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Annual reports
We’re incredibly proud of the impact we’ve made in realizing cleaner, healthier, low-carbon buildings for all New Yorkers.
March 26, 2025
Cool Switch
Replacing central ACs with heat pumps is a sleeper electrification opportunity for many New York homes.
October 30, 2024
Aligned for Action: LL97 Commercial Landlord & Tenant Forum
Urban Green convened a LL97 Commercial Landlord and Tenant Forum to discuss ways to better align commercial landlord and tenant energy management to meet LL97 requirements.
July 24, 2024
Grid Ready: Powering NYC’s All-Electric Buildings
Grid Ready looks at how power is delivered to NYC and how heat pumps will change electricity demand.
December 7, 2021
New York City’s Energy and Water Use 2020 Report
Now armed with a decade of data, how are NYC's buildings doing in cutting emissions?
December 14, 2020
Trading: A New Climate Solution for Buildings
A trading program for NYC's buildings could lead to cost-effective carbon savings.
June 23, 2020
Going Electric
Electrification will be a multi-decade process. Going Electric identifies nine next steps to jumpstart electrification in multifamily buildings.
April 22, 2020
Demystifying Steam
This 2019 report takes a close look at how steam heat systems can be improved to save money and energy.
February 12, 2019
Blueprint for Efficiency
This report lays the framework for how to cut carbon in NYC's large buildings and paved the way for Local Law 97.
August 15, 2018
The Next Frontier for Energy-Efficient Products
Our 2018 report looks at the technologies the New York construction market can use today.
April 19, 2018
Zone Greener: Updating NYC’s Zoning Resolution
Our 2018 report provides 35 recommendations for improving NYC's Green Zoning regulations.
March 21, 2018
New York City’s Energy and Water Use 2014 and 2015 Report
We used the 2014 and 2015 New York City building benchmarking data to explore energy use in NYC buildings.
October 16, 2017
Green Building Roadmap (2017)
The 2017 Roadmap presents green building recommendations for NYC's Mayoral candidates.
August 1, 2017
New York City’s Energy and Water Use 2013 Report
NYC's 2013 benchmarking data reveal the systems, fuel types and materials used in thousands of NYC buildings.
August 24, 2016