In an effort to preserve integrity, quality of life, and strengthen the local economy the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment established an Energy Efficiency Program. An integral part of this Energy Efficiency Program is the county’s new Benchmarking Ordinance. The ordinance is sited in the Denver Revised Municipal Code, Chapter 4, Article V. Energy Efficiency in Commercial and Multifamily Buildings. The ordinance requires covered buildings over the size of twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet to report their annual energy usage to the department.    Read the article………………………..