Building Performance Standards (BPS) are pushing building owners to think differently about energy use. At the same time, they are pushing utilities, program administrators, and technology partners to rethink what good customer support looks like.
At Calico Energy, we’re on a mission to help utilities, energy providers, and their customers make smarter decisions through better data.
Our core values of Integrity, Transparency, Creativity, and People guide everything we do. They shape how we approach challenges, build partnerships, and deliver results.
If whole-building energy data is becoming part of the infrastructure for benchmarking and Building Performance Standards, utilities have an opportunity to think differently about their role in that system.
Throughout 2026, one topic has kept resurfacing in our conversations with utilities, policymakers, implementers, and efficiency leaders: access to whole-building energy data.
At Calico Energy, we’re on a mission to help utilities, energy providers, and their customers make smarter decisions through better data.
Our core values of Integrity, Transparency, Creativity, and People guide everything we do. They shape how we approach challenges, build partnerships, and deliver results.
The push to cut carbon emissions is picking up speed, and the real estate industry is right in the middle of it.
In 2025, energy efficiency will be at a crossroads, facing both hurdles and opportunities as electricity demand soars and federal policies shift under a new administration and Congress.
For decades, gas pipelines have powered homes and businesses, but today, this infrastructure is a major hurdle for a decarbonized future.
There is much to learn from other industries in the pursuit of the democratization of utility data.
On January 17, 2024, ACEEE came out with a report titled “Affordable Housing Needs More Support to Comply with Building Performance Standards.”
The title tells a big story.