Trade/Profession: Construction
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Cost of Green in NYC
This analysis of high-rise residential and commercial projects shows green building doesn’t have to be a costly investment.
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Seduced by the View
Do tenants who live and work in all-glass buildings take advantage of the glass by keeping their blinds open?
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High Cholesterol Buildings
How can healthier choices in construction lead to healthier cities?
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Worldwide Lessons
Our 2016 report explores lessons from five global peer cities.
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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.
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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.
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Zone Greener: Updating NYC’s Zoning Resolution
Our 2018 report provides 35 recommendations for improving NYC’s Green Zoning regulations.
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The next frontier for energy-efficient products
Our 2018 report looks at the technologies the New York construction market can use today.
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Baby, It’s Cold Inside
Without electricity, buildings are dependent on whatever protection is provided by their walls, windows and roof.
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Green Codes Task Force
Recommendations for greening the laws and regulations governing construction.
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Going Electric
Electrification will be a multi-decade process. Going Electric identifies nine next steps to jumpstart electrification in multifamily buildings.
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Retrofitting to scale: 50,000 buildings in 10 years
Our 2019 conference looked at the challenges and opportunities that will come from retrofitting NYC’s buildings.
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Climate, equity and health: No more false choices
Our 2021 conference explored the ways we can optimize policy and building design to advance climate, equity, and health.
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Electri-fiction to electrification: Overcoming barriers
Our 2022 conference looked at how we can tackle the remaining obstacles to electrification.
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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?
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