Urban Green Council - Decarbonizing Buildings in New York

NYC’s groundbreaking climate legislation sets carbon emissions caps for large buildings that began in 2024.

Learn more about NYC's buildings and their energy use in this interactive data hub.

We train people who design, construct and operate buildings locally and nationally.

Building Tomorrow demystifies complex ideas about buildings, and introduces you to the people doing the work!

Upcoming events

February 19, 2025

Join us for a special fifth anniversary episode of Urban Green Live!

March 11, 2025

In-person training at Syracuse University: Is your building considering a switch to heat pumps? Learn the first steps to transitioning.

Replacing central ACs with heat pumps is a sleeper electrification opportunity for many New York homes.

A City Council bill introduced last April aims to significantly weaken Local Law 97 for co-ops, condos and garden-apartment complexes.

On September 27, the NYC Department of Buildings launched a third major rulemaking for LL97. Here’s what you need to know.

Learn how heat pumps can help thousands of NYC's largest buildings reuse their wasted heat!