The BOMA 360 Performance Program® requires the following prerequisites in order to be eligible to apply for the designation.
Eligibility
- Only occupied commercial office buildings and industrial buildings are eligible for the BOMA 360 Performance Program designation. Commercial office includes: multi-tenant office buildings; single-tenant office buildings; corporate facilities; government buildings; medical office buildings; suburban office parks; and multi-use/mixed-use buildings.
- For multi-use buildings (i.e. office/retail, office/residential, mixed-use, etc.), information should be reported only on the office portion of the building. If the building contains no occupied commercial office space as described above, or is a hotel, apartment/multi-family, or retail/shopping center it is not eligible for participation.
Mandatory Requirements/Prerequisites
In addition to meeting eligibility requirements described above, the following are required in order to enter your building into the BOMA 360 Performance Program:
- Standard Operating Procedures Manual must be in place for the building
- Preventive Maintenance Program must be in place for the building
- The building’s income and expense performance data must be included in the most recent BOMA Experience Exchange Report (EER)
survey, unless exempt from this requirement*
- The building must be benchmarked through EPA’s ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager and data shared with BOMA International**
- Participation in the EER survey is required every year to maintain the BOMA 360 designation
*The BOMA EER survey is open January 15-April 1 (approx.) each year. All BOMA 360 new and renewal applications must comply with this requirement. Industrial buildings and buildings with less than 70% office space are exempt from this requirement as data from these buildings is not reported in the EER.
NEW: If you miss the survey deadline, you can still apply for the BOMA 360 designation. Simply indicate on the application in the EER prerequisite section that you are applying for provisional approval, then complete and submit the rest of the application. BOMA will review your application but will delay conferring the BOMA 360 designation until you complete the next EER survey.
NEW: Or, if you participated in IREM’s most recent office survey, you can claim that in lieu of the EER survey. Simply check the appropriate box in the EER prerequisite section of the application and upload a confirmation or receipt from IREM. Your application will be reviewed and the 360 designation confirmed without any delay. Please note: IREM survey participation will only be accepted for the initial application. Participation in the EER survey is required every year thereafter to maintain the BOMA 360 designation.
**Benchmarking through EPA’s ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager is easy. Go to www.energystar.gov.benchmark and log in to Portfolio Manager. To share data with BOMA, from “My Portfolio,” select “Share Facilities.” From the drop-down box, select “BOMA International BOMABEEP,” and then click “Continue.” It’s that easy. If you have already entered your building’s data, you may go back into the system at any time to share your data with BOMA. All data shared with BOMA is kept in strictest confidence.