Washington sign-off, which is a credential requirement rather than a data audit.
The Clean Buildings standard does not ask a third party to audit your benchmarking. It requires a Qualified Person to prepare or sign off on the energy management plan, the operations and maintenance programme, the energy use intensity target calculation and the investment criteria pathway.
Dates and thresholds change. We confirm the current requirement for your specific building before anyone acts on it.
The credential is on the documents, not on the benchmark.
This is the distinction that saves Washington owners money. Nobody is required to independently verify your utility data here. What Commerce requires is that specific compliance documents be prepared or signed by someone holding a defined credential, and that the roles carrying no credential requirement, building manager, building operator, energy manager, are simply filled.
Which documents depends on your tier. A Tier 1 building over 50,000 sq ft needs the energy use intensity target analysis and, where the target route does not work, the investment criteria pathway with its ASHRAE Level II audit. A Tier 2 building owes the plan and the programme and no target at all, so the credentialed scope is much smaller than most Tier 2 owners get quoted for.
We hold a Certified Energy Manager on staff and we coordinate the credentialed roles rather than pretending to be all of them. Where a licensed Washington engineer is genuinely required, we bring one in and we tell you that is what is happening.
How verification runs
Screening first. That step alone saves most clients a round trip.
The documents are the penalty surface.
Commerce can assess up to five thousand dollars for missing required documentation, separately from any performance penalty. A building can be performing perfectly well and still be exposed because the plan and the programme were never written down and signed by someone who could sign them.
Before assuming exposure, check the extension window. Washington extensions can be filed up to six months after a missed deadline and stay valid for two years, which changes the conversation more than any other single fact in this jurisdiction.
Why verification sits with us
It is a core service here rather than an add-on, and we run it across jurisdictions with different rules about who may verify.
Verification questions
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The pages that usually matter next for a Washington building.
Tell us your tier and we will tell you what needs signing.
Often less than the quote in front of you, and the extension window is worth checking first.
Tell us what is on your plate. We will help you sort it out.
A notice, a deadline, a portfolio, or simply a question. You do not need to have it organized before you call.