Additional Resources
Benchmarking Law Int 476, passed in the summer of 2010 requires all buildings over 50,000 square feet to measure and report their energy usage. This eight page law is one of the first that is part of the Greener Greater Buildings plan.
Greener Greater Buildings, is integral to PlaNYC. This is a four page document prepared by the city which provides an overview.
The New York City Community Air Survey, published on December 15, 2009. In 2007, New York City’s first comprehensive sustainability plan, PlaNYC, set the ambitious goal of achieving “the cleanest air quality of any big U.S. city” by 2030.
The Bottom of the Barrel, published by the Environmental Defense Fund and Urban Green Council of NY on December 16, 2009. This report clearly lays out the problems and solutions to switching New York's dirty oil infrastructure to cleaner fuels. New York City has over 9,000 buildings that burn numbers 4 and 6 oil, the dirtiest hydrocarbons after coal.
Environmental Defense Fund map of dirty heating oil in NY. This map shows all buildings in the five boroughs that burn number 4 and number 6 oil. A fascinating way to view the heating infrastructure of NY City.
