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Frequently Asked Questions
What is CBPS compliance?
CBPS (Clean Buildings Performance Standard) is a Washington State energy efficiency law that requires certain commercial buildings to meet energy performance targets. Compliance helps reduce energy costs, lower emissions, and avoid state penalties.
Clean buildings are essential to meeting our state energy goals. In 2019 the Clean Buildings bill was signed into law, expanded in 2022, and augmented in 2023. The objective is to lower costs and pollution from fossil fuel consumption in the state’s existing covered buildings, multifamily buildings, and campus district energy systems. The law also provides Tier 1 and Tier 2 incentives to encourage building owners to make energy efficiency improvements earlier than required.
Who Required to comply with CBPS?
All public and privately owned buildings, which meet the definition of a Tier 1 or Tier 2 covered building are subject to the requirements of the Clean Buildings Performance Standard (except for federal buildings and buildings belonging exclusively to federally recognized tribes).
Do churches or other non-profits need to comply with the Standard?
Public Buildings are buildings owned by State Agencies, School and Health Districts, Colleges and Cities, Municipalities and Counties (this does not include buildings owned by a non-profit, even if the non-profit is funded by a public agency).
Who must comply with Washington CBPS?
The Clean Buildings Portal is a database of all covered buildings. It provides building owners with a secure system to manage their building’s compliance with the Clean Buildings Performance Standard and submit applications to the Early Adopter Incentive Program. Please note: Features for Tier 2 will not be available until after July 2025.
Do multifamily buildings count?
Tier 1 covered building: No, a building is not required to be submetered to comply with the Standard. Please review the submetering documentation for additional information. Tier 1 covered buildings subject to the Standard, that are not independently metered and thus cannot measure an energy use intensity (EUI), may either use the Section 5.2.1.1 connected building reporting pathway, or comply with the investment criteria, as follows.
Tier 1 covered buildings that share energy meters with other covered and/or not-covered buildings shall either:
1. Submeter: Report each individual covered building, which would require submetering, demonstrating compliance through the EUIt compliance pathway or through the investment criteria compliance pathway, or
2. Shared Meters: Report as grouped buildings, keeping the shared metering, demonstrating compliance at the connected building level through the EUIt compliance pathway. Connected building level compliance via the investment criteria compliance pathway is not allowed.
Tier 2 covered building: Owners of Tier 2 covered buildings may choose to submeter their building’s energy use, but it is not required. Those that share energy meters with other buildings shall report energy benchmarking data at the connected building level.
Do I need to comply if my building is exempt?
CBPS applies to commercial and multifamily buildings in Washington over 20,000 square feet. Tier 1 covers non-residential buildings over 50,000 sq ft. Tier 2 covers non-residential buildings from 20,001 to 50,000 sq ft and all multifamily buildings over 20,000 sq ft.