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How Intro 772 would impact LL97
A City Council bill introduced last April aims to significantly weaken Local Law 97 for co-ops, condos and garden-apartment complexes.
November 13, 2024
NYC Next: New tech, new tools, new targets
Our 2024 conference explored three key trends shaping the future of building in NYC.
June 25, 2024
High hopes for heat recovery
Learn how heat pumps can help thousands of NYC's largest buildings reuse their wasted heat!
May 1, 2024
LL97’s new game-changing electrification credit
A little electrification now goes a long way! And buildings that act soon stand to benefit the most.
April 3, 2024
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
LL97 in Focus: Jumpstarting multifamily building upgrades
Local Law 97 is set to drive 25,000 retrofit projects in 5,500 prewar low-rise buildings by 2030.
November 8, 2023
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