A new building becomes an existing building as soon as it’s built. If you are required to benchmark, per the information listed above, you must start benchmarking your building starting the calendar year after receiving your Certificate of Occupancy and once a full calendar year of utility data can be collected. After a full calendar year of benchmarking data has been reported, a new building will be required to meet the standard at the beginning of the next BEPS period.
For information about how buildings built under the District’s new buildings code fare against the BEPS requirements, please see our resource, Where DC’s Building Code Meets BEPS.