YOUR CLEAR PATH TO CBPS COMPLIANCE

YOUR CLEAR PATH TO CBPS COMPLIANCE

A clearer path to Clean Buildings compliance.

A clearer path to Clean Buildings compliance.

A clearer path to Clean Buildings compliance.

SEM helps owners and building teams understand each requirement, prepare the right documentation, and move forward with confidence.

SEM helps owners and building teams understand each requirement, prepare the right documentation, and move forward with confidence.

SEM helps owners and building teams understand each requirement, prepare the right documentation, and move forward with confidence.

STEP 1

STEP 1

Attend the Open Webinar

Attend the Open Webinar

Attend the Open Webinar

Start with a clear overview of the Washington Clean Buildings requirements, timelines, and the information your building will need.

Start with a clear overview of the Washington Clean Buildings requirements, timelines, and the information your building will need.

Requirements

Timelines

Next steps

Reserve a Webinar Seat

Reserve a Webinar Seat

A commercial building on a bright city street.

Your building profile becomes the project’s source of truth.

STEP 2

STEP 2

Tell Us About Your Building

A focused building profile gives the project a reliable starting point.

You provide

Site attributes, key contacts, a front-facing building photo, and Commerce Portal access.

Your SEM team

Organizes your building profile and confirms the accounts, contacts, and records needed for compliance.

STEP 3

STEP 3

Establish the Energy Baseline

Historical utility data turns compliance into a measurable performance plan.

You provide

18–24 months of energy bills and a reliable way to share new bills each month.

Your SEM team

Builds the baseline, benchmarks performance, and establishes ongoing energy tracking.

An analyst reviews charts and baseline performance data on a laptop.

Benchmarking makes performance visible and actionable.

A technician works on industrial equipment in a commercial mechanical space.

Major energy systems are documented in usable terms.

STEP 4

STEP 4

Document Your Building Systems

We connect the compliance record to the equipment that actually uses energy.

You provide

An equipment inventory, including major energy-consuming systems and available system details.

Your SEM team

Organizes system information for preventive maintenance, operations, and future capital planning.

STEP 5

STEP 5

Confirm Preventive Maintenance

Existing maintenance activity often becomes valuable evidence once it is organized correctly.

You provide

Available invoices, service agreements, work orders, and other preventive-maintenance records.

Your SEM team

Reviews the evidence, identifies gaps, and aligns maintenance documentation with Commerce requirements.

A technician in a hard hat performs electrical maintenance.

Existing maintenance work becomes organized compliance evidence.

Two high-school students collaborate with laptops and project documents.

EMP · O&M · PM

Benchmarking • tracking • documentation

STEP 6

STEP 6

We Build the Program

This is where the technical pieces become a coherent, long-term operating program.

You provide

Prompt answers to follow-up questions and access to people who know the building well.

Your SEM team

Develops the EMP, O&M/PM framework, benchmarking, performance tracking, and required documentation.

STEP 7

STEP 7

Review, Sign & Submit

You see the final package before anything is submitted on your behalf.

You provide

Designated-authority review, signature, and any final building-specific details.

Your SEM team

Packages the materials, completes final quality checks, and submits through the Commerce Portal.

A building owner signs the reviewed compliance package with project partners present.

Final review is clear, documented, and ready for signature.

A building professional reviews performance charts and a written report.

10–12 weeks

About 6 weeks to complete the project, then about 6 weeks for Commerce review, when client inputs arrive on time.

STEP 8

STEP 8

Approval & Ongoing Performance

We keep the project moving through completion and the Commerce review window.

You provide

Timely information and approvals when questions or final confirmations arise.

Your SEM team

Coordinates project completion, responds through the review period, and keeps you informed.

STEP 9

STEP 9

Stay Compliant

Compliance becomes an operating rhythm, not a one-time scramble.

You provide

Ongoing monthly bills, EMP access for occupants and operators, and an annual owner or designated-representative review.

Your SEM team

Maintains energy tracking, monthly performance reporting, and the program documentation that supports continuity.

A modern commercial building with solar panels on the roof.

Ongoing reporting keeps compliance and performance visible.

The outcome

Compliance that improves how the building performs.

The finished work is more than a submission. It establishes durable energy-management and maintenance practices your team can use long after approval.

01

CBPS compliance

A complete, quality-checked path through the Washington Clean Buildings process.

02

Long-term EMP and O&M programs

Practical programs give owners, occupants, and operators a shared operating framework.

03

Ongoing energy tracking

Monthly reporting keeps performance visible instead of waiting for the next deadline.

04

Lower use, costs, and emissions

Better information and operating practices support durable performance improvement.

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