This session is important as there are have been many new buildings that were designed and built at the threshold of the current energy code updates and prior to the City of Boston’s request for projects to do a Zero Carbon Building Assessment. These projects were not required to look at how they could decarbonize, were designed and built to the current version of the energy code, and have been in service for one to two years, but will soon required to decarbonize as part of BERDO 2.0. Owners and tenants of these projects are also in the early phases of collecting data on whether their buildings are performing as designed which has been made more challenging given the unusual occupancy trends the entire country is experiencing related to the pandemic. The panel will explore the questions many owners and tenants have related to how to collect and analyze meaningful data to understand whether the predicted energy use is aligning with the real time performance of the building. Another pressing question for many owners in this situation is what will a gap analysis look like for projects that will need to comply with BERDO 2.0? This aligns with the conference theme as the topic is relevant to not only projects in Boston that will need to meet BERDO 2.0, but relatively new projects everywhere that will likely face the same requirements as climate change and energy performance codes nationally are being updated at a quickening pace. It uses an example of a building that isn’t perfect (it’s not net zero) but is high performing which is relatable to many other project teams. Our panel also shares how people working together to align to achieve energy performance goals required high quality communication.