Consolidate Energy - NYC Benchmarking Information

Attached below is an information sheet in Q&A format describing the details of the NYC Local Law 84 – Benchmarking Compliance. This ordinance was passed in 2009 and requires that any building (commercial or residential) over 50,000 square feet must be “benchmarked” for energy usage and space attributes starting in calendar year 2010 and every year thereafter by May 1.

A property is subject to NYC Local Law 84 if it includes:

1 building more than 50,000 gross square feet

2 or more buildings on the same tax lot that together total more than 100,000 gross square feet

2 or more buildings held in condominium ownership that are governed by the same board of managers and that together exceed 100,000 gross square feet

Using the online tool, Portfolio Manager (managed by the EPA), a property owner is responsible for inputting the whole building’s energy usage for the prior calendar year.  The usage has to be reported by type of energy (electric, gas, etc.).  The owner will also have to provide the building’s gross square area and a breakdown of the square area by space use type.  If a non-residential tenant has its own utility meter, the owner must send them a “Benchmarking Non-Residential Tenant Information Collection Form” to fill out.

Owners have until August 1, 2011 to comply and every May 1^st thereafter.

  

If owners or property managers have questions, they can go to the PlaNYC site - http://www.nyc.gov/html/planyc2030/html/about/ggbp.shtml#know – or contact DOB’s Benchmarking Help Center by calling 311 or emailing sustainability@buildings.nyc.gov.  The Benchmarking Help Center can help to set up an account with Portfolio Manager.

[Benchmarking Factsheet]