Local Law 87- Save Energy

Posted by yadavsolutions on November 21st, 2017

Companies need to install systems and such things in their companies that will help them save energy. Although energy-efficiency retrofits in general gives rise to major cost and energy savings, several buildings stay away from taking participation in the audits that would identify such cost-effective measures. This law, Local Law 87 will require huge buildings to go through an energy audit after every ten years, in addition to retro-commissioning.

The owners of the building must make it sure that an energy audit is performed by or under the monitoring of an energy auditor, and that the outcomes of the audit are filed properly with the Department of Buildings as an energy efficiency report. This is mandated by the Law. The report will include both information on the audit and retro-commissioning. Energy audits must consist of all of the base building systems, including building envelope, HVAC systems, conveying systems, and electrical and lighting systems. We will help our clients to reduce their energy usage.

Reliable companies providing such services to reduce energy usage will first try to analyze 24 months worth of the client’s buildings utility data and provide their clients with a benchmarking study up to NYC's Local Law 84 & 87. Then the team will come to the clients building that will consist of their remarkably qualified and properly insured energy engineering staff. They then perform a full ASHRAE Level I, II, or III comprehensive energy study.
This is done to properly help measuring the rate of consumption of all the client’s building's components, which will include HVAC, Controls, Envelope, Electrical Machinery, Water etc. This helps drawing a complete understanding of how the client’s building make use of electricity, gas, oil and water. After its completion, the service providers can either model or calculate energy efficiency measures that the client can implement.

The boiler plants should get tested by the service providers. They also test HVAC units and do temperature balancing, air handling equipment, BMS/EMS systems and chillers and cooling towers for ensuring energy efficiency. Many things are done like analysis of run time and efficiency, devising air balancing methods, thermostatic control sequencing, algorithmic programs, equipment calibration and coordination between competing HVAC systems etc all are done  and all these need to be done also for the Local Law 87 NYC.

This also guarantees that the machines run to their fullest efficiency while prolonging their lifespan. They will help your building stay in compliance with the local law 87 NYC requirements better. An approved and licensed Energy Auditing Agent should be contacted and this agency should be trusted upon to do everything essential to stay complied with local law 87 NYC.
    
The state of the art, tool, resources, modeling software and experienced field engineers all will help getting done the energy auditing of your building in the most helpful and efficient manner. 1 to 2 years data of energy utility is analyzed by reliable agencies (doing the audit) to give a score that works well for LL84 compliance.     

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