Final Performance Standards

Every covered building in Montgomery County has a final site energy use intensity (site EUI) standard that it must reach by that building’s final performance standard deadline (see Covered Buildings and Deadlines). Site EUI measures the energy use per gross square foot of building area each year. Download a spreadsheet of final performance standards for each building type: Final Standards (EXCEL).

Each building’s final performance standard is based on the building's use-type, or types, as reported to DEP via the building's most recent energy benchmarking submission and based on each building's property use type in ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager. The final standard is calculated in one of three ways:

1. If a covered building consists of one building type, then its final performance standard is the final performance standard for that building type, per the chart below.
2. Mixed-use covered buildings have an area-weighted final performance standard based on the gross floor area (GFA) reported for each building type.
3. Buildings with baselines more than 30% away from the building's final performance standard will instead receive a final standard that reflects a 30% reduction from the building's baseline. 

To view each covered building's interim and final performance standard, visit the Performance Requirements Look-Up Tool.

Final performance standard for each building type: