Building performance standards in the US: a registry of the 16 adopted laws, deadlines and penalties

Registry of US building performance standards (adopted laws and watch list)

Checked quarterly. Last checked 2026-10-18. Entries are neutral records of public data; each links to its source record.

Which cities and states have building performance standards in 2026

Sixteen US jurisdictions have adopted building performance standards for existing buildings: four states and 12 cities or counties. Washington, Colorado and Maryland each pair a statewide law with a local one.

Building performance standard (BPS): A state or local law that requires existing buildings above a size threshold to meet a measured energy or greenhouse gas limit by set deadlines, with penalties or alternative payments if they do not. A benchmarking law only requires reporting; a BPS requires results.

The Institute for Market Transformation counts 16 US jurisdictions with an adopted BPS as of August 7, 2026 (IMT, August 2026). CB&C opened the law text, rules or program page for 15 of the 16 and lists all of them in the registry and in table t1; Newton's details come from IMT's matrix because the city site blocked automated access. The Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance counted 16 policies, including four statewide, in 2025 (MEEA).

The four statewide standards are Washington (HB 1257, signed May 7, 2019), Colorado (HB21-1286, signed June 24, 2021), Maryland (Climate Solutions Now Act, enacted April 9, 2022) and Oregon (HB 3409, Oregon Laws 2023 Chapter 442).

The 12 local standards are New York City, Washington DC, St. Louis, Boston, Denver, Chula Vista, Montgomery County (MD), Cambridge, Seattle, Newton, Evanston and West Hollywood. West Hollywood adopted the most recent one on December 1, 2025 (City of West Hollywood).

Interest is wider than adoption. The National BPS Coalition lists 49 member governments (7 states and 42 localities) that have committed to work toward BPS or related policies, and IMT estimates its members hold about 25% of the nation's commercial building stock (National BPS Coalition). Membership is a commitment, not a law, so members such as Ann Arbor, Columbus and Reno are not counted here.

Which buildings building performance standards cover

Every adopted standard targets large existing buildings. Ten of 16 reach buildings of 25,000 sq ft or smaller, and the 20,000 sq ft line is the most common threshold.

Six jurisdictions start at 20,000 sq ft (Boston, Newton, Chula Vista, West Hollywood, Evanston, Seattle). Four start at 25,000 sq ft (New York City, Denver, Cambridge, Montgomery County). Maryland and Oregon start at 35,000 sq ft. St. Louis, DC, Washington State and Colorado start at 50,000 sq ft.

Thresholds ratchet down in some places. DC covers private buildings of 50,000 sq ft in Cycle 1, 25,000 sq ft from January 1, 2028 and 10,000 sq ft from January 1, 2034 (D.C. Code 8-1772.21). Washington's Tier 2 (20,000 to 50,000 sq ft and multifamily over 20,000 sq ft) reports from July 1, 2027 but has no energy target yet (Washington Commerce).

Size thresholds capture most floor area with few buildings. In the 2018 national survey, commercial buildings larger than 25,000 sq ft were 12.6% of the 5,918 thousand commercial buildings but held 64.7% of the 96,423 million sq ft of commercial floorspace (EIA CBECS 2018). CBECS excludes multifamily housing, which most BPS also cover.

Most programs exempt or defer some uses. Common carve-outs in the opened texts include manufacturing and industrial buildings (Washington, Maryland, Seattle), federal buildings, and extended timelines for affordable housing (New York City, DC, Seattle). Maryland added a hospital exemption and dropped Montgomery County buildings from the state program on October 1, 2025 (MDE program overview).

When building performance standards take effect: first compliance years

First compliance years run from 2024 (New York City) to 2031 (Seattle). Seven of 16 fall in 2026 or earlier, and four land in 2028.

New York City was first: Local Law 97 emissions limits apply from calendar year 2024, with reports due May 1, 2025 (Local Law 97 text). St. Louis set its first compliance deadline for May 2025 (Ordinance 71132). Boston buildings of 35,000 sq ft or more must meet emissions standards from 2025, and smaller covered buildings from 2030 (BERDO ordinance).

Denver's rules, effective August 27, 2026, set target years of 2025, 2027 and 2030 for buildings of 25,000 sq ft and up (Energize Denver Rules). IMT reports that owners who benchmarked in the 2025 reporting year could shift the first interim target to 2028, and about 11% of buildings did not receive that extension (IMT, August 2026).

Washington's first Tier 1 deadline, for buildings over 220,000 sq ft, was June 1, 2026; buildings of 90,001 to 220,000 sq ft follow on June 1, 2027 and 50,001 to 90,000 sq ft on June 1, 2028 (RCW 19.27A.210). DC's Cycle 1 ends December 31, 2026, with end-of-cycle reports due May 3, 2027 (DOEE). Cambridge non-residential properties of 100,000 sq ft or more began reducing emissions in 2026 (City of Cambridge).

Colorado moved its first enforceable year back. Under HB25-1269, the Colorado Energy Office will not refer owners for missing 2026 targets if they report benchmarking data, and enforcement referrals for the 2030 standards begin in 2031 (Colorado Energy Office guide). Maryland's standards start in 2030 (MDE program overview), Evanston's first target year is 2030 (City of Evanston) and Seattle's first emissions targets apply from 2031 to 2035 (Seattle OSE).

What the fines are for building performance standards

Penalties come in four forms: dollars per excess ton of CO2e, dollars per square foot, daily fines and per-kBtu charges. Caps for a 100,000 sq ft building range from $500 per citation to $1,000,000 per cycle.

Ton-based charges: New York City sets a civil penalty of up to $268 per metric ton of CO2e above the limit (Local Law 97 text). Boston's Alternative Compliance Payment is $234 per metric ton (BERDO ordinance). Maryland's payment is $230 per metric ton in 2030, rising $4 per year (MDE program overview). Seattle's payment is $190 per MTCO2e multiplied by five years for the 2031 to 2035 interval (Seattle Director's Rule 2025-01).

Per-square-foot charges: DC's maximum alternative compliance payment is $10 per sq ft, capped at $7,500,000 per building (DOEE BEPS Guidebook). Seattle's penalty for missing a target is $10.00 per sq ft for non-residential buildings, $7.50 for multifamily and $2.50 for low-income housing (Seattle Director's Rule 2025-01). Washington Commerce assesses up to $5,000 plus $1.50 per sq ft (Washington Commerce), and Oregon caps penalties at $5,000 plus $1 per sq ft per year (ODOE penalty guidance).

Daily and periodic fines: Boston fines buildings of 35,000 sq ft or more up to $1,000 per day for missing the emissions standard (BERDO ordinance). Colorado's penalty from January 1, 2031 is up to $2,300 per 30 days for a first violation and $5,800 per 30 days after that (Colorado Energy Office guide). Montgomery County treats a violation as a Class A civil violation: $500 initially and $750 for a repeat (Montgomery County DEP).

Per-kBtu charges: Denver's rules allow up to $0.15, $0.23 or $0.35 per kBtu of required reduction not achieved, depending on how many target years a building has, plus up to $5.00 per sq ft when no benchmarking report is filed in a target year (Energize Denver Rules).

These are ceilings, not typical bills. Most laws require notices and cure periods first: Boston assesses no penalty until 30 days after a notice of violation, Denver opens a 90-day cure period, and New York City weighs good-faith efforts when setting a penalty.

How much floor area building performance standards cover

Only three programs publish building-level floor area. Together they cover about 4.33 billion sq ft, and New York City alone accounts for 3.53 billion sq ft.

The NYC Covered Buildings List published in March 2026 marks 28,501 tax lots and 59,428 buildings as covered by Local Law 97. Summing Department of Finance lot floor area for those lots gives 3,532,491,540 sq ft (DOB Covered Buildings List).

Boston's 2025 BERDO disclosure lists 5,579 building rows and 91 campuses with 416,009,702 sq ft of owner-reported floor area (Analyze Boston). DC's BEPS Period 1 disclosure lists 1,957 covered buildings with 376,914,681 sq ft of reported floor area (DOEE BEPS disclosure).

Other programs publish counts but not floor area. MDE estimated about 9,000 covered buildings in Maryland in 2023, before the 2025 exemptions (MDE). West Hollywood covers about 314 buildings (City of West Hollywood). Oregon mailed more than 30,000 notices to buildings and owners that may be subject to its standard, which is a notification count, not a covered count (ODOE).

What Local Law 97 requires and what year one showed

Local Law 97 is the largest BPS by floor area. In its first compliance year, 95% of required properties filed and 95% of Article 320 filers met their limits.

Local Law 97 of 2019 covers a building that exceeds 25,000 gross sq ft, or two or more buildings on one tax lot that together exceed 50,000 sq ft (Local Law 97 text). It passed the Council on April 18, 2019 and was returned unsigned by the Mayor on May 20, 2019. The goal is a 40% cut in emissions from the largest buildings by 2030 and net zero by 2050 (NYC DOB).

For calendar year 2024, 19,963 properties (29,031 buildings) had to report. 18,938 properties filed, a 95% rate. Of Article 320 filers, 9,951 met their limit and 470 were above it (NYC DOB year-one report). DOB had projected at enactment that about 80% of covered properties were already below the first-period limits.

DC's early data point the same way. At the start of Cycle 1, 919 of 1,957 covered buildings (47.0%) did not meet the standard and were placed on a compliance pathway (DOEE BEPS disclosure). IMT reports a DOEE preliminary estimate that 71% of multifamily, office and hotel buildings were on track based on 2024 data, and that buildings below target cut energy use 13% on average from 2019 to 2024 (IMT, August 2026).

Policies often confused with building performance standards

Benchmarking laws, audit and tune-up laws and coalition pledges are not BPS. Reno, Ann Arbor and Columbus are listed in the registry with that status.

Ann Arbor's 2021 ordinance ORD-21-30 adds Chapter 104 (Energy and Water Benchmarking) and requires reporting only (City of Ann Arbor). Reno's 2019 Energy and Water Efficiency Program is a benchmarking ordinance with performance reporting requirements beginning April 2026; IMT does not count it as a BPS (City of Reno). Columbus is still developing a BPS on top of its 2020 benchmarking ordinance for buildings of 50,000 sq ft and above (City of Columbus).

Energy codes are a separate tool: they apply when a building is built or renovated, while a BPS applies to the building as it operates. CB&C tracks code editions in its commercial energy code by state report and embodied-carbon purchasing rules in Buy Clean laws by state.

What building performance standards mean for retrofit work

BPS move retrofit timing from equipment failure to legal deadlines. The penalty structures reward electrification, envelope work and controls upgrades before each target year.

Ton-based standards (New York City, Boston, Cambridge, Newton, Maryland, Seattle) reward replacing fossil-fuel heating, because combustion emissions count directly against the limit. Energy-use standards (DC, Denver, Washington, Oregon, St. Louis, Montgomery County, Chula Vista) reward any measure that cuts site energy, including envelope, lighting and controls work.

The age of the stock matters for how much work BPS trigger. CB&C's commercial building stock age report covers how old US commercial buildings are, and the commercial renovation contractors directory lists firms that do retrofit work. This report does not estimate retrofit spending, because no opened official source publishes a comparable figure across jurisdictions.

Counts and distributions

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Key findings

1. Sixteen US jurisdictions had an adopted building performance standard as of August 7, 2026.^[49]
2. Four of the 16 are statewide: Washington (2019), Colorado (2021), Maryland (2022) and Oregon (2023).^{[19][23][25][40]}
3. New York City's Local Law 97 covers 28,501 tax lots and 59,428 buildings on the March 2026 Covered Buildings List, with 3,532,491,540 sq ft of lot floor area (CB&C sum).^[4]
4. New York City's penalty is up to $268 per metric ton of CO2e above a building's annual limit, under Local Law 97 of 2019.^[1]
5. For calendar year 2024, 95% of the 19,963 New York City properties required to report filed, and 9,951 Article 320 filers met their limits while 470 were above them.^[3]
6. Boston's BERDO fines buildings of 35,000 sq ft or more up to $1,000 per day for missing the emissions standard and sets an Alternative Compliance Payment of $234 per metric ton.^[5]
7. DC's maximum alternative compliance payment is $10 per sq ft, capped at $7,500,000, and Cycle 1 ends December 31, 2026.^[12][11]
8. At the start of DC's Cycle 1, 919 of 1,957 covered buildings (47.0%) did not meet the standard.^[13]
9. Washington's first Tier 1 deadline passed on June 1, 2026 for buildings over 220,000 sq ft; Commerce assesses up to $5,000 plus $1.50 per sq ft.^[17][18]
10. Colorado will not refer owners for missing 2026 targets if they report benchmarking; enforcement for the 2030 standards begins in 2031 at up to $2,300 per 30 days.^[21]
11. Maryland's standards apply from 2030, with an alternative compliance payment of $230 per metric ton that rises $4 per year.^[24]
12. Seattle's first emissions targets apply from 2031, with a $10.00 per sq ft penalty for non-residential buildings that miss them.^[42][43]
13. Ten of 16 adopted standards reach buildings of 25,000 sq ft or smaller (62.5%).^[48]
14. US commercial buildings larger than 25,000 sq ft were 12.6% of buildings but 64.7% of commercial floorspace in 2018.^[54]

Executive summary

• Sixteen US jurisdictions have adopted building performance standards as of August 2026: four states (Washington, Colorado, Maryland, Oregon) and 12 cities or counties (IMT; MEEA).
• Ten of the 16 cover buildings of 25,000 sq ft or smaller; 20,000 sq ft is the most common threshold, used by six jurisdictions.
• First compliance years span 2024 (New York City) to 2031 (Seattle); seven of 16 fall in 2026 or earlier and four land in 2028.
• Six standards measure greenhouse gas emissions, seven measure energy use, and three use both or let owners choose.
• Maximum penalties differ by orders of magnitude: a 100,000 sq ft building faces up to $1,000,000 per cycle in DC or Seattle, $365,000 per year in Boston and $500 per citation in Montgomery County.
• New York City, Boston and DC publish building-level data covering about 4.33 billion sq ft combined; New York City accounts for 3.53 billion sq ft.
• In Local Law 97's first year (2024), 95% of required properties filed and 95% of Article 320 filers met their limits (NYC DOB).

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Methodology

Selection: a jurisdiction is counted when it has adopted a law or regulation that requires existing buildings above a size threshold to meet a measured energy or greenhouse gas performance level by a deadline, with penalties or alternative payments. Discovery used the IMT comparison matrix (January 2026), the IMT August 2026 status update, the National BPS Coalition member list and the MEEA 2025 fact sheet; each jurisdiction was then checked against its own law text, rules or program page. Benchmarking-only, audit and tune-up laws and coalition pledges are excluded and listed as watch-list entries (Reno, Ann Arbor, Columbus).

Evidence levels: 'law text' means the statute, ordinance or rule text was opened; 'program page' means the administering agency's page; 'IMT summary' marks the few items (Newton, St. Louis penalty, Cambridge and Evanston penalties, West Hollywood penalties) taken from IMT's matrix or blog because the official text could not be opened. A US DOE list could not be used because the DOE page returned an error.

Fields: threshold is the smallest building subject to the performance requirement today; first compliance year is the first calendar year whose performance is judged or the first enforceable deadline; penalties are reproduced as maximums written in law or agency guidance. Where sources conflict (Colorado's TRG dates performance penalties from January 1, 2031, while the HB25-1269 summary says January 1, 2030), the agency guide is used and the conflict is noted.

