Community Benefits

BPS focus on increased building efficiency, plugging into a larger effort of climate change mitigation policies across Colorado, nationwide, and beyond. Investing in the built environment, where we spend 90% of our time, beneficially impacts health, safety, comfort, and resilience.

BPS are a critical tool to mitigate and adapt to impacts of climate change both at the utility level and for community members. Better air quality benefits all residents, as do improvements resulting in increased health, safety, comfort, and resilience. Utility customers stand to benefit directly from BPS through lower utility bills. Multi-family tenants and property managers benefit from reduced operations and maintenance costs, and increased occupancy and tenant retention. Businesses benefit from higher productivity of on-site staff. Building owners benefit from the higher property value of efficient buildings and the value of efficiency investments.

More efficient buildings can also lead to:

• Lower utility bills
• Improved indoor and outdoor air quality
• Increased occupancy and tenant retention
• Higher productivity in employees
• Higher property values
• High-paying jobs and a more competitive economic environment