Saturday 18 October 2014

Local law 84 or LL84: An Energy Benchmarking

Energy and water are essential factors in the lives of people and different industries around the world. Water and energy relatively play vital role so that different industries in the world will work actively and efficiently. However, it seems that people need water and energy but people must also learn to conserve water and energy.

In line with the desire of many organizations to regulate consumption of water and energy, people who legitimize laws formulated a certain law the aims to regulate water and energy consumption called as Local Law 84 or LL84. It is a law in New York City that would require establishments and big apartments in the city to file report on their water and energy consumption.

This law serves as the first stepping stone to build effective way so that people can able to monitor their water and energy consumption. It is also a law that allows people to do comparison regarding on their water and energy consumption. The Local Law 84 or LL84 is the first water and energy conservation law of Greener Greater Buildings Plan or GGBP. Implementation of this law requires owners of establishments to annually file a report of their consumption and its comparison. It is also a connected law with the United Sates Environmental Protection Agency or EPA.

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It also comes with a Portfolio Manager which is an online Energy benchmarking method online that property owners can use so that they can able to compare their water and energy consumption. Determining the annual water and energy consumption will probably lead you to take necessary action in order to save and conserve use of water and energy.


Article Reference : Energy Benchmarking