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NYC Building Performance

Welcome to the NYC Building Performance website, version 1.0, a joint project of the Building Performance Lab and the Newman Real Estate Institute (NREI), with the support of EPA Region 2 and NYSERDA.

As we write in the April 2009 progress update (below), we are developing this site so that it is a comprehensive guide for large property owners and managers who are greening their buildings in compliance with the Greener, Greater, NYC Building Plan, a package of proposed legislation that was announced by Mayor Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn on Earth Day 2009.  Read about the plan and a preview of how this site will help property owners and managers comply with the coming legislation.

Some material is currently available on our preview site.

 

 

Progress Update (April 2009)

What you see here is just the beginning!  The NYC Building Performance Website 2.0 is in the works.  Here’s an update on our progress:  

In early April, the website team, made up of staff of the Lab and NREI, convened the NYC Building Performance Website Advisory Panel, drawn from members of the Stakeholder Consortium who are at the forefront of the city’s transition to better performing buildings. Before the meeting, members of the Consortium were asked to complete a survey that asked them to rate the importance of a range of topics relating to sustainable practices for existing buildings. Survey results served as basis for Advisory Panel discussion.

Using the feedback received from the panel, we’ve narrowed the site’s focus to commercial office spaces in New York City, and our target audience will be buildings and facilities managers and operators – which we will define, at the suggestion of the Panel (because a “facilities manager” can mean different things at different companies).

The Panel suggested that the website would be most useful if it is designed to help property managers and building owners prepare for upcoming legislation that will eventually mean changes to the city’s building code.  The final draft of the legislation was released on Earth Day.  Read more about it here.