[Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Great Neck as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Air pollution — See Ch. 148.
Environmental quality review — See Ch. 266.
Zoning — See Ch. 575.
[Adopted 1-3-2017 by L.L. No. 1-2017]
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Buildings are the single largest user of energy in the State of New York. The poorest performing buildings typically use several times the energy of the highest performing buildings — for the exact same building use. As such, this program will use building energy benchmarking to promote the public health, safety, and welfare by making available good, actionable information on municipal building energy use to help identify opportunities to cut costs and reduce pollution in the Village of Great Neck ("Village").
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Collecting, reporting, and sharing building energy benchmarking data on a regular basis allows municipal officials and the public to understand the energy performance of municipal buildings relative to similar buildings nationwide. Equipped with this information, the Village is able to make smarter, more cost-effective operational and capital investment decisions, reward efficiency, and drive widespread, continuous improvement.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
BENCHMARKING INFORMATION
Information generated by Portfolio Manager, as herein 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.
COVERED MUNICIPAL BUILDING
A building or facility that is owned or occupied by the Village that is 1,000 square feet or larger in size.
DEPUTY CLERK
The Deputy Clerk of the Village of Great Neck.
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.
PROGRAM
The Village's energy benchmarking program, as established herein.
UTILITY
An entity that distributes and sells energy to covered municipal buildings.
VILLAGE
The Incorporated Village of Great Neck.
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.
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This program is applicable to all covered municipal buildings, as defined in § 226-2 of this article.
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The Deputy Clerk may exempt a particular covered municipal building from the benchmarking requirement if the Deputy Clerk determines that it has characteristics that make benchmarking impractical.
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No later than December 31, 2016, and no later than May 1 every year thereafter, the Deputy Clerk, 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.
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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 Deputy Clerk, or his or her designee, shall begin inputting data in the following year.
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The Village shall make available to the public on the internet benchmarking information for the previous calendar year no later than December 31, 2016, and by September 1 of each year thereafter for covered municipal buildings.
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The Village 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 program;
(b) 
The building address, primary use type, and gross floor area;
(c) 
Annual summary statistics, including site EUI, weather normalized source EUI, annual GHG emissions, and an energy performance score where available; and a comparison of the annual summary statistics [as required by § 226-5B(2)(c) of this program] across calendar years for all years since annual reporting under this program has been required for said building.
The Village shall maintain records as necessary for carrying out the purposes of this program, 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.
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The Deputy Clerk, or his or her designee, shall be the Chief Enforcement Officer of this program.
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The Chief Enforcement Officer of this program may promulgate regulations necessary for the administration of the requirements of this program.
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Within 30 days after each anniversary date of the effective date of this article, the Chief Enforcement Officer shall submit to the Board of Trustees a report which shall include 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 Deputy Clerk determined to be exempt from the benchmarking requirement and the reason for the exemption, and the status of compliance with the requirements of this program.
The invalidity or unenforceability of any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, provision, or phrase of the aforementioned sections, as declared by the valid judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, provision, or phrase, which shall remain in full force and effect.