Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO)

The Boston Archive

Dataset

Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO)

Amended in 2021, the Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO) aims to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions generated by large buildings in Boston. BERDO gives the City of Boston authority to set emissions standards for large existing buildings, including…

Dataset

Publisher: Environment Department
Spatial coverage: all
Fields: 23
Keywords: BERDO, EPA, GHG, buildings, climate change, energy, environment, portfolio manager, water
Publisher's page: https://data.boston.gov/dataset/building-emissions-reduction-and-disclosure-ordinance

Artifacts

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Column dictionary

The publisher's own dictionary, preserved verbatim. The archive does not reword a schema into its own vocabulary — how the publisher named a column is evidence about the publisher.

Column	Type	Description
`Property Name`	text
`Reported`	text
`Property Type`	text
`Address`	text
`ZIP`	text
`Gross Area (sq ft)`	text
`Site EUI (kBTU/sf)`	text
`Energy Star Score`	text
`Energy Star Certified`	text
`Property Uses`	text
`Year Built`	text
`GHG Emissions (MTCO2e)`	text
`GHG Intensity (kgCO2/sf)`	text
`Total Site Energy (kBTU)`	text
`% Electricity`	text
`% Gas`	text
`% Steam`	text
`Water Intensity (gal/sf)`	text
`Onsite Renewable (kWh)`	text
`User Submitted Info`	text
`User Submitted Link`	text
`Tax Parcel`	text
`Years Reported`	text

Identity

Identifier: urn:lemay:boston:dataset:building-emissions-reduction-and-disclosure-ordinance
Canonical URL: https://boston.fyi/dataset/building-emissions-reduction-and-disclosure-ordinance
As JSON: https://boston.fyi/dataset/building-emissions-reduction-and-disclosure-ordinance.json
Version: 1 · last changed 2 September 2026

Provenance

Source: City of Boston Open Data Portal (Analyze Boston) — source of record
Licence: Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and Licence (PDDL) 1.0 (public_domain)
Retrieved: 2 September 2026
Source identifier: building-emissions-reduction-and-disclosure-ordinance
Attribution: City of Boston
Rights as stated: Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL)

Transform ladder

#	Operation	Description	Tool
1	`fetch`	retrieved the dataset's metadata record from the CKAN package_show endpoint	`archive-ingest 0.1.0`
2	`normalize`	mapped the portal's catalogue fields onto the archive's Dataset record; the publisher's own wording and column dictionary are preserved verbatim	`archive-ingest 0.1.0`