Green Buildings and Energy Efficiency in New York - the City's new portal with local policies
- by Anca Bieru
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- le 2012-05-08 23:35:21
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- International
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The NYC Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability recently launched a dedicated website – PlaNYC Green Buildings&Energy Efficiency – that includes all the information related to how the city is making its building stock greener and more efficient.
The center-piece of the sustainability policy in NYC is PlaNYC a comprehensive plan for sustainable growth with specific targets and objectives to be met by 2030. The main assets of the city are its buildings, but they also have the biggest environmental impact. Therefore a lot of policies in combination with financial incentives and training opportunities were put in place in order to green the building stock.
Check out the website to find more about:
…and many more details on other specific initiatives.
Do you know of any other cities in the world that have dedicated websites for their green building policies and initiatives?