NYC Energy Benchmarking Checklist

Local Law 84 Energy & Water Use

Benchmarking Compliance

Checklist and User’s Guide

Russell Unger

Executive Director

Urban Green Council

Charlotte Matthews

Vice President - Sustainability

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STEP 1: GETTING STARTED

Task 1. Determine if your property is subject to the

benchmarking law

List of Properties Covered by LL 84

STEP 1: GETTING STARTED

Task 2. Decide who will be your benchmarking

administrator

Portfolio Manger Training

STEP 2: DATA COLLECTION

Task 3. Provide the benchmarking administrator with the

building gross square footage and a breakdown of the

square footage by space use type or means to find this

information

Aggregated Data from Con Edison

Number of

Bills

Service

Class From Date To Date Billed Demand (kw) Electric Consumption (kwhr)

1 1 23-Sep-08 29-Oct-08 0 700

263 1 30-Sep-08 29-Oct-08 0 80,269

1 1 01-Oct-08 29-Oct-08 0 185

1 1 02-Oct-08 29-Oct-08 0 228

1 1 03-Oct-08 29-Oct-08 0 193

1 1 15-Oct-08 29-Oct-08 0 261

1 1 30-Sep-08 01-Nov-08 0 308

1 1 29-Oct-08 13-Nov-08 0 189

1 1 16-Oct-08 02-Dec-08 0 1,036

2 1 20-Oct-08 02-Dec-08 0 1,080

1 1 27-Oct-08 02-Dec-08 0 967

266 1 29-Oct-08 02-Dec-08 0 86,149

STEP 2: DATA COLLECTION

Task 4. Authorize the benchmarking administrator to collect

and compile the property’s whole building energy use for

each month in the last calendar year.

STEP 2: DATA COLLECTION

Task 5. Authorize the benchmarking administrator to collect

and compile the property’s whole building energy use for

the last calendar year.

Energy Data in Portfolio Manger

Non-Residential Tenant Information Collection Form

STEP 2: DATA COLLECTION

Task 6. Send the Benchmarking Non-Residential Tenant

Information Collection Form to tenants with their own utility

meters, other than residential tenants.

STEP 3: DATA ENTRY & PROOF OF

COMPLIANCE

Task 7. Confirm that the benchmarking administrator enters

the benchmarking data into Portfolio Manager.

STEP 3: DATA ENTRY & PROOF OF

COMPLIANCE

Task 7. Continued…

Borough Block Lot Number

Building Data in Portfolio Manager

STEP 3: DATA ENTRY & PROOF OF

COMPLIANCE

Task 7. Continued…

Energy Data in Portfolio Manager

STEP 3: DATA ENTRY &

PROOF OF COMPLIANCE

Task 7. Continued…

Benchmarking 2010 Compliance Report

STEP 3: DATA ENTRY & PROOF OF

COMPLIANCE

Task 7. Continued…

STEP 3: DATA ENTRY & PROOF OF

COMPLIANCE

Task 8. Maintain Records

STEP 4: FOLLOW UP – ENERGY

EFFICIENCY TRAINING

Questions?