Building Performance Colorado
Benchmarking and building performance standards reduce emissions statewide.
The state’s Building Performance Colorado (BPC) program, which includes benchmarking requirements and Building Performance Standards (BPS), will help us meet state goals to reduce emissions from large commercial, multifamily, and public buildings by 7% by 2026 and 20% by 2030, compared to 2021 levels. These policies apply to commercial, multifamily and public buildings 50,000 square feet and larger (“covered buildings”).
2025 Deadlines for Covered Buildings
- June 1, 2025: 2024 Benchmarking report and fee payment due
- July 1, 2025: Deadline to select compliance pathway without requiring formal request
- December 31, 2025: Deadline for building owners to submit a request for a timeline adjustment, standard target adjustment, or individualized targets
Colorado’s Benchmarking Program
Energy benchmarking refers to tracking and reporting a building’s energy use and is critical to understanding how building owners and operators can reduce energy costs and improve performance in their buildings.
Benchmarking requirements increase transparency for how buildings use energy and helps building owners:
Building owners are required to submit an annual benchmarking report by June 1 every year.
For Building Owners:
The 2025 Building Performance Colorado reporting season will open March 1, 2025 and close June 1, 2025. The reporting season will open again in 2025. We recommend building owners start planning for and coordinating their reporting prior to the start of the reporting season.
Owners of commercial, multifamily, and public buildings larger than 50,000 square feet must comply with the benchmarking requirements. The BPC program includes training opportunities and a dedicated Help Center to assist building owners.
The Building Performance Colorado Knowledgebase includes information on:
- Program requirements and dates
- Instructions for report submissions and fees
- Program forms
- Training resources
- Interactive compliance map
To view benchmarking reports, compliance status, submitted forms, contact information, tax assessor details, and previous correspondence with the Building Performance Colorado Program, visit the Building Owner Portal.
Go to Building Owner Portal
For Utilities:
Utilities are required to provide building owners with their aggregated energy use data. By sharing these data, utilities assist building owners and improve benchmarking reporting compliance. CEO provides a variety of resources to simplify data sharing for utilities.
View the Utility Data Access Best Practices Guide
Watch Utility Data Accelerator Workshop recordings
Building Performance Standards
Once building owners benchmark their utility data, it’s time to meet sector-wide greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets of 7% by 2026 and 20% by 2030 from 2021 levels. Building Performance Standards (BPS) create energy performance targets for covered buildings to meet over the coming years, such as specific reductions in energy use or GHG emissions.
The Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) adopted Colorado’s BPS rules on August 17, 2023, taking effect October 15, 2023.
View the BPS Rules
The Colorado Energy Office developed Technical Guidance to help building owners and industry professionals understand building performance rules and program requirements, options for demonstrating compliance, and strategies to reduce energy use and carbon emissions in buildings.
View Technical Guidance
Important: The State’s program does not supersede or replace local performance standard requirements. Building owners will need to comply with both State and local BPS requirements.
Additional Resources
Additional information about funding and financing resources is linked below. This resource will be updated regularly.
View Funding and Financing Resources Spreadsheet
View Building Performance Colorado Resource Links
For more information, contact the Building Performance Colorado Help desk: building.performance@state.co.us.
