LL84 Overview
02 August 2013
Instructor
Biography
Emily Kildow has experience in the
consulting on commercial architecture and construction management
projects. Working as a Designer for
commercial interiors and new construction prior to starting with Viridian, Ms
Kildow provided consultation for prototype bank branches on sustainability
issues including environmentally-responsible materials, indoor air quality,
energy efficiency, building water usage, and sustainable site design. She has
provided LEED workshops for LEED Certification as part of the Urban Green
Council NYC and volunteers as a board member for an organization focusing on
sustainability and historic preservation for under-resourced communities.
Emily Kildow has been providing guidance
to owners and designers in pursuit of LEED New Construction, Commercial
Interiors and Core & Shell certification, Existing Buildings Battery Park
City Residential Requirements, New York State Green Building Tax Credit,
NYSERDA New Construction Program incentives and compliance with New York State
and New York City energy efficiency requirements.
Learning
Objectives
•LO1: At the end of the course participants will understand
the current codes and standards that apply to green building
systems..
•LO2: Instructors will cover LL84 Benchmarking requirements, who, what and how
attendees can demonstrate code compliance for all NYC projects
(New and Existing).
•LO3: The course consists of a series of progressive modules focusing on different aspects of the EnergyStar Benchmarking system and how it
relates to LL84 and LEED
•LO4: The course provides participants with the opportunity
to learn about energy
reporting codes and the relationship to
other code requirements and LEED.
Local
Law 84 Overview
A Benchmarking Requirement
•What
is Local Law 84?
•Who
is required to comply with LL84?
•How
do you show compliance?
•Synergies
with LL84 and LEED Minimum Program Requirements (MPRs)
Definitions
BENCHMARK.
To
input and submit to the benchmarking tool the total use of energy and water for
a building for the previous calendar year and other descriptive information for
such building as required by the benchmarking tool.
BENCHMARKING
TOOL. The
internet-based database system developed by the United States environmental
protection agency, and any complementary interface designated by the office of
long-term planning and sustainability, to track and assess the energy and water
use of certain buildings relative to similar buildings.(
EnergyStar
Portfolio Manager)
For more definitions go to http://www.nyc.gov/html/planyc2030/downloads/pdf/ll84of2009_benchmarking.pdf
LOCAL LAWS OF
THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR THE YEAR 2009
No.84
Benchmarking
Who has to comply?
Property owners and co-op and condo associations
are ultimately responsible for complying with the law. However, many of these
parties will delegate the reporting to their property manager or a consultant.
•
Owners of
buildings 50,000 square feet or larger
OR
•
Owners of
two or more buildings on the same tax lot that are larger than 100,000 square feet
OR
•
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 **Exception: The
law does not apply to 1-3 family residences on properties classified as Class
One under the Real Property Tax Law.
Showing Compliance
1.Does
the property require benchmarking and Local Law 84 Compliance?
2.Who
will be the benchmarking administrator.
Viridian can offer services to set up the benchmarking, but someone
within the organization will ultimately be responsible.
3.Collect
the Data
•Portfolio
Manager username and password.
•The
building street address, year built, and contact information.
•The
building gross floor area and key operating characteristics for each major
space type. Use this worksheet to collect this information before logging in to
Portfolio Manager.
•12
consecutive months of utility bills for all fuel types used in the
building. If you don’t have this
information readily available, contact your utility provider(s) as most will be
able to easily supply this historical information.
**If
non-residential tenants are included in space information will need to be collected.
Building Energy Data
Property’s operations, by
space use
type.
•hours
of
operation,
•number
of
workers on the main shift,
•and number
of personal computers
and
•Whole
building energy use means all energy used by the property, whether by the owner
or tenants. or
energy
types
Natural Gas
The property does not use natural gas
District Steam
The property does not use district steam
Fuel Oil
The property does not use fuel oil.
Other Fuel or Energy Types (see Appendix B for details)
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