L.L. 2009/087

Enactment date: 12/28/2009

Int. No. 967-A

By Council Member Gennaro, the Speaker (Council Member Quinn), Brewer, Comrie, Dickens, Garodnick, Gioia, James, Koppell, Lappin, Mitchell, Palma, Recchia Jr., Reyna, Rivera, Stewart, Liu, Yassky, Sears, White Jr., Mendez, de Blasio, Mark-Viverito, Vann, Avella, Vacca, Gerson, Jackson, Gonzalez, Ferreras, Vallone Jr., Barron, Arroyo, Crowley and Mealy

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring energy audits and retro-commissioning of base building systems of certain buildings and retro-fitting of certain city-owned buildings.

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 3. Report on capital improvements of base building systems. The department of citywide administrative services shall submit annual reports to the mayor and the speaker of the city council on capital improvements of base building systems completed pursuant to section 224.2 of the charter, as added by section 2 of this local law, for each city fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013. The first such report for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2013 shall be submitted by December 31, 2014. Subsequent reports shall be due six months after the close of the fiscal year covered by the report. Each report shall include at a minimum:

   a.   The latest energy efficiency reports (including energy audit and retro-commissioning) submitted pursuant to article three hundred eight of chapter three of title twenty-eight of the administrative code for each building covered by the applicable report of the department of citywide administrative services.

   b.   An analysis of the most commonly recommended capital improvements of base building systems recommended in the energy audits of such buildings.

   c.   An analysis of the accuracy of such energy audits in predicting costs of the recommended capital improvements.

   d.   An analysis after one year of operation of the accuracy with which such audits predicted the actual saving achieved by the capital improvements.

   e.   Recommendations as to appropriate legislative or administrative actions or a statement as to why no legislative or administrative actions are needed.

§ 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or other portion of this local law is for any reason declared unconstitutional or invalid, in whole or in part, by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed severable, and such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this local law, which remaining portions shall continue in full force and effect.

§ 5. This local law shall take effect immediately.