Local Issues
Commercial Benchmarking and Energy Efficiency Compliance Reports Due July 1, 2023
June 12, 2023
As you may recall, in 2015, the City of Atlanta passed the Commercial Benchmarking Energy Efficiency Ordinance, requiring energy and water benchmarking and auditing for commercial, including multi-family, properties greater than 25k square feet within Atlanta’s city limits.
The City believes utilizing this benchmarking tool is critical in finding opportunities to make buildings much more energy and water efficient, reducing emissions, and also a cost savings.
Properties that meet the greater than 25k square feet within Atlanta’s city limits criteria are required to benchmark their energy and water usage, submit that data to the City on an annual basis, and have an ASHRAE Level 2 energy audit conducted every ten years.
Training on the ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager® platform is available anytime through the Mayor’s Office of the Mayor's Office of Sustainability & Resilience. If you are interested in learning more about the platform or how to submit your data through the platform, please contact Michelle Midanier, Clean Energy Programs Associate, City of Atlanta, Mayor's Office of Sustainability & Resilience, at mmidanier@atlantaga.gov, or direct mobile: 470.510.4800
The deadline for filing 2022 data is July 1, 2023.
Please visit the City of Atlanta's Commercial Building Energy Efficiency Ordinance website for more information.
About the GRBOR Market Brief
The Greater Rome Board of REALTORS® (GRBOR) Market Brief is compiled by Georgia Multiple Listing Service (GAMLS).For more information on details of this month's report, please contact the Board at 404.845.4025.
*Each month, the numbers reported for the previous month are updated to reflect additional recordings.
About the Greater Rome Board of REALTORS®
The Greater Rome Board of REALTORS® (GRBOR) has been an instrumental factor in the growth of real estate in Floyd County, Georgia for more than a decade. GRBOR serves as a central source of information for its members, with mainly focusing on real estate education, the promotion of professionalism in the industry and representing REALTORS® members with legislative initiatives to create positive change for the real estate community.
About Georgia Multiple Listing Service
Since 1962 Georgia MLS has been providing real estate professionals with exceptional service, proven technology solutions, and unmatched value. With a laser-sharp focus on making the day-to-day tasks of our MLS subscribers more functional, more productive, and more profitable, we continue to implement the service blueprint that has led to our continued growth. For additional information or to start a discussion about how to partner with GAMLS please contact georgiamls@gamls.com.