{"id":396,"date":"2016-06-06T19:13:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T19:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.preferred-mfg.com\/blog\/?p=396"},"modified":"2016-10-11T19:40:35","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T19:40:35","slug":"understanding-local-law-87-and-laws-like-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/understanding-local-law-87-and-laws-like-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Local Law 87 \u2013 and laws like it"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LocalThe New Paradigm<\/h2>\n

What does\u00a0Local Law 87 – and laws like it – mean for you?<\/h5>\n

With increasing regulatory\u00a0effort\u00a0to protect the environment, preserve energy, and reduce carbon emissions, states and cities have taken\u00a0matters into their own hands by way of local\u00a0legislation.<\/p>\n

New York City’s Local Law 87 (LL87) <\/a><\/strong>mandates that buildings over 50,000 gross square feet undergo periodic energy audit and retro-commissioning measures, as part of the Greener, Greater Buildings Plan (GGBP).<\/p>\n

The intent of this law, and laws like it, is to inform building owners of their energy consumption through energy audits. Energy auditors analyze a building’s energy use and aid in\u00a0retro-commissioning, which is the process of ensuring correct equipment installation and performance.\u00a0Ultimately, these audits\u00a0will help\u00a0make buildings more efficient.<\/p>\n

Why this matters:<\/h5>\n

Environmental regulations like LL87 \u00a0make the selection, design and maintenance of modern combustion systems extremely important.<\/p>\n

This blog series will educate building owners, operators, and engineers\u00a0affected by LL87 and laws like it. It\u00a0will cover\u00a0the basics of combustion theory, how to properly design a combustion system, and how to effectively control\u00a0your combustion processes with modern technology.<\/p>\n

By the conclusion of this series, you will be armed with the knowledge you need \u00a0to make informed decisions regarding your projects and efforts to meet these\u00a0expected environmental\u00a0regulatory requirements.<\/p>\n

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Combustion\u00a0Terms<\/h2>\n

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Combustion<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>is the process by which the\u00a0hydrogen and carbon in fuel is combined with oxygen from the air to release heat.<\/p>\n

Byproducts include carbon dioxide, water vapor, left-over nitrogen from the air, and possibly unreacted oxygen and\/or fuel components.<\/p>\n

Combustion Control<\/strong>\u00a0is the maintenance of the proper fuel and air flows into this process to produce the amount of heat energy required while consuming the least possible fuel and generating the lowest amount of pollution.<\/p>\n

The following\u00a0blog posts will\u00a0contain further information regarding the\u00a0combustion process as a whole. Among some of the topics we will cover:<\/p>\n