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What’s in the December 2023 rules for LL97?
The NYC Department of Buildings has released the new package of proposed rules for Local Law 97. Here's what you need to know.
January 4, 2024
Smoke signals from New York City
On June 8, 2023, building practitioners gathered at NYU for our 2023 conference, NYC Next: Trends for a Changing City.
June 28, 2023
LL97 in Focus: Multifamily pathways to 2030
How close are NYC's multifamily buildings to complying with Local Law 97, and how can they get there?
May 24, 2023
Decoding New York State’s all-electric new buildings law
New York will become the first state in the country to require new buildings to be all-electric. Here's what to know.
May 3, 2023
The next step in benchmarking
A proposed bill would expand benchmarking and energy disclosure requirements to buildings larger than 10,000 SF.
December 14, 2022
Exploring equitable electrification
A look at where Grid Ready meets NYC's Environmental Justice Areas.
December 6, 2022
How a global pandemic shifted NYC’s energy use
NYC site energy use and carbon emissions both decreased in 2020.
December 6, 2022
LL97 RECs: Balancing flexibility and decarbonization
Renewable energy credits have the potential to be a major LL97 compliance path for 2030.
November 30, 2022
Five things to know about the 2022 LL97 proposed rules
The DOB has released the Proposed Rules for Local Law 97. Here's what you need to know.
November 30, 2022
Damned if we don’t: A push to decarbonize buildings
At our 2022 conference, we addressed the barriers to electrification and how we plan to break them.
November 29, 2022
NYC gets greener! What we learned from Tier 4 winners
Urban Green hosted developers of two projects with one goal: to inject NYC with clean electricity.
November 17, 2021
Low-carbon buildings of excellence coming to a neighborhood near you
NYSERDA’s $40 million Buildings of Excellence competition is catalyzing the design and construction in New York State.
July 9, 2021
No longer negotiable: Climate, equity and health together
How do we build a future that is sustainable, equitable, and healthy?
July 7, 2021
Recovery through retrofits
New York State lost thousands of clean energy jobs in the spring of 2020, but the new clean economy offers hope.
May 19, 2021
Picking up the PACE: NYC LL96 final rules expected soon
Low-cost financing can help unlock the $20 billion retrofit market opportunity spurred by Local Law 97.
March 10, 2021