LL95 Energy Grade Support for NYC Buildings

Local Law 95 requires buildings covered by benchmarking to display an energy efficiency grade, from A to D, near each public entrance. The grade comes from the building's ENERGY STAR score in its most recent LL84 benchmarking submission.

Benchmarking.NYC helps owners understand, retrieve, post, and improve their building's energy grade.

Our goal is to make sure the grade on the door reflects accurate data, is posted on time, and is backed by a plan when the score needs to improve.

What Is LL95?

Local Law 95 of 2019 amended the energy grade requirements introduced by Local Law 33 of 2018. Buildings over 25,000 gross square feet that benchmark under LL84 receive a Building Energy Efficiency Rating label from the Department of Buildings each year, which must be posted in a conspicuous location near each public entrance by October 31.

Grades follow the ENERGY STAR score: A for 85 and above, B for 70 to 84, C for 55 to 69, and D below 55. Buildings that do not benchmark receive an F, and buildings whose property type cannot receive an ENERGY STAR score are labeled N.

What Is Included?

Our LL95 service may include:

• Review of the building's ENERGY STAR score and current grade
• Retrieval of the energy grade label from the Department of Buildings
• Guidance on posting requirements and placement at each public entrance
• Review of the benchmarking data behind the score
• Correction of data errors so future grades reflect actual performance
• Explanation of property-use types and how they affect scoring
• Identification of operational and capital measures that can raise the score
• Coordination with managing agents and building staff for posting
• Year-over-year tracking of the building's grade
• Coordination with LL87 and LL97 planning where improvements are needed

Why Is This Service Important?

The energy grade is public and posted where tenants, visitors, buyers, and brokers see it. A low grade, or an F caused by a missed benchmarking filing, can affect how a property is perceived and leased, and failing to post the label can result in Department of Buildings violations.

Because the grade comes directly from LL84 data, accurate benchmarking is the most direct way to protect it.

Our Service Is Designed For:

• Property owners
• Managing agents
• Co-op and condo boards
• Building managers
• Commercial landlords
• Residential building owners
• Leasing and asset managers
• Owners of buildings over 25,000 square feet

Why Choose Benchmarking.NYC?

Benchmarking.NYC handles the energy grade as part of the same data chain as LL84 and LL97. We review the numbers behind the score, not just the label, so owners know whether a grade reflects real performance or a data problem, and what it would take to move it.

We coordinate retrieval, posting guidance, and follow-up planning, so the grade is handled on time every year.