Commercial electricity is up 10.7% year over year. Most building owners can't say what that means for their specific building — or how they stack up against similar buildings nearby. BuildingFi's assessment puts a dollar figure on both.
Where your building sits among similar buildings in your city — same property type, comparable size, same local grid. A rank of 40 means 40% of buildings like yours use less energy. A rank of 80 is a warning.
At your current consumption and your metro's commercial rate, what does a 10% rate increase add to your annual bill — automatically, with no change in behavior? At 24.98¢/kWh, a 100k SF building consuming 15 kWh/SF adds ~$37k/yr per 10%.
Efficiency measures ranked by payback: HVAC, envelope, controls, lighting. Each shows estimated kWh saved, annual dollar savings at your local rate, and estimated cost — so you can prioritize by ROI, not guess.
C-PACE (Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy) finances 100% of eligible retrofit costs — HVAC, boilers, envelope, solar — repaid on the property tax bill. Non-recourse. No personal guarantee. Available in 40+ states.
Upload 12 months of utility bills (PDF or CSV), or connect your utility account directly. BuildingFi parses the data — no manual entry.
We combine your energy data with local rate data, public building records, and the peer benchmark dataset for your city and property type. The assessment is computed — no estimates, no averages.
Benchmark rank, cost exposure, ranked retrofits, C-PACE eligibility — all in one place. If you're in a penalty market (NYC, Boston, Denver), your compliance status is included. No account required to view.
The assessment is coming to all markets. NYC's full tool is live today — penalty, calc tape, LL84 status, HVAC permits, and the funded-fix path.
Look up any of 50,000+ NYC buildings. Penalty computed from the statute — not the overstated LL84 total. Calc tape included.
Check a NYC building →$234/tCO₂e ACP for buildings over the emissions limit. ~4,500 covered buildings. Join to be first when we go live.
Boston waitlist →$0.42–$0.63/kBtu shortfall, tiered by compliance timeline. ~2,200 covered buildings. Commercial rates rising fastest of any market.
Denver waitlist →Rising energy costs hit every building regardless of regulation. See what commercial electricity costs in your metro and what it means for a building your size.
Energy cost tracker →Energy costs are rising faster than headline inflation. Penalty laws are spreading to new cities. Every year of deferred efficiency work costs more than the year before. The assessment is free.