New york city's local law 97 of 2019 as amended (LL97) is an aggressive building performance standard (BPS) that requires approximately 50,000 of the city's largest buildings (3.3 billion SF), to have…

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under CFDA 81.117 "Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance" will provide $19,994,460 to the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) to support the implementation of New York City's Local Law 97 of 2019, an aggressive building performance standard aimed at achieving net-zero carbon emissions from approximately 50,000 of the city's largest buildings by 2050. The DOB, along with sub-recipients Urban Green Council and New York University Marron Institute of Urban Management, will engage in a six-year effort to overcome key challenges to successful LL97 implementation, including developing workforce training programs, advancing diversity and equity initiatives, and contributing to the Justice40 goals. This effort is expected to promote similar building decarbonization policies nationwide, building on New York City's prior success with its benchmarking law.

New york city's local law 97 of 2019 as amended (LL97) is an aggressive building performance standard (BPS) that requires approximately 50,000 of the city's largest buildings (3.3 billion SF), to have net zero energy carbon emissions by 2050. NYC department of buildings (DOB) seeks funding from the department of energy (DOE) to aid DOB in overcoming two challenges to the successful implementation of LL97. Together with subrecipients at urban green council (UGC) and the new york university marron institute of urban management (NYU marron), we will engage in a six-year long effort aiming to complete all project activities by 2030. The success of LL97 in NYC will promote similar policies nationwide, just as NYC's benchmarking law has become a model for jurisdictions across the country, both as a policy and data tool for promoting building energy performance. The proposed project directly responds to the goals and objectives of DOE's call for funding to support sustainable change and assist in building decarbonization through the adoption of the latest zero energy code, while supporting community and labor engagement in a multi-year workforce investment, advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA), and contributing to the JUSTICE40 initiative.