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Everything we manage for a Austin 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 Austin
Compliance Annual benchmarking Varies by building type, filed with Austin Energy.
Deadline June 1, annual Energy only. Austin does not require water reporting.
Verification Not required today We still verify floor area, because every metric here is per square foot.
Energy supply Regulated market No retail choice here, so the savings work is efficiency, incentives and bill auditing.

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

How the pieces fit together in Austin.

A covered building in Austin 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
No public covered list
Austin does not publish a covered building list. Key code letters go out in March, and that letter is frequently the first notice a building gets.
Enforcement is criminal
Austin runs enforcement through municipal court on a strict liability basis, which is a genuinely different posture from a civil fine.
Energy only
No water reporting here, which removes one data stream and one set of authorisations.
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
No retail choice here, so we review rate class, tariff fit and billing errors instead.
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

Criminal enforcement, and no list to check yourself against.

Austin enforces through municipal court on a strict liability basis, which means intent does not help you. That is unusual and it is the reason we treat Austin filings as non-negotiable rather than schedulable.

With no public covered building list, the March key code letter is the mechanism that tells you that you are covered. If that mail goes to an old address or a former manager, the first you hear may be from the court.

Received a letter?

What an Austin Energy letter usually means.

With no public covered building list, the letter is the mechanism.

Send us the letter
Key code letter
Sent in March, this is how a covered building is told it owes a filing and given the code to submit. It is not a violation, and it frequently goes to the wrong address.
Municipal court summons
Enforcement runs through municipal court on a strict liability basis, so a summons is treated as urgent and non-negotiable.

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 Austin

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 working with us in Austin

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.

Possibly, and the absence of a letter is not a defence. Because there is no public list, we work with Austin Energy directly to establish status rather than waiting for mail.

Yes, it runs through municipal court on a strict liability basis. It is the strictest enforcement posture in our book, which is why we prioritise Austin filings.

Keep reading

The pages that usually matter next for a Austin building.

Annual filing Benchmarking in Austin The annual filing, what is reported, and how we keep the record clean.
What is BEPS? All Honeydew services Every region we serve Latest rule changes on the blog

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