[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Great Neck Plaza 12-21-2016 by L.L. No. 6-2016. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Information generated by Portfolio Manager (as hereinafter
defined) including descriptive information about the physical building
and its operational characteristics.
The process of measuring a building's use of energy
(as hereinafter defined), tracking that use over time, and comparing
performance to similar buildings.
A building or facility that is owned or occupied by the Village
and that is 1,000 square feet or larger in size, including the Village
Hall and all municipal garages and parking facilities.
Electricity, natural gas, steam, hot or chilled water, fuel
oil, or other product for use in a building, or renewable on-site
electricity generation, for purposes of providing heating, cooling,
lighting, water heating, or for powering or fueling other end-uses
in the building and related facilities, as reflected in utility bills
or other documentation of actual energy use.
The numeric rating generated by the Portfolio Manager that
compares the energy usage of the building to that of similar buildings.
The kBTUs (1,000 British thermal units) used per square foot
of gross floor area.
The total number of enclosed square feet measured between
the exterior surfaces of the fixed walls within any structure or intended
for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy.
The Village Mayor.
Energy Star Portfolio Manager, the Internet-based tool developed
and maintained by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
("EPA") to track and assess the relative energy performance of buildings
nationwide, or such successor EPA tool.
An entity that distributes and sells energy to a covered
municipal building.
The Village of Great Neck Plaza, its officials and employees.
The amount of energy that would have been used by a property
under thirty-year average temperatures, accounting for the difference
between average temperatures and yearly fluctuations.
A.Â
No later than May 1, 2017 and no later than May 1 every year thereafter,
the Mayor, or his or her designee, shall enter into Portfolio Manager
the total energy consumed by each covered municipal building, along
with all other descriptive information required by Portfolio Manager
for the previous calendar year.
B.Â
For new covered municipal buildings that have not accumulated 12
months of energy use data by the first applicable date following occupancy
for inputting energy use into Portfolio Manager, the Mayor or his
or her designee shall begin inputting data in the following year.
A.Â
The Village shall make available to the public, on the Internet,
benchmarking information for the previous calendar year no later than
September 1, 2017, and by September 1 of each year thereafter, for
covered municipal buildings.
B.Â
The Village shall make available to the public on the Internet, and
update at least annually, the following benchmarking information:
(1)Â
Summary statistics on energy consumption for covered municipal buildings
derived from aggregation of benchmarking information; and
(2)Â
For each covered municipal building individually:
(a)Â
The status of compliance with the requirements of this chapter;
(b)Â
The building address, primary use type and gross floor area;
(c)Â
Annual summary statistics, including site EUI, weather normalized
source EUI, annual GHG emissions and an energy performance score where
available; and
(d)Â
A comparison of the annual summary statistics (as required by
Subsection B(1)(c) above) across calendar years for all years since
annual reporting under this chapter has been required for said building.
The Village shall maintain records as necessary for carrying
out the purposes of this chapter, including but not limited to energy
bills and other documents received from tenants and/or utilities.
Such records shall be preserved by the Village for a period of three
years.
A.Â
The Mayor or his or her designee shall be the Chief Enforcement Officer
for purposes of administering and enforcing the provisions of this
chapter.
B.Â
The Chief Enforcement Officer may promulgate regulations necessary
for the administration of the requirements of this chapter.
C.Â
Within 30 days after each anniversary date of the effective date
of the local law enacting this chapter, the Chief Enforcement Officer
shall submit a report to the Village's Board of Trustees, including,
but not limited to, summary statistics on energy consumption for covered
municipal buildings derived from aggregation of benchmarking information,
a list of all covered municipal buildings identifying each covered
municipal building that the Mayor determined to be exempt from the
benchmarking requirement and the reason for the exemption, and the
status of compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
