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Everything we manage for a Columbus 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 Columbus
Compliance Annual benchmarking 50,000 sq ft, aggregated, filed with the City of Columbus.
Deadline June 1, annual Official late-filing routes keep five prior years open, which is unusually forgiving.
Verification Not required today We still verify floor area, because every metric here is per square foot.
Energy supply and procurement Deregulated Ohio has retail choice on electricity and gas.

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

How the pieces fit together in Columbus.

A covered building in Columbus 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
The aggregate rule catches garden-style
Columbus aggregates floor area across buildings, so a garden-style property that would pass a per-building test can still be covered.
Five prior years stay open
Official late-filing routes keep five prior years fileable, which makes Columbus one of the more recoverable jurisdictions for a building that has never filed.
Gas aggregation is not live
Columbia Gas aggregation is still not available, so a standing extension applies to that part of the data.
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 on history, strict on the aggregate rule.

Columbus is unusually recoverable, because five prior years remain fileable through official late routes. A building that has never filed can be brought fully current rather than carrying a permanent gap.

The place buildings get caught is the aggregate threshold. Garden-style multifamily owners often believe they are under the line because no single building clears it.

Received a letter?

What a Columbus notice usually means.

Columbus is unusually forgiving on history, which changes how to read the letter.

Send us the letter
Benchmarking notification
The annual June 1 filing is due or missing. Because official late routes keep five prior years open, a building with no history can usually be brought fully current.
Aggregate coverage notice
Your property has been counted across buildings. Garden-style properties that pass a per-building test are still covered under the aggregate rule.

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 Columbus

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.

Possibly yes. Columbus aggregates floor area across the buildings on the property, so garden-style multifamily frequently is covered even though no individual building would be.

Official late-filing routes keep five prior years open, so a full catch-up is usually possible. We file the current year first and then work backwards.

Sometimes. We check rather than assume, and we will tell you to stay in an aggregation programme when it is the better deal.

Keep reading

The pages that usually matter next for a Columbus building.

Annual filing Benchmarking in Columbus The annual filing, what is reported, and how we keep the record clean. Supply strategy Procurement in Columbus 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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