“Six months after Boston enacted a sweeping new law that will require building owners to drastically reduce their carbon emissions levels in the coming years, the commercial real estate industry is still struggling to wrap its head around the regulations.
The BERDO 2.0 law — an update to the city’s Buildings Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance — was signed by then-acting Mayor Kim Janey in October after the city council passed it the prior month. It requires buildings of 20K SF or more to report building emissions and meet carbon emissions caps that will become mandatory in 2025.
After 2025, the emissions caps will become lower every five years until 2050, when it requires buildings to become fully carbon neutral. This will make a meaningful dent in the city’s overall carbon footprint, as 70% of Boston’s emissions come from the building sector, according to Boston Environment Department Commissioner Alison Brizius.”.
