The Perfect Storm: Green Light New York Releases Report on Retrofitting Daylight Controls in NYC Office Buildings | gbNYC Real Estate Group | Commercial Real Estate & Green Buildings in New York City

Retrofitting NYC's office building stock with daylighting controls could save $70M/year and power 16 Empire State...

A t an event held yesterday at the New York Times Building, Green Light New York released “Let There Be Daylight,” a 40-page report sponsored by NRDC and written by Adam Hinge of Sustainable Energy Partnerships and Yetsuh Frank and Richard Yancey of GLNY. The report discusses the opportunities and challenges presented by retrofitting New York City office buildings with daylighting controls. GLNY also lays out a series of next steps at the conclusion of the report, designed to assist the industry in capturing an increasing amount of the proverbial low hanging fruit that daylighting controls promise in the form of increased energy savings. In terms of those opportunities, the city’s Lighting Upgrade Law will ultimately impact over 1.25 billion square feet of office space in New York City, which by itself accounts for over ten percent of the country’s total commercial real es...

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