Building Energy Experts

Cookie Policy

Effective August 16, 2026. This page lists what this site stores in your browser, who it goes to, and how to change it.

How this site handles cookies

Cookies are small files a site stores in your browser. This site uses them to load pages, remember your privacy choice, understand which pages people use, and measure which ads lead to assessment requests.

Analytics and advertising tags on this site run through Google Consent Mode. That means the consent signal is set before any tag loads, and tags honor it rather than being asked to behave afterward. If you turn a category off, the matching cookies are also cleared from this browser.

What this site can store

Strictly necessary (always on)

Required for the site to load, keep your privacy choice, and protect the property review form. These cannot be turned off.

Name	Provider	Purpose	Duration
`bee_consent`	Building Energy Experts	Stores your privacy choice so the site does not ask again on every page.	12 months
`Session and security state`	Building Energy Experts	Page delivery, form submission integrity, and abuse protection.	Session

Analytics

Helps Building Energy Experts understand which pages people use so the site can be improved. Reporting is aggregated.

Name	Provider	Purpose	Duration
`_ga, _ga_*`	Google Analytics 4	Distinguishes visitors and sessions for aggregate traffic reporting.	Up to 24 months
`_gid`	Google Analytics 4	Distinguishes visitors for short term reporting.	24 hours

Advertising

Measures which ads lead to property review requests and supports advertising audiences. Turning this off is the opt out of sale and sharing.

Name	Provider	Purpose	Duration
`_gcl_*`	Google Ads	Attributes an assessment request to the ad that brought you here.	Up to 90 days
`_fbp, _fbc`	Meta	Measures ad performance and supports advertising audiences.	Up to 90 days

Third parties

Google Analytics 4 and Google Ads are provided by Google. The Meta Pixel is provided by Meta. When the advertising or analytics categories are on, those companies receive information about your visit and handle it under their own privacy policies. Building Energy Experts does not control their retention schedules or their other uses of that data.

Browser level controls

You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent parts of the site from working, including remembering that you already made a privacy choice.

This site honors the Global Privacy Control signal. If your browser or a privacy extension sends it, advertising is turned off automatically.