Albuquerque City - Green Path Program
If you build or renovate a residential home in Albuquerque that meets Build Green New Mexico Silver certification with a HERS rating of 60 (or LEED for Homes Silver at the same HERS level), your building permits will be processed faster and you'll receive free preliminary plan reviews through the Green Path program. You must substantially exceed standard building code requirements to qualify.
The Green Path program attracts residential clients seeking BGNM Silver or LEED for Homes Silver certification (both requiring HERS 60 ratings) by offering expedited permit review and no-cost preliminary plan reviews, reducing project delays. For commercial work, clients must achieve LEED Gold or Silver with at least 6 energy points, also substantially exceeding code minimums, to access the same expedited permitting benefits.
Green Path operates through expedited permitting and free preliminary reviews for projects that substantially exceed Albuquerque code minimum: residential projects must reach BGNM Silver or LEED for Homes Silver at HERS 60, while commercial projects require LEED Gold or Silver with minimum 6 energy points. The program targets both residential and commercial development sectors by reducing administrative processing time as the primary incentive mechanism.
Program details
- Program ID
- 5935
- Last updated
- 7/24/2024
Eligibility
- Sectors
- commercial residential
- Technologies
- comprehensive measures/whole building
Program summary
The Green Path program encourages and facilitates design and construction of energy efficient buildings that substantially exceed code minimum. The program also rewards those who build green by expediting the review time of their submitted building plans and providing them with preliminary plan reviews at no cost.
For commercial construction, renovations and developments the building must substantially exceed code minimum and be LEED Gold or LEED Silver with a minimum of 6 energy points in order to follow Green Path criteria.
Resident housing must also substantially exceed code minimum. Projects must be Build Green New Mexico (BGNM) Silver with a HERS rating of 60 or LEED for Homes Silver with a HERS rating of 60.
Both situations will go through an expedited permitting application process in order to receive the benefits of the Green Path Program.
Contact & resources
- Contact email
- devhelp@cabq.gov
- Additional resources
Please verify current program details with the administering agency before making any financial decisions.
