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Tier 2 Building Compliance Costs/Cost Savings

This survey is to help understand the costs and cost savings on Washington small businesses related to the Washington State Clean Buildings Expansion Law which is only related to buildings between 20,000 and 50,000 square feet and multi-family over 20,000 square feet. This expansion law only requires buildings to energy benchmark and have an energy management plan and Operations and Maintenance Program. The expansion law does not require any buildings to meet an energy threshold or implement facility energy upgrades.

If you or your company own multiple buildings, please fill out the survey once per building
1.How large is your building?
2.What is your primary building type?
3.Approximately how many employees does your company have?
4.How many hours have you or an employee dedicated or expect to dedicated to learning and understanding the Clean Buildings Expansion Law?
5.How many hours have you or an employee dedicated or expect to dedicated to benchmarking your building's energy usage?
6.Approximately how many hours are required for you or an employee to develop and implement an energy management plan and operations and maintenance program for your building?
7.What are your estimated costs associated with the initial energy benchmarking process for this building?
8.What are your estimated costs for developing and implementing an energy management plan and operations and maintenance program?
9.Have you or do you foresee any cost savings associated with compliance with the Clean Buildings Expansions Law? This can be related to energy savings, effective operations and maintenance programs, energy use understanding, etc. 
10.Please provide any additional comments, concerns, or suggestions related to the Clean Buildings Expansion Law and its impact on small businesses such as challenges, recommendations, concerns, etc.
11.Please enter your contact information below