Miami benchmarking compliance, filed for you
The City of Miami Building Energy and Water Consumption Benchmarking Ordinance 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
Commercial buildings and multifamily buildings (5+ units) of 20,000 sq ft or more, plus city buildings.
Annual deadline
June 30 for the previous calendar year. The first-year (2025) deadline for 20,000+ sq ft buildings was October 1.
Verification
No routine third-party verification — but the program runs its own data checks, so accuracy still matters.
Penalties
$250 per day for a first offense and $500 per day for repeat violations.
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
- Retro-commissioning studies every five years begin as early as 2028.
- Miami’s goal is carbon neutrality by 2050.
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 Miami 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
Miami benchmarking questions
When is the Miami benchmarking deadline?
Does Miami benchmarking apply to my building?
What happens if I miss it?
Official program information: Miami benchmarking website. Requirements change — we confirm current rules for every filing.