What's your building's energy ranking?
Started by Riversider
over 4 years ago
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Did your building get a passing grade? Is it posted and how do you feel about the local 33 law
We got a D in spite of a a new (within the last five years) boiler and double pane windows.
My current building (built in the 60s - regular coop) got a D and posted it in the corner.
My previous building (built in the 80s - government subsidies) got an A, framed it in a separate stand, and put it right next to the main entrance.
We got a B, which wouldn't seem bad for an early 70s building (planned and completed before the mid-70s energy crisis).
The motivations of LL 33 are unclear: As a virtue signaling tool, it's great: everybody gets to see how clever and financially capable I am to live in a building with an implied 'seal of approval' from the government -- or were I in a different building, how deplorable I am to live in a low-rated building.
As a transparency tool, all it does is imply how sensitive common charges/maintenance are to energy price increases, something that reasonable due diligence into financials will tell you. My building's utility charges (free heating and central air) are less than 1/10th of our total expenses, so this is not a material number. While it's nice that NYC is telling me that my expenses might go up with energy prices (duh), I'd rather they told me what they're doing to manage my taxes.
Mostly it looks like an indirect handout to the HVAC and electrical trades, and a direct handout to the certification industry.
We have a D, and it most certainly is NOT posted.
We have A and posted. ~1900 industrial loft building. Not sure why the rating is so good. Perhaps helped by the residents who do not live here full time and turn down their heat when they are not here.
I do agree with the following:
"Mostly it looks like an indirect handout to the HVAC and electrical trades, and a direct handout to the certification industry."
Now that NYC has made buildings do this, is the city making the results available anywhere in detail or aggregated form? (i.e., readily available comparisons between buildings)?
yea , just google, multiple web links
Also just noticed that my work building got a D rating. The rating is posted within easy viewing distance of the wall plaque claiming LEED Platinum certification.