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Evanston staff warns 65% benchmarking compliance; board to prioritize outreach to about 150 noncompliant buildings
Summary
City staff told the Healthy Buildings Accountability Board that benchmarking compliance for 2024 is roughly 65% (about 150 buildings not reporting). Members suggested prioritized outreach, hand‑holding for under‑resourced owners, using maps to target wards, and committing staff and volunteer help to raise reporting levels before performance standards can be enforced.
City staff told the board that benchmarking compliance for 2024 is about 65 percent and estimated roughly 150 covered buildings have not reported required data. Staff stressed that without higher reporting rates the city cannot hold covered buildings to building performance standards and asked the board to recommend which subset of noncompliant buildings the city should prioritize for outreach and assistance.
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