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Mid to Large Buildings Await Energy Letter Grades

In 2020, New York City buildings 25,000 square feet and larger will have to display letter grades for their energy efficiency usage.

Brookfield Mall at World Trade Center.

NEW YORK CITY – New York City has hastened its efforts to reduce buildings’ greenhouse gas emissions throughout the boroughs, targeting properties 25,000 square feet or larger with a legislative package passed in April requiring owners to report their building energy efficiency in exchange for a letter grade to display by building entrances.

The new grade system springs from Local Law 33, which was introduced in 2017, signed into law in 2018 and tweaked in April of this year when New York City passed its sweeping Climate Mobilization Act.

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Mariah Brown

Mariah Brown

Mariah Brown is the New York Bureau Chief and Real Estate Reporter for GlobeSt.com, covering the New York Metro area, Northeast region and national real estate trends. She is responsible for producing multi-media content, including articles, podcasts and video. Before joining the GlobeSt team, she served as a New York Times fellow, reported for the Associated Press in New York and Philadelphia and several other New York City-based outlets.

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