Local Law 84: NYC Benchmarking Law
What New York City Building Owners need to know before taking decision
What is Local Law 84/09?
- The NYC Benchmarking Law, Local Law 84 of 2009 as amended, requires buildings to assess the efficiency of their building’s energy data, and water consumption data (if required) to be submitted to the City annually by May 1st of every year by building owners using the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager tool and allows owners to compare their building’s energy performance to similar buildings.
- Local Law 133 of 2016 amended the Administrative Code of the City of New York in relation to expanding the list of buildings required to benchmark for energy and water efficiency to a covered building that exceeds 25,000 gross square feet.
- Building owners must collect energy consumption data for the entirety of the calendar year for each eligible covered building, including electricity, gas, steam usage. Water use shall be required if the building is equipped with automatic meter reading equipment by the department of environmental protection. Owners must also collect other building characteristics, such as gross floor area, occupancy, and hours of operation.
- The NYC Benchmarking Law identifies buildings that are compared to similarly situated buildings and considers the first step for building owners in making their buildings operate more efficiently by identifying best practices for efficiency improvements and encourages changes to building operations and maintenance that will result in reduced costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
For failure to file the benchmarking report to the City annually by May 1st of every year by building owners may result in a penalty of $500, issued on a quarterly basis until the benchmarking report is submitted, totaling up to $2000 per year.
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