New York City Local Law 84
Local Law 84 was signed into law in 2009 as part of a larger package of energy laws known as the Greener, Greater Buildings Plan. The law applies to New York City buildings larger than 50,000 square The law requires owners and managers to report their building’s energy usage to the City of New York on a yearly basis. ReDocs is experiences at assisting property owners with New York City’s Greener Greater Building Plan, Local Law 84 and Local Law 87 compliance. According to Redocs firm is that the first step to making a building more efficient is to understand how much energy and water it uses and how its usage compares with that of similar buildings.
Therefore, the Greener, Greater Buildings Plan (GGBP) requires owners of large buildings to annually measure their energy consumption in a process called benchmarking. We are one of the leading providers of this service having done hundreds of projects in the short time since the law came into effect in 2013.
Local Law 84 was signed into law in 2009 as part of a larger package of energy laws known as the Greener, Greater Buildings Plan. The law applies to New York City buildings larger than 50,000 square The law requires owners and managers to report their building’s energy usage to the City of New York on a yearly basis. This process is known as energy benchmarking and requires the following:
-Collecting pertinent energy consumption data from vendors(IE Con Edision, National Grid, fuel
oil providers)
-Setting up an account on EPA’s Portfolio Manager website
-Entering the building’s space use characteristics into the website
-Extrapolate missing energy data
-Submitting the report electronically to the City of New York.
It is a time consuming and involved process which buildings have the option of outsourcing to a consultant.
