Category: Benchmarking

*Update: The Benchmarking compliance deadline for the 2020 calendar year for buildings 25,000 SF and larger has been extended to June 1, 2021 per a service notice from the NYC Department of Buildings.  The DOB has released its 2021 Covered Buildings...

Following the precedent set at New York City's restaurants, building owners will now have letter grades posted outside their entrances. Owners of buildings that are subject to NYC's Benchmarking Law (Local Laws 84/09 and 133/16) will be required to post...

BENCHMARKING DEADLINE EXTENDED The New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) has announced that due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the 2020 Benchmarking (Local Laws 84/09 and 133/16) compliance deadline for the 2019 calendar year has been granted a 90-day extension....

The New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) has announced that the 2018 Benchmarking (Local Laws 84/09 and 133/16) compliance deadlines for the 2017 calendar year have been extended.

NYC BENCHMARKING LAW Since 2011, New York City's Local Law 84/09 has required owners of large buildings — single buildings larger than 50,000 SF, or groups of buildings on a single lot larger than 100,000 SF — to annually measure their energy...

NYC BENCHMARKING LAW Since 2011, New York City's Local Law 84/09 has required owners of large buildings — single buildings larger than 50,000 SF, or groups of buildings on a single lot larger than 100,000 SF — to annually measure their energy...

*Update! (May 3, 2016) Because of various delays outside the City's control, the official 2016 reporting deadline for benchmarking under Local Law 84 of 2009 has been extended from May 1 to May 31, 2016. As a reminder, New York City's benchmarking...

As a reminder, New York City's benchmarking law (Local Law 84/09) requires owners of properties 50,000 square feet or larger to submit their building's annual energy usage by May 1, 2015. The law is part of the city's Greener, Greater...

Because of a cyber attack on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star website on April 28, the online Portfolio Manager has not been available for submitting 2012 benchmarking reports, as required for New York City buildings 50,000 square feet...