The New York City
Greener, Greater Buildings Plan
NYC LL84: What's the Law?
As part of its "Greener, Greater Buildings Plan," the City of New York has passed several pieces of legislation to promote more efficient utility usage. One of the new laws, Local Law 84 (NYC LL84), requires all buildings (commercial and residential) over 50,000 square feet to benchmark their energy usage and report this data to the EPA on an annual basis. The final date that this initial benchmarking must be filed is May 1, 2011, with subsequent reports filed annually by May 1. For benchmarking purposes, the EPA has launched a website that is used to collect your building’s energy benchmarking data. The energy rating received by your building is then published once a year on the Department of Finance website. Failure to upload benchmarked data into the Portfolio Manager comprises a violation of the building code.
Energy Spectrum
Comprehensive energy consulting and compliance services
At Energy Spectrum, we provide a full range of consulting services to save you money on your energy/utility costs and help you keep up to date and compliant with the latest laws and codes. In addition to offering compliance with Local Law 84, Energy Spectrum works with our clients to reduce their building's energy consumption, minimize costs and take full advantage of all available incentive and demand reduction programs.
Local Law 84 has gone into effect

Your building must be compliant
by May 1, 2011

Successful compliance will identify ways to lower costs and improve efficiency, thereby helping you to 'green' your building.

New York City has already sent out a letter to your facility. We'll make sure you're ready to take advantage of all of the associated opportunities.
Energy Spectrum provides compliance services covering Local Law 84 of NYC's "Greener, Greater Building Plan." This service handles the entire process and includes:
  • Collection and organization of building and energy usage data
  • Filing of required compliance reports using Energy Star, as required by NYC LL84
  • Obtaining, analyzing and improving your Energy Star rating. Commercial buildings with a high enough rating receive special recognition, including an Energy Star plaque
  • Full integration with the EnerPrize™ proprietary utility management system, which has been called the best-of-breed by experts in the energy field
  • Integration with the required audit and re-commissioning of Local Law 87, filing application for partial reimbursement of benchmarking, audit, and re-commissioning fees
  • The collection of all required building and tenant data, including utility information, associated appliances and other required energy loads
Energy Spectrum has performed advanced benchmarking and energy efficiency studies for tens of millions of square feet for other New York programs, and secured over $200,000,000 of energy benefits for New Yorkers.
With Energy Spectrum, you leverage the added value of our comprehensive energy/utility consulting services, including:
  • Identification of usage anomalies that can save energy and money
  • Analysis of rate structures to minimize costs
  • Optimization of Demand Response earnings, energy procurement and NYSERDA incentives
Energy Spectrum's proprietary EnerPrize™ system offers an online energy management system with real-time monitoring and control of your building's energy usage.
  • A centralized management system for all buildings and building areas, tenants, equipment and meters
  • A control interface to initiate and monitor curtailment actions in multiple locations and at specified times
  • Real-time monitoring of performance, including access to dozens of reports
  • Utility bill analysis and reporting