San José BPO compliance, filed for you
The San José Energy and Water Building Performance 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
Non-residential and multifamily buildings of 20,000 sq ft or more.
Annual deadline
May 1 for the previous calendar year.
Verification
No routine third-party verification — but the program runs its own data checks, so accuracy still matters.
Penalties
$25 per day (up to $2,500 a year) for buildings under 50,000 sq ft; $50 per day (up to $5,000 a year) for larger buildings.
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
- Buildings that don’t meet the city’s performance standards need an energy audit or retro-commissioning every five years.
- Buildings that report to San José don’t file separately under California’s AB 802.
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 San José 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
San José BPO questions
When is the San José BPO deadline?
Does San José BPO apply to my building?
What happens if I miss it?
Official program information: San José BPO website. Requirements change — we confirm current rules for every filing.