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Carbon Emissions Are Already Falling in 30 Cities

October 10, 2019 | City Lab

As mayors gather for C40’s annual summit on climate change, the coalition reports that a third of its members have hit peak emissions.
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Building a Green World by Building Green Buildings

October 8, 2019 | New Haven BIZ

According to CTGBC chair Wayne Conleigh, Mandyck “showed us that if New York City can agree to phase in very ambitious carbon emission-reduction targets for their buildings and create thousands of new jobs in the process, Connecticut must do the same.”
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Big Decisions Loom on How NYC Will Implement Historic Carbon-Reduction Law

October 7, 2019 | City Limits

Lauded as the largest emissions reduction policy in the history of any city, the Climate Mobilization Act contains six bills, all of which aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in conjunction with the city’s effort to achieve a 40 percent reduction in carbon pollution by 2030 and 80 percent by 2050.
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NYC picks 9 buildings for 'deep energy retrofits'

October 2, 2019 | Smart Cities Dive

While many cities have targeted buildings as a way to cut energy use and carbon emissions, New York's strategy is significant for putting the burden on building owners and requiring such large reductions.
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Owners Facing $20B Bill to Meet Climate Change Laws

September 27, 2019 | Real Estate Weekly

The city’s new carbon emissions laws are set to cost the real estate industry some $20 billion over the next decade. And as a retrofitting program that is estimated to be the biggest in the world gets underway, owners are being urged to think ahead to avoid running out of time and help.