Is Your Building Required to Comply with Local Law 87 in 2014?

摘要

As part of the Greener, Greater Buildings Plan, New York City's Local Law 87 of 2009 (LL 87) mandates that buildings over 50,000 gross square feet undergo energy audits and retrocommissioning. The results of these measures are included in Energy Efficiency Reports (EERs) that are required every 10 years. The same private-sector buildings that must benchmark under Local Law 84 are also subject to LL 87. According to Holly Savoia, director of sustainability enforcement for the NYC Department of Buildings, approximately 1,400 buildings were required to submit EERs in 2013. The EERs are mandatory in calendar years whose last digit coincides with the last digit of a building's tax block number. Consequently, properties with a block number ending in "4" are due to report in 2014.