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…
As a LEED-accredited professional engineer and buildings expert working with RAND Engineering & Architecture, DPC in New York, I have the ability to shape urban life in a way most people don’t. I spend much of my energy maintaining and…
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…
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has announced that the Multifamily Performance Program (MPP) will begin accepting applications for funding fuel-heated projects on Monday, August 24, 2015. A total of $10.69 million in funding will be…
Even with the recent drop in oil prices, many co-op and condo boards are considering converting their building’s heating plant from an oil-burning system to one that burns gas, or to a dual-fuel system, which burns gas most of the…
With the high price of oil relative to gas and the phasing out of No. 6 heating oil by 2015, more and more property owners are converting their building’s heating plants from oil to gas-burning systems. Owners and managers are…
Last year owners of New York City properties 50,000 square feet or more began the annual process of submitting their buildings’ fuel, electric, gas, and water usage under the city new benchmarking law, Local Law 84 In 2013, the next…
Mayor Bloomberg’s office recently released the city’s first report on Local Law 84/09, which requires New York City buildings with more than 50,000 square feet (or multiple buildings with a combined square footage of more than 100,000 square feet) to…
Rand recently received an award for Environmental Stewardship from the New York Association of Realty Managers, which has us basking in a warm, green glow. We’re glad to see how the real estate industry has embraced the importance of making…
Before you and your building settle in for a long winter’s nap, be sure you’ve submitted your property’s benchmarking report. Quick refresher: Under New York City’s Local Law 84/09, owners of properties larger than 50,000 square feet are required to…