NYC Passes Landmark Greener Greater Buildings Plan!
Posted By Olivia Chen On December 10, 2009 @ 10:55 am In New York City,Sustainable Building | 4 Comments
Just last night, the New York City Council voted overwhelmingly to pass the Greener, Greater Buildings Plan [4] – a package of bills aiming to reduce New York City [5]‘s carbon emissions by almost 5%, create more than 17,000 jobs, and save New Yorkers [5] $700 million dollars a year in energy costs (via Campaign for New York’s Future [6]). While we were disappointed with Mayor Bloomberg’s changes to the legislation (which we detailed yesterday [7]) before it went to the City Council, we think it is important to report that the revised plan did pass and will still require smaller improvements [8], oversee the creation of an energy code for buildings and require building owners to offer tenants information on their individual energy [9] use.
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Although all buildings over 50,000 square feet won’t be required to make retrofits, Donna De Costanzo, a senior attorney specializing in energy policy at the Natural Resources Defense Council said, “It’s one of the most comprehensive, aggressive efforts [11] anywhere in the country.” (via Crain’s [12]) That sounds a step in the right direction to combat climate change [13] and to make New York City [5] a greener, greater place to live!
+ Greener, Greater Buildings Plan [4]
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[4] Greener, Greater Buildings Plan: http://www.nyc.gov/html/planyc2030/html/plan/buildings_plan.shtml
[5] New York City: http://www.inhabitat.com/nyc
[6] Campaign for New York’s Future: http://ga3.org/newyorksfuture/index.html
[7] which we detailed yesterday: http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/12/09/nyc-mayor-bloomberg-cuts-back-on-greener-greater-buildings-plan/
[8] smaller improvements: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20091209/FREE/912099982/1097
[9] energy: http://www.inhabitat.com/energy
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[11] most comprehensive, aggressive efforts: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/opinion/l08emissions.html
[12] Crain’s: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/
[13] climate change: http://www.inhabitat.com/global-warming
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