We've put some Frequently Asked Questions about the EBEWE ordinance that may save you some time.
Call us at 415-937-5046 if you have further questions or need additional assistance.
Pegasus will keep you in compliance with EBEWE by preparing your annual benchmark reports as well as your 5-year Energy and Water Audit and Retro-Commissioning (A/RCx) reports.
All privately owned buildings 20,000 square feet or more within the Los Angeles City limits must comply with EBEWE which requires filing:
1. The annual Energy Benchmark report which is due on June 1st.
2. A five-year Energy and Water Audit and Retro-commissioning (A/RCx) report. See the A/RCx reporting schedule below.
If you are not sure if your building is within the city limits, just call us at 415-937-5046. Only a "house" number and street name are required.
A building with a triple-net lease is exempt from EBEWE. It is called a "Base-Building exemption". You will be required to submit a copy of the lease to LADBS indicating the page(s) referencing the lease terms.
If your commercial building has 3 or more tenants you will not be required to get individual tenant permission to obtain their utility data. You may request "whole-building" or aggregated" data from the utilities. As the name implies, only the total building's usage is provided. No one tenant's data is shown, thus protecting the tenant's confidentiality.
If you have only one or two tenants, you will be required to obtain the tenant's permission to obtain the utility data.
The deadlines for filing the Audit and RCx reports are determined by the last digit of the LADBS Building ID Number as follows:
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A building occupied for less than five years is exempt from the audit and retro-commissioning reporting.
ENERGY Exemptions
High-performance energy exemptions:
Energy Retrofit exemptions:
If a building does not have a central cooling system (or the aggregated capacity of the individual systems is less than 100 tons), the building can retrofit four of the six measures below:
WATER exemptions
High-Performance Water exemptions:
Water Retrofit exemptions:
If a building does not have a central chilled-water cooling system, the building can retrofit two of the three measures below:
Pegasus will prepare and file your Exemption Report if your building meets the requirements for an exemption as certified by our Professional Engineer.
The cost to prepare the annual Energy Benchmark report ranges from $225 to $350.
The cost of preparing the 5-Year Audit and Retro-commissioning Reports vary from $.10 to $.40 per square foot
For the reporting period, monthly (or bi-monthly)
Each building must be benchmarked separately using the associated Building ID, provided it meets the minimum footage requirements for reporting.
The EBEWE non-compliance fee is $202. This fee may be subject to late fees, collection fees, and interest.
If this invoice is not paid within 30 days of the date of the invoice, an additional 250% late charge/collection fee will be imposed, and a collection agency may be assigned. After 60 days of no payment, interest will accrue at 12% annually (compounded monthly or a portion of a month) until this invoice and any additional charges accrued since this invoice was issued have been paid.
Please note that payment of the non-compliance fee does not result in Compliance. The building will remain out of compliance with the City of Los Angeles and, as with any Los Angeles Municipal Code violation, will be subject to further legal action. Additionally, the status of each building (Complied or Not Complied) is posted publicly, which could lead to potential embarrassment or reputational damage, and, in the future, may be recorded on the property as an open violation.
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