September 2024 - Community Associations Newsletter - Building Energy Performance Standards In D.C. And Maryland

As you may know, the District of Columbia and Maryland have adopted Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) that apply to many of our condominium clients. 

In D.C., the Clean Energy DC Omnibus Act of 2018 (“the D.C. Act”) requires all privately owned multifamily buildings to measure and report energy and water benchmarking data to the D.C. Department of Energy and Environment (“DOEE”) by April 1 of each year (although there was an extension to July 1 for the 2024 reporting deadline).  The reporting requirements have been phased based on the size of the building.