Floor area: only building-level datasets published by programs were summed. New York City floor area is the Department of Finance lot gross square footage for each unique LL97 tax lot on the March 2026 Covered Buildings List; Boston is owner-reported floor area in the 2025 disclosure (individual and campus rows); DC is owner-reported floor area for BEPS Period 1 buildings, excluding 10 records marked not subject. Scripts in scripts/ recompute every figure from the raw files in raw/data/.

Penalty comparison: CB&C applied each per-area, per-day or per-period cap to a hypothetical 100,000 sq ft non-residential building for one year (or one cycle where the payment is per cycle). This is an illustration of ceilings, not an estimate of what any owner will pay.

Limitations: Maryland's covered count (about 9,000) is a 2023 estimate; Oregon's signing date could not be confirmed because the legislature's site was unreachable; CBECS 2018 is the latest national survey and excludes multifamily housing. Registry last checked 2026-10-18; CB&C plans to recheck quarterly.

This report presents published data with its limitations. It is not legal, financial or investment advice.

Sources, ranked by quality

Tier 1: primary and official sources (51)

• [1] New York City Council / NYC Department of Buildings. Local Law 97 of 2019 (Int. 1253-C), certified text. Law text as enacted 2019. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [2] NYC Department of Buildings. LL97 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction. Program page, CBL as of March 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [3] NYC Department of Buildings. Local Law 97: 2024 Compliance and Reporting Rates (report under Admin. Code 28-320.3.7.2). Calendar year 2024, reports filed 2025. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [4] NYC Department of Buildings. Sustainability Covered Buildings List, filing year 2026 (cbl26.xlsx). Published March 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [5] City of Boston. Ordinance Amending City of Boston Code, Chapter VII, Sections 7-2.1 and 7-2.2 (BERDO 2.0), Docket 0775 final. Ordinance filed September 22, 2021. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [6] City of Boston Environment Department. Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure (BERDO). Program page, 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [7] City of Boston Environment Department. BERDO Emissions Compliance quick guide. Current guide. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [8] City of Boston (Analyze Boston). BERDO 2025 reported energy and water metrics (disclosure workbook). Calendar year 2024 data, published 2025. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [10] Council of the District of Columbia. D.C. Code 8-1772.21, Establishment of a Building Energy Performance Standard Program. Code as amended through D.C. Law 25-307 (2025). Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [11] DC Department of Energy and Environment. What is the timeline of the BEPS Program? (BEAM Helpdesk knowledge base). Current, 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [12] DC Department of Energy and Environment. BEPS Compliance and Enforcement Guidebook for Compliance Cycle 1, version 1.2. August 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [13] DC Department of Energy and Environment / DC GIS. Building Energy Performance Data (BEPS Period 1 disclosure), feature layer 75. BEPS Period 1, layer last updated October 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [14] City and County of Denver, Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency. About the Energize Denver Ordinance. Current. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [15] City and County of Denver, CASR. Energize Denver Rules and Regulations (effective August 27, 2026). Rules effective 2026-08-27. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [16] City and County of Denver, CASR. Energize Denver Hub. Current. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [17] Washington State Legislature. RCW 19.27A.210, State energy performance standard for covered commercial buildings. Code as amended through 2025 c 264. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [18] Washington State Department of Commerce. Clean Buildings Performance Standard (CBPS). Program page, 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [19] Washington State Legislature. HB 1257 (2019-20) bill summary and history. 2019 session. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [20] Colorado Energy Office. Building Performance Colorado. Program page, 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [21] Colorado Energy Office. Building Performance Colorado: Technical Resource Guide (updated June 2026). June 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [22] Colorado General Assembly. HB25-1269 Building Decarbonization Measures. 2025 session. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [23] Colorado General Assembly. HB21-1286 Energy Performance for Buildings. 2021 session. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [24] Maryland Department of the Environment. Maryland Building Energy Performance Standards: Program Overview. Published April 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [25] Maryland General Assembly. SB 528 (2022), Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022. 