The city of chula vista is proposing to develop support frameworks for both building owners and community stakeholders to be better able to comply with the city's BPS and increase overall compliance…

The City of Chula Vista was awarded a $10,000,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy under the "Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance" program (CFDA 81.117). The award will support the development of frameworks to help building owners and community stakeholders comply with the city's Building Performance Standard (BPS), with a focus on providing enhanced financial support and services to under-resourced building owners. Key activities include leveraging the city's Climate Equity Index to identify priority buildings, offering no-cost energy benchmarking data verification and subsidized energy audits. This project aims to increase overall BPS compliance rates and promote energy efficiency across Chula Vista's building stock. The award period is from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.

The city of chula vista is proposing to develop support frameworks for both building owners and community stakeholders to be better able to comply with the city's BPS and increase overall compliance rates the city will leverage the existing chula vista climate equity index to develop a building performance standard (BPS) equity framework that identifies priority buildings and provides under-resourced building owners with enhanced financial support to comply with the BPS including no-cost energy benchmarking data verification and subsidized energy audits.