Urban Green Council - Decarbonizing Buildings in New York

Join us on June 2 for an inside look at the trends shaping the future of NYC's buildings!

NYC’s groundbreaking climate legislation sets carbon emissions caps for large buildings that began in 2024.

Learn more about NYC's buildings and their energy use in this interactive data hub.

We train people who design, construct and operate buildings locally and nationally.

Building Tomorrow demystifies complex ideas about buildings, and introduces you to the people doing the work!

Upcoming events

June 2, 2025

Join us on June 2 for an inside look at the trends shaping the future of NYC's buildings!

June 12, 2025

Online training: Is your building considering a switch to heat pumps? Learn the first steps to transitioning.

Use our data tool to receive cost-effective steps you can take today to improve your building, avoid fines and comply with LL97 in 2030.

In a major win for NYC, building owners can now buy LL97 offsets that support electrification in the city’s affordable housing.

A proposed bill would expand NYC’s annual energy and water benchmarking law to buildings larger than 10,000 square feet.

A City Council bill introduced last April aims to significantly weaken Local Law 97 for co-ops, condos and garden-apartment complexes.