Your Tier 2 filing, prepared for you and signed by a Qualified Energy Manager.
Tier 2 Desk prepares the complete Washington Clean Buildings Tier 2 package for your building: Portfolio Manager benchmarking, Forms B and C, the Energy Management Plan and the O&M program. A Qualified Energy Manager reviews, signs and submits it. $3,900 per building with our partner QEM, $2,400 if your own QEM signs. The free programs coach you; we do it.
- CoveredNon-residential 20,001–50,000 sq ft; multifamily over 20,000 sq ft
- Deadline1 July 2027
- PenaltyUp to $0.30 per sq ft
- Incentive$0.30 per sq ft from your utility, not guaranteed
What the 1 July 2027 date means
| Compliance date | 1 July 2027, for every non-residential building of 20,001–50,000 sq ft and every multifamily building over 20,000 sq ft. No staggering by size. After that, owners report every five years. |
|---|---|
| If you miss it | Commerce issues a notice of violation with at least 30 days to cure. If it isn't cured: a penalty of up to $0.30 per sq ft of gross floor area per compliance period, and the building may lose eligibility for the incentive. Penalties may not be passed on to tenants who cooperate. |
| Early Adopter Incentive | $0.30 per sq ft, paid by your utility once Commerce approves the compliance application. Applications are due by 1 July 2027. As of 24 Sep 2026 Commerce reported about $11.8M awarded and $138M of the $150M fund left. How the incentive works |
| Two-year extension | An owner who benchmarks by the date can request two more years for the Energy Management Plan and O&M program. Requests run from 1 Jan 2027 to 1 Jan 2028. The extension does not pay the incentive. Extension or full filing? |
| Exemptions | Applications must reach Commerce at least 180 days before the date, so about 2 January 2027. Each needs more than 50% of the floor area to qualify (for example under 50% occupied, or pending demolition). |
Source: WAC 194-50 as amended by WSR 26-15-112 (effective 21 Aug 2026), Commerce Tier 2 and incentive pages, checked 2026-10-01.
What you get
| No. | Deliverable | Basis | Signed by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Portfolio Manager property: meters, at least 12 months of whole-building utility data, data quality check, shared read-only with Commerce | Form C | Energy manager |
| 02 | Activity mix, operating-hours shift factors and your EUI target | Form B | QEM |
| 03 | Energy Management Plan | Commerce template CBPS 039 | QEM |
| 04 | Operations and maintenance program: equipment inventory from your nameplate photos, ASHRAE 180 tasks, schedule, training plan | Commerce tool CBPS 040 | QEM |
| 05 | Summary form and the Early Adopter Incentive application, in the Clean Buildings Portal | Form A + incentive | Owner, QEM, energy manager |
| 06 | Utility data requests, the document chase, a dated plan to the deadline | Project management | Tier 2 Desk |
What you get, on a fictional sample building. Same templates, same fields we fill for yours; the building, people and equipment are made up and labelled SAMPLE.
- Sample Energy Management Plan (Word, Commerce template CBPS 039, 4390 KB)
- Sample O&M program (Excel, Commerce tool CBPS 040, 5022 KB)
We fill Commerce's own templates, so your QEM and Commerce's reviewers see the format they expect. Nothing is a black box: you get every file.
Who does what
Tier 2 Desk
Our agents, supervised by an operator, set up Portfolio Manager, request your utility data, turn your questionnaire and nameplate photos into the plan, program and forms, and keep a dated plan to submission.
You, the owner or manager
About two hours: the questionnaire, utility authorizations, nameplate photos, your Secure Access Washington account and shared access, and your signature on Form A.
The Qualified Energy Manager
Yours, after the free state course, or our partner. Reviews the evidence with your energy manager, sets the EUI target, signs and submits in the Clean Buildings Portal.
Prices
| Tier | Price | Unit | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full package, partner QEM | $3,900 | per building | We prepare everything; a Qualified Energy Manager we contract reviews it with your energy manager, signs and submits. |
| Full package, your QEM | $2,400 | per building | Your manager takes the free 8-hour state course and signs. We hand them a finished file and walk them through the portal. |
| Multifamily over 50,000 sq ft, partner QEM | $5,400 | per building | The full package with our partner QEM for larger multifamily buildings, which have no upper size limit in Tier 2. |
| Portfolio, partner QEM | $2,900 | per building, 5+ buildings | Same as the full package, priced for management companies and owners with five or more Tier 2 buildings. |
| Portfolio, your QEM | $1,900 | per building, 5+ buildings | Five or more buildings, your own QEM signs. |
| Starter | $750 | per building | Portfolio Manager benchmarking, Forms B and C, and the two-year extension request when the window opens on 1 Jan 2027. Credited in full if you upgrade. |
$500 refundable deposit to start. It starts the utility data requests the same day. The balance is due when your package is ready to submit, not when the incentive is paid. Cancel before we deliver your draft plan and program and we refund the deposit in full.
What we are not
Not an engineering firm and not affiliated with the Washington State Department of Commerce.
We don't sign the attestation ourselves. A Qualified Energy Manager, a named individual, reviews and signs.
We don't promise the incentive. Your utility pays it, first come first served; partial and zero payments are possible. Our fee never depends on it.