San Francisco's “Existing Commercial Buildings Energy Performance Ordinance” 17-11

The city of San Francisco requires owners of commercial buildings of at least 10,000 square feet to perform an energy benchmark of that
building annually and report it to the City of San Francisco.

                    Building Size                    Benchmark Deadline
                    > 50,000 SF                      October 1, 2011
                    > 25,000 SF                      April 1, 2012
                    > 10,000 SF                      April 1, 2013

The ordinance also requires that an energy audit be performed on the building every five years. The schedule for building audits is as follows:

                     Due Date                           Audit
                     November 15, 2012        Confirmation of audit due for initial group of buildings, approximately 1/3 of building stock.
                     April 1, 2013                     Confirmation of audit due for second group of buildings, approximately 2/3 of building stock.
                     April 1, 2014                     Confirmation of audit due for final group of buildings
                     2017 and beyond            Confirmation of Energy Audit due for 20% of building stock every year.

To get your building compliant with San Francisco’s ordinance, contact us at [email protected].

To get additional information about San Francisco Ordinance 17-11 click here.