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Recovery Through Retrofits

May 19, 2021 | Urban Green Council

The Empire Building Challenge has two chief economic benefits: New York could become a global leader in scalable low-carbon retrofits for big buildings, and generate thousands of green jobs in the process. Opportunities to get retrained and transition into green collar jobs are coming. But how many jobs could these retrofits create and what skills will new recruits need?
Benchmarking, LL97, Multifamily Housing

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Outsized Emissions in Medium-Sized Buildings

January 22, 2020 | Adam Schiabor

The city’s latest benchmarking data set provides the first-ever look at medium buildings’ energy use and emissions, and reveals that medium multifamily properties are more energy and carbon intensive than larger ones.
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Switching Tracks: Adaptive Reuse at the Farley Building

October 23, 2019 | Paula Hernandez Garaycoa

Many of us have experienced the daily chaos and overcrowding at New York’s Penn Station. But finally, an end is in sight. The James A.
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Are you a Quitter or a Retrofitter?

June 26, 2019 | Rebecca Elzinga

New York City’s newly passed Local Law 97, the most ambitious climate legislation for buildings enacted by any city in the world, is poised to redefine the retrofit market.
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Global Exchanges: A Tale of Two Cities

May 22, 2019 | Urban Green Council

To tackle climate change, the United Kingdom and New York City have implemented ambitious policies to reduce building energy use and encourage retrofits.

News related to Bring the Retrofit Market To Scale

Recovery Through Retrofits

Outsized Emissions in Medium-Sized Buildings

Switching Tracks: Adaptive Reuse at the Farley Building

Are you a Quitter or a Retrofitter?

Global Exchanges: A Tale of Two Cities