Clayton benchmarking compliance, filed for you
The Clayton Building Energy Awareness Ordinance (Ord. 6919, 2025) requires covered buildings to report energy and water use every year. We gather the data, check it, and file it — usually within a week.
Who’s covered
Private buildings (or groups of buildings, including condominiums under one board) of 100,000 sq ft or more, and city buildings of 10,000 sq ft or more.
Annual deadline
April 1 for the previous calendar year. The first private-building reports are due April 1, 2027, covering 2026. Exemption or extension requests are due 30 days before the deadline.
Verification
No routine third-party verification — but the program runs its own data checks, so accuracy still matters.
Penalties
Each day out of compliance is a separate offense, with fines of up to $1,000 per offense.
What to report
All energy and water used by the whole building — including tenant spaces — for January 1 to December 31:
- Electricity — every meter serving the building
- Natural gas
- District steam, hot or chilled water, if you have it
- Delivered fuels (oil, diesel, propane) — all delivery receipts for the year
- On-site solar production, if any
- Water — whole-building water use
Leave out backup generator fuel. Note any meters added or removed during the year.
Good to know
- Indoor and outdoor water use must be reported.
- Exemptions exist for low occupancy, demolition, primarily industrial use and data the utility or tenants won’t provide.
- 2026 is the first data year — start tracking now.
What we’ll need from you
- Building address, plus any utility service addresses that differ from it
- Gross floor area for the whole building and each use (office, retail, residential…), number of units and year built
- Your Clayton Building ID (we can look it up)
- Utility data for the full calendar year, January 1 – December 31 (usually 13 months of bills)
- If tenants pay their own utilities: whole-building (aggregated) data from the utility, or signed tenant authorization forms
- Access to your ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager account, if you have one
- Any notice or letter you received about this law
Clayton benchmarking questions
When is the Clayton benchmarking deadline?
Does Clayton benchmarking apply to my building?
What happens if I miss it?
Official program information: Clayton benchmarking website. Requirements change — we confirm current rules for every filing.