New York City in December 2009 saw Mayor Bloomberg sign Local Law 84 on Benchmarking Energy & Water Usage and Local Law 87 Energy Audits & Retro-commissioning, also called the Greener Greater Buildings Plan. The NYC energy laws require building owners to benchmark and report building energy and water use, perform energy audits and retro-commissioning.
The compliance schedule for the laws has already begun, and non-residential building owners (per guidelines below) should currently be benchmarking their energy and water usage to be reported next year.
Below is a summary of the laws and the intent behind them.
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