2022 session. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [26] Maryland General Assembly. HB 49 (2025), Environment: Building Energy Performance Standards, Alterations and Analysis. 2025 session. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [27] Maryland Department of the Environment. Maryland BEPS Fact Sheet (regulatory notice). 2023. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [28] City of St. Louis. Ordinance 71132, Building Energy Performance Standard. 2020. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [29] City of St. Louis Board of Aldermen. Board Bill 219 (2019-2020) legislative history. 2020. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [30] Montgomery County (MD) Department of Environmental Protection. Building Energy Performance Standards. Program page, 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [31] Montgomery County (MD) Department of Environmental Protection. Enforcement (Building Energy Use Benchmarking and Performance Standards). Current. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [32] Montgomery County (MD) Department of Environmental Protection. Legislative Background (Bill 16-21). Current. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [33] City of Cambridge Community Development Department. Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (BEUDO). Program page, 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [34] City of Cambridge. Cambridge Passes Landmark GHG Emission Reduction Policy. June 2023. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [35] City of Cambridge Office of Sustainability. Cambridge rolls out support for building owners as emission requirements begin. September 2025. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [36] City of Chula Vista. Building Energy Saving Ordinance. Program page, 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [37] City of Chula Vista. Building Energy Saving Ordinance (BESO) Policy Summary (last updated 2/2026). February 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [38] Oregon Department of Energy. Building Performance Standard: Tier 1 Compliance. April 2025. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [39] Oregon Department of Energy. BPS 010: Incentives and Penalties. October 24, 2025. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [40] Oregon Department of Energy. 2026 Building Performance Standard Annual Report. 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [41] City of Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment. Building Emissions Performance Standard. Program page, 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [42] City of Seattle OSE. Seattle Building Emissions Performance Standard: Guide to the New Law (January 2026). January 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [43] City of Seattle OSE. OSE Director's Rule 2025-01 (BEPS), final signed. Adopted December 9, 2025. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [44] City of Seattle OSE. BEPS Policy Background. Current. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [45] City of Evanston. Healthy Buildings Ordinance. Program page, 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [46] City of West Hollywood. Equitable Building Performance Standards. Program page, 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [51] City of Reno. Energy and Water Efficiency Program. Program page, 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [52] City of Ann Arbor. Ordinance ORD-21-30, Chapter 104 (Energy and Water Benchmarking), approval notice. 2021. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [53] City of Columbus. Building Performance Standards (Sustainable Columbus). Program page, 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [54] U.S. Energy Information Administration. 2018 CBECS Table B1, Summary table: total and means of floorspace. 2018 (released September 2021, revised December 2022). Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [56] Washington State Department of Commerce. Clean Buildings 101 (Clean Buildings Unit presentation, July 22, 2026). July 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [57] DC Department of Energy and Environment. Is my building subject to BEPS? (BEAM Helpdesk knowledge base). Current, 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.

Tier 2: trade bodies, market research, company data (5)

• [47] Institute for Market Transformation (IMT). New Year, New BPS: West Hollywood Joins the Club. January 26, 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [48] Institute for Market Transformation (IMT). Comparison of U.S. Building Performance Standards (January 2026). January 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [49] Institute for Market Transformation (IMT). What's Happening with Building Performance Standards. August 7, 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [50] National Building Performance Standards Coalition (IMT). About the National BPS Coalition (participants and FAQ). 2025 to 2026. Accessed 2026-10-18.
• [55] Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA). Building Performance Standards fact sheet (2025). 2025. Accessed 2026-10-18.

Tier 3: journalism and expert commentary (1)

• [9] Holland & Knight. Boston Passes Ambitious Ordinance Targeting Zero Emissions. October 7, 2021. Accessed 2026-10-18.