Enacted in 2013, Boston’s Building Energy Reporting Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO), required commercial buildings and the largest residential buildings in the city to report their annual consumption of water and electricity. Revisions enacted last year extended the reporting requirement to all residential buildings with 15 units or more.

A recent Massachusetts Superior Court decision (Field, et. al. v. Highbridge Concierge, Inc., et. al.) has rattled windows in the condominium world, describing, in large capital letters, the security obligations of condominium associations and association managers.