Energy procurement and management for property management portfolios

For the firm running the buildings, juggling tenant billing, occupancy swings, and compliance deadlines across a portfolio you may not own.

Managing a portfolio, you're carrying the energy problem for buildings you might not own. Every property has its own load, its own occupancy pattern, its own lease terms on who pays for what, and you're the one reconciling all of it. Vacancy throws off tenant recovery. A renewal on one building has nothing to do with the renewal on the next. And if you've got anything in New York City, there's a compliance clock running whether you're watching it or not.

That's the work we take off your plate. The core is procurement, demand-side management, sustainability, and resiliency across every building you run, and then there's the property-specific stuff most advisors don't touch.

Electricity gross-ups that bill tenant usage as if the building's 95% or 100% occupied, so vacancy doesn't eat your recovery. Contract language written for the flexibility a portfolio actually needs. Coincident peak management. And on the compliance side, Climate Mobilization Act and Local Law work for your New York buildings, before the penalties start.

How we help

• Run procurement across the whole portfolio, each building on its own terms

• Set up electricity gross-ups so tenant billing holds up at any occupancy

• Write contract language flexible enough for how you actually operate

• Manage coincident peak and demand charges building by building

• Handle NYC Climate Mobilization Act and Local Law compliance

• Run demand response where your buildings qualify

• Build ESG strategy and implementation
  
  

5's clients here range from large REITs and institutional investors to mixed-use owners and managers, including some of the most recognized buildings in the world. You get analysts and advisors who know both building operations and the market.

Frequently asked questions

What does an energy advisor do for a property management company? An energy advisor manages the electricity and gas across your portfolio: running procurement per building, setting up tenant gross-ups, managing demand charges, and handling compliance like NYC Local Law. 5 does this across portfolios of any size, on each building's own lease terms and renewal timing.

What is an electricity gross-up and why does it matter for property managers? A gross-up bills tenant electricity usage as if the building is fully occupied, usually at 95% or 100%, so common-area and base-building costs get recovered even when there's vacancy. Without it, empty space eats into your cost recovery. 5 sets up gross-ups so your billing holds up regardless of occupancy.

How does 5 help with NYC Local Law and Climate Mobilization Act compliance? New York's Climate Mobilization Act, including Local Law 97, sets emissions caps on large buildings with penalties for exceeding them. 5 helps building owners and managers understand their exposure and build a compliance plan before the penalties hit. This runs alongside the energy procurement and demand work.

Can 5 manage energy across a whole real estate portfolio? Yes. 5 runs procurement and energy strategy across multi-building portfolios, treating each property on its own load profile, lease structure, and renewal schedule rather than forcing one contract across all of them.

What is coincident peak and how does it affect a building's energy cost? Coincident peak is your building's power use during the grid's highest-demand periods, which many markets use to set capacity and transmission charges for the year. Cutting load during those windows lowers those charges. 5 manages coincident peak building by building where the load profile allows.