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Building owners are scrambling to meet new rules on greenhouse gas emissions. New York’s congressional candidates do the last-minute primary shuffle. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Tuesday ...
The Act would ban natural gas and other fossil fuels in new buildings. The 2025 code update will undergo a public comment period before the council votes on the new code provisions. If the council ...
About 70 percent of New York City’s greenhouse gas emissions come from buildings. The law targets properties over 25,000 square feet, ranging from low-rise buildings with a few dozen apartments ...
The New York City Council has approved the use of mass timber for the construction of buildings of up to 85 feet tall in the city.
One Bryant Park, one of the most efficient buildings in the world and a global model for environmental construction, will start paying $2.4 million per year in fines to New York City in 2024 for ...
According to a 2019 survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, New York State is the fifth-largest petroleum consumer and sixth-largest natural gas consumer in the U.S.—thinktank RMI ...
New York just became the first state to ban gas hookups from new buildings to fight climate change and air pollution. What's preventing California from doing the same?
Book Review: 'A History Of New York In 27 Buildings' Is A Love Letter To The Big Apple More than a mere chronicler armed with facts and dates, Sam Roberts is a nonfiction writer with the heart of ...
A cable car transports passengers to Roosevelt Island in New York on March 3, 2023. New Yorkers reported small explosions on the island on January 2, 2024. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images ...
Carbon emissions from buildings represent 32% of the state total, so mandating electrification in new construction will move New York closer to reaching its climate law dictating a 40% reduction ...
New York has become the first state in the US to pass a law that bans the use of fossil fuels in most new buildings. The budget bill that included this new ban was approved by lawmakers last night.
The search to find shelter for New York City’s growing homeless population has led local officials to luxury rental buildings. Developers who get tax breaks to build towers with yoga rooms and ...