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Everything we manage for a Atlanta building.

Compliance is how most clients meet us. Verification, supply where the market allows it, solar screening and bill auditing are why they stay.

No obligation. We will tell you if you do not need us.
What we run in Atlanta
Compliance Benchmarking and the Atlanta audit requirement 25,000 sq ft and up, filed with the City of Atlanta.
Deadline June 1, annual A warning and thirty days to cure come before the one thousand dollar fine.
Verification Not required today We still verify floor area, because every metric here is per square foot.
Energy supply and procurement Gas is deregulated Georgia gas is deregulated through marketers. Electricity is not competitive here.

Dates and thresholds change. We confirm the current requirement for your specific building before anyone acts on it.

How the pieces fit together in Atlanta.

A covered building in Atlanta is dealing with an annual filing, a set of local rules that change more often than anyone expects, and a capital plan that has to satisfy an owner or a board. Handled separately, those generate vendors who do not talk to each other.

We are the accountable partner across all of it. We are not engineers and we do not pretend to be. We make sense of the rules, verify the data, bring in the right specialists, and give the building a plan it can act on.

The practical benefit is that the data gets built once. The same verified floor area and clean utility record that drives your compliance position also drives a supply bid, an incentive application, or a solar screening.

Local detail that changes the answer
A warning comes first
Atlanta issues a warning and a thirty-day cure period before any fine, which makes an early notice a manageable event rather than a crisis.
Ten-year audit cycle
ASHRAE Level II audits run on a ten-year cycle keyed to the last digit of the building identifier, so your year is assigned rather than chosen.
Gas is deregulated
Georgia gas runs through marketers, so commercial gas supply is competitive even though electricity is not.
The services behind this page

How we start

Deadline work first. Everything else on your schedule.

1
Position review
Coverage, current data, floor area, and what is outstanding.
2
Close the compliance gap
Filings, verification where it applies, and any notice response.
3
Review energy supply and procurement
Rate class, contract end dates, and whether competitively bidding your energy supply makes sense this year.
4
Screen the opportunities
Incentives, solar, audits, and measures that also improve the compliance position.
5
Manage it forward
One point of contact, one set of numbers, and reminders that arrive before the deadline.
Why now

Forgiving enforcement, provided you act inside the cure window.

Atlanta warns before it fines and gives thirty days to cure, which is among the more reasonable enforcement designs we work with. The corollary is that ignoring the warning is the only way to make it expensive.

The audit cycle is the longer-horizon item. ASHRAE Level II audits run every ten years on a year assigned by your building identifier, so it belongs in the capital calendar rather than the surprise column.

Received a letter?

What an Atlanta letter usually means.

Atlanta warns before it fines, which makes the first letter an opportunity.

Send us the letter
Warning letter
The annual June 1 filing is missing. You have thirty days to cure before any fine is assessed.
Audit notice
Your ASHRAE Level II audit year, keyed to the last digit of the building identifier, is here.

Send us the letter itself, not a summary. We read it for the six things that decide the response: who sent it, which building and identifier it names, what period it covers, what it says you failed to do, the cure date, and whether it is a first notice or an escalation. We never quote a running penalty total, and we cure first, then talk to the regulator.

Why Honeydew in Atlanta

One relationship across twenty-six jurisdictions, with local rules tracked rather than assumed.

One accountable partner
We are not engineers and we do not pretend to be. We manage the process, coordinate the right vendors, and own the outcome.
We read the primary sources
Twenty-six jurisdictions, each with its own portal, deadline and enforcement style. We work from the ordinance, the regulator’s FAQ and the covered building list, not from last year’s memory.
Credentialed
Certified Energy Manager on staff, Portfolio Manager specialists, and the credentials the verification work requires.
Built for boards
Most of our clients are condo and co-op boards and the managers who serve them. We present in plain English, on your meeting schedule.
Owners and managers we work with
FirstService Residential Legum & Norman EJF Real Estate Services Comsource Management Barkan Management Howard University Regency Centers Montgomery County Green Bank

Questions about each of these services

With whatever has a date on it. Usually that is the filing or the standard, and the supply and advisory work follows once the compliance position is clean. We would rather earn the second engagement than bundle it.

Yes, and we do it constantly. A clear thirty-minute presentation is often what unlocks a decision.

Not much, if you act. Atlanta gives a thirty-day cure period before any fine, so the letter is an opportunity rather than a penalty.

Your ASHRAE Level II audit year is keyed to the last digit of your building identifier on a ten-year cycle. We confirm it at intake.

It is keyed to the last digit of your building identifier on a ten-year cycle, so it is assigned rather than chosen. We confirm it at intake and put it in the calendar.

The audit obligation is the audit itself. Implementation is a business decision, and a good audit gives you a costed list to decide from rather than a mandate.

No, not for most buildings. Georgia electricity is regulated. Gas is where the competitive opportunity sits.

Keep reading

The pages that usually matter next for a Atlanta building.

Annual filing Benchmarking in Atlanta The annual filing, what is reported, and how we keep the record clean. Performance standard BEPS in Atlanta The performance standard, the pathways, and what the exposure really is. Supply strategy Procurement in Atlanta Where competitive supply is actually available, and where it is not.
What is BEPS? All Honeydew services Every region we serve Latest rule changes on the blog

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