NEW YORK CITY-Nearing the five-year anniversary of the city’splaNYC initiative, city officials unveiled thatthe New York is a much sunnier – and efficient – place todo business. According to Mayor Michael Bloombergat a press briefing on Monday morning, New York City has increasedits total solar production to 648 kilowatts across 10 differentsites, powering 143,000 households and cutting 205 metric tons ofcarbon emissions, achieving millions in cost-savings.

Set against the backdrop of the city’s solar goals, the mayormade the announcement at the new home of Efficiency2.0, a Manhattan-based tech start-up that helps energyutilities and their customers reduce energy consumption, at 35 E.21^st St. in the Flatiron District. The company’s CEO andfounder Tom Scaramellino tells GlobeSt.com thatthe firm has taken 6,000 square feet in the building, which isowned by Centaur Properties LLC.

“We actually partner with a number of tech companies who areright down the street from here,” he said, noting that the company“found it to be very important” to be in the neighborhood withother like-minded green and tech companies. The property is alsohome to microblogging and social media companyTumblr. “It was the location, and also theownership of this building actually made a pitch that they onlywanted great tech companies because they were growing so quickly,and they would do everything they possibly could to make techcompanies succeed here.”