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By Renee Sosnowski Local Law 87/09 (LL87/09) requires owners of applicable, mixed-use and residential buildings to submit an Energy Efficiency Report (EER) once every ten years. Owners must submit an EER in the calendar year coinciding with the last digit ...
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By Brian Redlein Since the New York State Code Council voted to enact an update to the State Energy Code in early March, we’ve been tracking the update here at Metropolis Group. Things are moving fast and it looks like ...
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By Austin Regan The DOB keeps tripping over it’s own feet as it hesitantly stumbles its way into the 21st Century. While the department continues to promote the Central HUB with it’s ability to allow users to transmit all documents ...
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By Bruno Caligara Local Law 39 of 2015 requires standard 125 Volt 15-20 ampere electrical outlets in the public areas such as halls, corridors, lobbies of residential buildings with three or more units. Outlets within these facilities must be protected by ...
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By Renee Sosnowski Starting in March 2016, the DOB began issuing DOB Violations (returnable to the ECB) and Stop Work Orders for Energy Code Infractions. Issuance of Violations: Violations for Energy Code Infractions are Class 2 (major) violations, which carry ...
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By Austin Regan For buildings currently in construction or the approval process, City Planning’s massive new amendment to the Zoning Resolution has not caused as much anxiety as previous text changes have. This is mainly because, unlike many previous amendments, ...
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By Frank Fortino Over the last few years, a constant theme for the DOB has been change. These changes reflect process and procedure, and often impact project timelines. A new Local Law – 835a will amend the City’s administrative Code ...
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By Brian Redlein On March 23rd every New Yorker woke up in a City slightly different than the one they went to sleep in the night before. On March 22nd City Council passed two very major changes to the Zoning ...
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By Bruno Caligara With summer fast approaching, many property owners will receive requests from tenants about the possibility of using a BBQ. The answer is, maybe. The Fire Code and the NYC Fuel Gas Code outlines what is permitted and ...
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By Renee Sosnowski Owners are required to perform annual analyses of a property’s total energy use on specific building types in New York City. Beginning with the May 1, 2016 compliance deadline, submitted reports with one or more missing or ...
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By Frank Fortino The DOB Local Law and Façade units will be issuing a notice to the professionals involved in inspecting a building’s façade and creating the associated reports. Here are the requirements: 1. Please be advised that despite the ...
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By Bruno Caligara In New York City, air-borne noise is always an issue. In many cases, exterior mechanical units are installed without first checking the proper permitted decibel ratings. These issues mostly arise in residential areas where the nuisance of noisy air ...
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