Alloy Development has announced that the 44-story residential tower it is building in Downtown Brooklyn–New York City's first electric residential tower—will be powered with 100% renewable energy.

Brooklyn-based Alloy issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking to partner with a community solar developer to enroll the 100 Flatbush tower in community solar projects that will secure a 100% renewable energy supply for the building.

Alloy is the first developer to implement a rule issued last month by NYC's Department of Buildings which allows building owners to tap into off-site solar power programs—identified in the regulations as "clean distributed energy resources"—in order to be in compliance with Local Law 97, which requires building owners to begin reducing carbon emissions starting in 2024.

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