after a day or two, reach out to DBS.
Send an email to Energy Star through their "Contact Us" page. (there's no actual email address until you submit a question, then they email you)
You may call or email DBS and discuss the issue with them.
EBEWE Benchmarking requires that all energy generated and consumed must be reported. Energy Star Portfolio Manager will allow you to add renewable energy sources, so you can calculate all usage and consumption at your building.
The building ID is a specific number given by the Department of Building and Safety that identifies the building in their system. It is unique to your building and is important for reporting and Phase II compliance dates.
Beginning in 2021, buildings with an ID ending in 0 or 1, will either have to have an audit and retro-commissioning completed or will need to meet one of several exemptions set by the City.
You can add multiple buildings to your single LADBS account.
The building address and performance results and metrics (Energy Use Intensity, Energy Score, Water Use Intensity) are published here.
For the City of LA’s disclosure, energy (electric, gas, solar) and water must be disclosed. For California’s AB 802, only energy (and solar) needs to be disclosed.
An exemption can be granted by bringing the issue to Department of Building and Safety.
There are no penalties for having high usage. There are only penalties for not complying with the ordinance and submitting your data.
Contact us or Department of Building and Safety.
A report produced by the EPA’s Energy Star Portfolio Manager software.
Yes, building owners may be granted an extension of time to file any submittal with satisfactory proof that certain conditions apply. Please inquire to learn more.
