Commercial Buildings Rating System

If the building is not exempt, it will need an energy rating according to an Austin Energy-approved energy rating system.
Approved rating systems include:

• Portfolio Manager from EPA ENERGY STAR®, for buildings 5,000 square feet or more
• Austin Energy Free Online Commercial/Business Energy Analysis tool, for buildings less than 5,000 square feet

Portfolio Manager might not be able to rate some specialized facilities. In such cases, Portfolio Manager returns a reason for incompletion. Building owners should email that reason to Austin Energy.
Voluntary Goals
The City Council has set the following voluntary goals to encourage commercial properties to improve their energy-efficiency rating:

If your energy rating is
You should

75 or higher
(no action necessary)

63-74
Raise the score to at least 75

42-62
Raise the score by 20%

Below 42
Raise the score to 50

Information about Austin Energy and the ECAD Ordinance is from the Austin Energy website http://www.austinenergy.com