New York City’s Greener, Greater Buildings Plan is comprised of four laws. This paper, the first a new series on Regulatory Choices, considers opposition to the plan, potential business and legal challenges, and the future of green building legislation in other cities.

 

At all levels of government, change requires stakeholder participation. The debate around the mandatory retrofit provision, and its ultimate exclusion from the Greener, Greater Buildings Plan, can serve as a learning experience for other major cities as they consider legislation to improve energy efficiency in existing buildings.

 

DEFG’s Series of Regulatory Choices explores the federal, state and local regulatory decisions that expand the choices available to energy consumers as they construct and inhabit buildings, purchase and maintain energy‐consuming devices, purchase energy, or manage their consumption of energy. Greater choice increases efficiency.

 

◄ All agencies make a series of choices ►