Volume 6 | Issue 5: Energy Benchmarking Compliance Deadline Extended!

The 2021 Benchmarking compliance deadline for the 2020 calendar year data reporting has been extended. Property owners who were required to submit their Calendar Year 2020 benchmarking information by May 1, 2021, now have until June 1, 2021 to submit a fully compliant report.

The Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability (OLTPS) has advised the Department of Buildings that compliance with Administrative Code §28-309.4 (Benchmarking Energy and Water Use) has been temporarily suspended until June 1, 2021 due to a technological deficiency. OLTPS has temporarily suspended this requirement pursuant to Administrative Code §28-309.6.

Owners who do not submit a fully compliant report by June 1, 2021, will be subject to violations for each quarter they have been non-compliant.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY RATING LABELS MUST BE POSTED!

Starting April 29, 2021, the Department will start issuing violations to owners of buildings over 25,000 square feet – or multiple buildings on a lot that total 100,000 square feet or more – that appear on the NYC Benchmarking Covered Buildings List who fail to post an Energy Efficiency Rating Label as required by Local Law 33 of 2018.

Per the rule, an owner who fails to post the label will be subject to a civil penalty of $1250. Covered buildings were required to post the label starting back in October 2020.