First thing’s first: what exactly is benchmarking? Benchmarking entails measuring performance and comparing that performance to peers.  In this specific instance, what we are measuring and comparing is energy and […]

UPDATED April 30, 2018: The City has extended the May 1, 2018 deadline for benchmarking buildings. The new deadline is December 31, 2018. Benchmarking provides key insights on how buildings are performing […]

Just because a building was built recently, or has “high-efficiency” equipment, does not mean that the building will actually be energy efficient.  In fact, often high-efficiency equipment and systems need […]

Energy and water benchmarking is a simple concept that can mean very different things to different people. For some, the phrase conjures a burdensome and impractical requirement – especially the […]

Energy benchmarking and disclosure laws are getting real.  To date, NYC’s Local Law 84 (LL84), like most benchmarking laws, has required buildings to submit data on their annual energy usage […]

For those unfamiliar, New York City’s Local Law 87, authored in 2009, is an ambitions piece of legislation which requires all buildings over 50,000 square feet to have an energy audit and […]

Local Law 87 waits for no one Temperatures outside are soaring, so as we crank our A/C’s and remove our socks from the freezer, it’s hard to think about heating up our […]

“Multifamily Owners Focus on Green Benchmarking” by Erika Schnitzer. Jeffrey Perlman describes EnergyScoreCards and the process of benchmarking building energy use. Multi-Housing News Online, Jan. 13, 2011.

“Benchmarking & Auditing Your Building’s Energy Usage” by Keith Loria. Greg Sherman and Phil Vos discuss Local Laws 84 and 87, and the use of EnergyScoreCards for benchmarking buildings. The Cooperator, […]