The owner of a covered building, other than a city building, shall annually benchmark such covered building no later than May first. Benchmarking of water use shall not be required unless the building was equipped with automatic meter reading equipment by the New York city department of environmental protection for the entirety of the previous calendar year. The owner or the owner's representative performing the benchmarking shall consult with the operating staff of the building, as appropriate. Information submitted to the benchmarking tool must be accurate and complete.
Exception: The first mandatory benchmarking for a covered building, other than a city building, that (i) does not exceed 50,000 gross square feet (4645 m
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), (ii) is not one of two or more buildings on the same tax lot that together exceed 100,000 gross square feet (9290 m
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) and (iii) is not one of two or more buildings held in the condominium form of ownership that are governed by the same board of managers and that together exceed 100,000 gross square feet (9290 m
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), shall be completed on or before May first of the first year that commences after the department determines and sets forth in a rule that the utility company providing energy to such buildings will, upon request of an owner, directly upload information necessary to benchmark such buildings.
(Am. L.L. 2016/133, 10/31/2016, eff. 10/31/2016; Am. L.L. 2021/126, 11/7/2021, eff. 11/7/2022)
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2021/126.