Reno

In January 2019, Reno City Council adopted ordinance 7068, authorizing the Reno Energy and Water Efficiency Program. The ordinance enacts a benchmarking and transparency requirement for city-, state agency-, and privately-owned non-residential and multifamily buildings. City buildings 10,000 square feet and larger and non-residential and multifmaily buildings 30,000 feet and larger must begin reporting their energy and water consumption to the City between 2019 and 2021. In addition to the benchmarking requirement, every seven years buildings whose benchmarking results fall below the ordinance's performance targets must complete an audit or retuning.
To meet the ordinance's energy performance target, a building must show that for at least two of the last seven years, it received an ENERGY STAR Score of 50 or higher; an energy use intensity (EUI) equivalent to or better than the performance of 50 percent of all similar building types; a 15 percent improvement in its ENERGY STAR score relative to a baseline year; or a 10 percent reduction in EUI relative to a baseline year.
To meet the ordinance's water performance target, a building must show that for at least two of the last seven years, it received an ENERGY STAR Water Score of 50 or higher; a water use intensity (WUI) equivalent to or better than the performance of 50 percent of all similar building types; a 15 point improvement in its ENERGY STAR Water Score relative to a baseline year.
Building Types Affected | Size | Compliance Deadline |
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Public/Government | Greater Than or Equal To 10,000 Sq. Feet | 2019-04-01 |
Multi-Family, Non-Residential | Greater Than or Equal To 100,000 Sq. Feet | 2020-04-01 |
Multi-Family, Non-Residential | Greater Than or Equal To 50,000 Sq. Feet | 2021-04-01 |
Multi-Family, Non-Residential | Greater Than or Equal To 30,000 Sq. Feet | 2022-04-01 |