Colorado law requires most commercial buildings 50,000 sq ft and larger to hit energy targets by 2030. In Fort Collins, Loveland, Longmont, and Estes Park, Efficiency Works incentives can cover up to 100% of the building study that maps your path there.
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Getting to the 2030 targets starts with knowing where your building actually stands. In Efficiency Works territory, that first step is heavily funded, and for many buildings, fully funded.
Incentives are subject to Efficiency Works preapproval and annual funding availability. Program terms and caps vary by utility. We confirm exactly what your building qualifies for before anything starts.
Efficiency Works is run by Platte River Power Authority together with your local utility. Buildings in these four cities get access to compliance study incentives that simply don't exist for owners elsewhere in Colorado, including Denver, which is served by Xcel.
If all three are true, your compliance study is very likely covered in large part or in full. If you're unsure about any of them, that's exactly what the free call is for.
Colorado's Building Performance Standards apply to most commercial and multifamily buildings at or above 50,000 square feet, roughly 8,000 buildings statewide. The rules go by size, not industry.
Your building takes commercial electric service from Fort Collins Utilities, City of Loveland Utilities, Longmont Power & Communications, or Estes Park Power and Communications.
Your building falls under the statewide Building Performance Standards program. We verify this against the state's list in a few minutes, at no cost to you.
One expert, one engagement, one point of contact. Eli manages every step from the first call to the incentive payment.
A free 15-minute call to confirm whether your building is subject to Colorado BPS and what funding it qualifies for. No obligation.
We contract as your listed Efficiency Works service provider and submit the incentive preapproval application before any work begins.
A full audit of every system (HVAC, envelope, lighting, and controls), plus a compliance plan and a ranked savings roadmap.
The final application goes in, your incentive is processed for payment, and you move forward with a clear path to 2030.
"Eli translated all of it into plain English and handled the rebate for us. The study paid for itself almost immediately."
Colorado's Building Performance Standards come from HB21-1286, as amended by HB25-1269 in May 2025. Here's where things actually stand.
Report your building's energy use to the Colorado Energy Office every year. As of 2026 the reporting window runs July 1 through November 1. That window is open right now.
Comply through an energy or emissions pathway: hit the published target for your building type, or cut 13% by 2026 and 29% by 2030 against your baseline. The 2025 legislature made the 2026 targets voluntary guideposts. The 2030 targets are unchanged and enforceable.
Missing your report draws civil penalties up to $577 for a first violation and $2,300 for each violation after that. Penalty amounts are inflation-adjusted annually.
Performance fines begin January 1, 2030, at up to $2,300 per 30 days of violation. The state pushed the penalties back. It did not move the 2030 finish line.
Figures reflect HB25-1269 (May 2025) and current Building Performance Colorado guidance. A pending federal lawsuit also challenges AQCC Regulation 28; no injunction has issued and the rules remain in effect.
You won't be handed to an account manager. Eli handles the call, the study, and the rebate paperwork himself.
He holds Certified Energy Manager and Certified Energy Auditor designations, backed by a mechanical engineering degree from the Colorado School of Mines and a graduate certificate in applied finance. With over 10 years in the energy industry, including field engineering at GE and utilities management at Anheuser-Busch, he has the technical depth to understand your building systems and the financial fluency to talk ROI with ownership.
Often close to it. The BPS compliance study incentive can cover up to $15,000 of your study cost, with up to $10,000 more available through stackable bonuses (a Building Performance Standards bonus and an electrification study focus bonus), up to 100% of the total cost. Eligibility requires commercial electric service from one of the four Efficiency Works member utilities and that your building is subject to Colorado's Building Performance Standards. We confirm exactly what your building qualifies for before anything starts.
Performance penalties start January 1, 2030, but the reporting requirement is live now (annual reports are due November 1), and Efficiency Works funding is first-come, first-served each calendar year. Owners who act now lock in this year's funding and start capturing energy savings immediately. Waiting shortens your runway to the 2030 targets and costs real money in the meantime.
Not quite. An HVAC contractor looks at your heating and cooling equipment in isolation. A full building energy study looks at your entire building: insulation, lighting, controls, plug loads, water heating, and HVAC together. That whole-building view is what uncovers the biggest savings opportunities and maps your lowest-cost path to the state's 2030 targets.
There isn't one, but there is fine print, and handling it is our job. The study incentive requires Efficiency Works preapproval and a listed service provider, and you agree to share the final study report with Efficiency Works. You get an independent, professional analysis of your building; we make the recommendations; you decide what to act on.
Almost certainly. These rules are based on building size, not industry. Multifamily properties, warehouses, schools, churches, manufacturing facilities, and retail all qualify if the square footage is over the threshold.
We hear that a lot, and we respect it. Our job is to give you clear, accurate information about your building's energy profile and your options. We'll tell you what we find, explain what it means, and let you make the call. If nothing makes financial sense for you, we'll say so.
Send us your building details and we'll come back to you with which rules apply, what your deadlines are, and how much of your study the incentive would cover.
No obligation and no cost to find out. If your building doesn't qualify, or if the numbers don't make sense for you, we'll tell you that plainly.
