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Energy Efficiency
By George Crawford If you’re a permit expediter, then you know that commercial and residential building owners need to brace for the impending perfect storm—namely, higher NYC taxes and utilities, coupled with lower rents—heading straight for their bottom lines. While ...
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By George Crawford With Local Law 88 requiring multifamily buildings in New York City to upgrade common area lighting to energy-efficient light-emitting diodes (LEDs), owners and managers will need to develop a compliance strategy. With the deadline some years away—January ...
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By Andrew J. Pisani The world of building management is a world of projects. As soon as a new building goes up, the que of improvements begins. There’s always new voices and opinions, and new ideas to improve or fix ...
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By Andrew J. Pisani Owners weighing the cost and benefits of LED retrofitting need to review the Tax Code. EP Act 179D is a tax benefit in place which allows building owners to take up to $1.80 per square foot ...
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By Andrew J. Pisani Building owners and managers spend endless time hovering over spreadsheets, seeing if the numbers can work for desired projects and upgrades. It’s often a give and take scenario with some degree of compromise in order to ...
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By Andrew J. Pisani The decision to move forward on a lighting retrofit makes economic sense, as enough data shows us that new technology in lighting, plus incentives offered by the City and State add up to a deal worth ...
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By Andrew J. Pisani Over the last year, we’ve seen LED lighting go mainstream. Manufacturers have introduced a full spectrum of color options, and the quality of light now lives up to their longevity. For building owners and managers, the ...
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By Bruno Caligara Many large building owners look to save money on energy cost and explore the use of motion sensor activated lighting for their exit stairwells. These fixtures are permitted but only when approved by the DOB. When the ...
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By Renee Sosnowski As of 8/2/15 the DOB has begun enforcing the issuance of additional violations on a quarterly basis for continued failure to file a Benchmark Report of energy use. Building owners are required to perform annual analyses of ...
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By Andrew J. Pisani We’re starting to see great traction with LED’s, and by now we know the economic advantages of retro-fitting buildings. We also have seen great gains in the quality of the products,with a range of colors and ...
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By Andrew J. Pisani Benchmarking filings are due every May 1st, and this annual event is a great reminder to review your building’s energy use with a year-over-year perspective. Did you implement projects to save energy? Did they work? A ...
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By Andrew J. Pisani Every night, a sea of large glowing buildings illuminates the City. We often think of the workers inside toiling away deep into the night, but the truth of the matter is that many of these large, ...
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