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With the first year of compliance already underway for Local Law 87 in New York City, buildings covering at least 50,000 square feet are required to conduct an energy audit and retro commissioning every 10 years. Building owners and managers are tasked with finding the most reliable certified energy auditors to analyze energy consumption and energy cost-saving opportunities. Associated Renewable, a leading end-to-end commercial energy auditor is not only helping building owners comply with LL87 effectively, but also helping them attain grants and financial incentives for LL87 projects.

For full compliance with Local Law 87 in New York City, Associated Renewable offers building owners comprehensive energy audits and retro commissioning services which involve a technical assessment of the building’s base systems as well as, identifying and correcting building system deficiencies.

Associated Renewable Inc. helps property managers get incentives for energy cost reduction measures in the easiest manner with the help of a team of financial and technical experts who provide proper guidance to property managers. They guide the managers through the entire process of incentives procurement. The company’s dedicated Grants & Incentives team identifies applicable incentives and manages the entire application process. Right from due diligence through the application and acquisition of time-limited funds, our team of experts guides the property managers thoroughly Contact our team to inquire about your eligibility and application for performance-based or other types of financial incentives offered by NYSERDA, Con Edison and other entities.

Local Law 87 helps its clients download LL87 guide & whitepaper free of cost. All they need to do is fill up an online form and submit it on the dedicated website www.local-law-87.com. Customers are also allowed to request a free LL87 proposal from the company for full compliance with the NYC mandate.

Local Law 87 now requires properties exceeding 50,000 square feet in New York City to get a minimum of a Level 2 energy audit done for compliance with Local Law 87. An energy audit is a formal technical assessment of a building's base systems, which involves improving and modifying electrical & mechanical systems, optimizing energy performance through energy efficiency measures, quantifying energy costs and savings, and reporting the findings of the assessment to the client.

Local Law 87 will impose fines for non-compliance with the mandate that requires building owners to complete energy audits by set due dates. Property owners and managers with 5 buildings in their portfolio can face fines as much as $40,000 for delaying compliance by 2 years.

“As part of Local Law 84, May 1st is the compliance deadline.” An excerpt from the latest announcement from the Mayor’s office in NYC has suggested that property owners submit their report of energy benchmarking in NYC before the mentioned date.

Local Law 87 (LL87) recently went into effect this year and requires New York property owners to file energy efficiency reports before December 31st, 2013.

Energy Management Systems consultancy has become an essential component of energy efficiency thanks to the New York City Local Law 87 effective from this Year 2013, under the purview of which buildings spanning 50.000 square feet or more are required to conduct energy audits and retro commissioning by a non-staffed, independent and certified expert.