[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Southold 11-22-2016 by L.L. No. 11-2016. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
- BENCHMARKING INFORMATION
- Information generated by Portfolio Manager, as here in defined including descriptive information about the physical building and its operational characteristics.
- BUILDING ENERGY BENCHMARKING
- The process of measuring a building's energy use, tracking that use over time, and comparing performance to similar buildings.
- COMMISSIONER
- The head of the Department.
- COVERED MUNICIPAL BUILDING
- A building or facility that is owned or occupied by the Town of Southold that is 1,000 square feet or larger in size.
- DEPARTMENT
- The Town of Southold Department of Public Works
- ENERGY
- 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.
- ENERGY PERFORMANCE SCORE
- The numeric rating generated by Portfolio Manager that compares the Energy usage of the building to that of similar buildings.
- ENERGY USE INTENSITY (EUI)
- The kBTUs (1,000 British thermal units) used per square foot of gross floor area.
- GROSS FLOOR AREA
- The total number of enclosed square feet measured between the exterior surfaces of the fixed walls within any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy.
- PORTFOLIO MANAGER
- ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, the internet-based tool developed and maintained by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to track and assess the relative energy performance of buildings nationwide, or successor.
- UTILITY
- An entity that distributes and sells energy to covered municipal buildings.
- WEATHER NORMALIZED SITE EUI
- 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.
This chapter is applicable to all covered municipal buildings as defined in § 177-1 of this chapter.
B.
The Commissioner may exempt a particular covered municipal building
from the benchmarking requirement if the Commissioner determines that
it has characteristics that make benchmarking impractical.
A.
No later than December 31, 2016, and no later than May 1 every year
thereafter, the Commissioner or his or her designee from the Department
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.
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 Commissioner
or his or her designee from the Department shall begin inputting data
in the following year.
A.
The Department shall make available to the public on the internet
benchmarking information for the previous calendar year:
(1)
No later than December 31, 2016, and by September 1 of each year
thereafter for covered municipal buildings.
B.
The Department shall make available to the public on the internet
and update at least annually the following benchmarking information:
(1)
Summary statistics on energy consumption for covered municipal buildings
derived from aggregation of benchmarking information; and
(2)
For each covered municipal building individually:
(a)
The status of compliance with the requirements of this chapter;
and
(b)
The building address, primary use type, and gross floor area;
and
(c)
Annual summary statistics, including site EUI, Weather Normalized
Source EUI, annual GHG emissions, and an energy performance score
where available; and
(d)
A comparison of the annual summary statistics (as required by
§ 177-4B(2)(C) of this chapter) across calendar years for
all years since annual reporting under this chapter has been required
for said building.
The Department 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 Department for a period of
three years.
A.
The Commissioner or his or her designee from the Department shall
be the Chief Enforcement Officer of this chapter.
B.
The Chief Enforcement Officer of this chapter may promulgate regulations
necessary for the administration of the requirements of this chapter.
C.
Within thirty days after each anniversary date of the effective date
of this chapter, the Chief Enforcement Officer shall submit a report
to the Town Board 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 Commissioner
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.
