How Current iQ and InSite Support Building Performance Standards
Compliance is a deadline. Performance is a strategy.
Building performance standards (BPS) now set firm and rising energy targets in Washington, Oregon, Maryland, Colorado, New York City, St. Louis, and Washington, DC. Washington’s Clean Buildings Performance Standard required buildings over 220,000 square feet to comply by June 1, 2026, and noncompliance carries penalties above $1.50 per square foot.
Facility leaders must meet these targets with constrained capital. Only 45 percent of city finance officers expected to meet their fiscal needs in 2026, down from 64 percent a year earlier. A lowest-cost compliance approach repeats the same expense each time standards tighten. A data-driven approach reduces that risk and builds lasting value.
The real barrier is visibility
Most deferred maintenance stems from a visibility gap. Many institutions cannot readily confirm square footage, HVAC system age, or benchmarking status, because that information sits in spreadsheets, filing cabinets, or nowhere at all. Without it, teams run equipment to failure and direct capital by emergency rather than evidence.
How Current iQ and InSite support each phase
Current iQ and InSite address the problem from two sides. Current iQ provides the engineering expertise and decision support that set strategy. InSite unifies building data and delivers continuous, engineering-informed recommendations that operations teams can execute.
Phase | Current iQ | InSite |
|---|---|---|
1. Data foundation | Assesses asset condition, lifecycle, and compliance exposure across the portfolio | Unifies utility bills, building automation systems, IoT sensors, and weather data in one place |
2. Controls and automation | Prioritizes low- and no-cost measures by risk and return | Identifies scheduling and setpoint issues and provides step-by-step corrective actions |
3. Efficiency upgrades | Builds capital plans that sequence LED, envelope, and HVAC projects | Establishes the EUI baseline and verifies savings after each project |
4. Clean energy and electrification | Sizes solar and storage against reduced building loads | Tracks load profiles that inform system sizing |
5. Continuous performance | Updates capital plans as standards tighten | Monitors EUI against jurisdictional targets and flags penalty risk by building |
Verified savings data also strengthens grant applications and energy savings performance contracts, which fund upgrades through future savings. Pacific Lutheran University, for example, secured more than $1.9 million in Washington state grants for its upgrades.
Start with an assessment
Effective infrastructure management requires knowing where each building stands today. Current iQ and InSite benchmark the portfolio, quantify compliance risk, and deliver a phased plan that operations teams can put into practice. Request an operational assessment at current-iq.com, and improve operations today with InSite.
Sources
- Ameresco and Canary Media, Beyond Compliance: Turning Building Performance Standards into a Long-Term Facility Strategy (2026)
