scholarly journals Climate policy impacts on building energy use, emissions, and health: New York City local law 97

Energy ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 238 ◽  
pp. 121879
Author(s):  
Parichehr Salimifard ◽  
Jonathan J. Buonocore ◽  
Kate Konschnik ◽  
Parham Azimi ◽  
Marissa VanRy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Climate Policy ◽  
York City ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Building Energy Use ◽  
Policy Impacts ◽  
Local Law

scholarly journals Spatiotemporal variability in building energy use in New York City

Energy ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 141 ◽  
pp. 1393-1401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Olivo ◽  
A. Hamidi ◽  
P. Ramamurthy
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Spatiotemporal Variability ◽  
Building Energy Use

scholarly journals Quantifying the Building Energy Dynamics of Manhattan, New York City, Using an Urban Building Energy Model and Localized Weather Data

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 3244
Author(s):  
Wenliang Li
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
York City ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Weather Data ◽  
Electricity Use ◽  
Building Energy Use ◽  
The Government

Building sectors account for major energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in the US. While urban building energy-use modeling has been widely applied in many studies, limited studies have been conducted for Manhattan, New York City (NYC). Since the release of the new “80-by-50” law, the NYC government has committed to reducing carbon emissions by 80% by 2050; indeed, the government is facing a big challenge for reducing the energy use and carbon emissions. Therefore, understanding the building energy use of NYC with a high spatial and temporal resolution is essential for the government and local citizens in managing building energy use. This study quantified the building energy use of Manhattan in NYC with consideration of the local microclimate by integrating two popular modeling platforms, the Urban Weather Generator (UWG) and Urban Building Energy Modeling (UBEM). The research results suggest that (1) the largest building energy use is in central Manhattan, which is composed of large numbers of commercial buildings; (2) a similar seasonal electricity-use pattern and significantly different seasonal gas-use patterns could be found in Manhattan, NYC, due to the varied seasonal cooling and heating demand; and (3) the hourly energy-use profiles suggest only one electricity-use peak in the summer and two gas-use peaks in the winter.

Energy disclosure law in New York City

Facilities ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (11/12) ◽  
pp. 571-583
Author(s):  
Eunhwa Yang ◽  
Yong-Cheol Lee ◽  
Qi Li
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Large Sample Size ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Energy Star ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Energy Benchmarking ◽  
Local Law

Purpose This paper aims to primarily analyzing the state and pattern of current energy benchmarking progress on commercial buildings since the New York City’s energy disclosure law, Local Law 84: Benchmarking has been implemented. It then compares the yearly benchmarking progress of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-certified and non-LEED-certified buildings as well as ENERGY STAR-certified and non-ENERGY STAR-certified. Design/methodology/approach For thorough analytics, the authors combined and examined four sources of data: New York City Local Law 84: Benchmarking, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output, US Green Building Council and US Environmental Protection Agency. The data sets were combined using two primary keys: the Borough, Block, Lot (BBL) number and the building address. Four years of energy use intensity values were obtained and normalized by shrinking the range of deviance in weather. Findings The findings indicate a significant improvement in the benchmarking progress when controlling building size, building type, year of construction or the most recent renovation and the presence of renovation. Interestingly, there is no significant difference in the energy benchmarking progress between LEED- and non-LEED-certified buildings. Possible reasons are explored and discussed. Originality/value From a methodological perspective, the study benefited from data disclosure as well as open data sources and used secondary data with a relatively large sample size. Many studies in the construction industry are based on the case-study approach, which may affect generalizability and causality of research findings. This unique approach illustrates the potential of secondary data analysis in the industry.

scholarly journals Further Opportunities to Reduce the Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Buildings

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 315-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Hsu ◽  
Ting Meng ◽  
Albert Han ◽  
Daniel Suh
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
York City ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Data Set

Buildings and energy systems are shaped within many different kinds of departments and agencies throughout local governments. This article argues that further opportunities exist to reduce the energy use of buildings and their associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through the existing powers and jurisdiction of local governments. We use the example of New York City, where buildings produced 73 percent of all GHG emissions in 2014. By analyzing a data set of almost four thousand large buildings, we identify new opportunities for planners and other professionals to reduce energy use and GHG emissions by focusing on different mechanisms and/or collaborations.

scholarly journals Flavour chemicals in a sample of non-cigarette tobacco products without explicit flavour names sold in New York City in 2015

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon M Farley ◽  
Kevin RJ Schroth ◽  
Victoria Grimshaw ◽  
Wentai Luo ◽  
Julia L DeGagne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Reference Value ◽  
Tobacco Product ◽  
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Tobacco Products ◽  
Specific Level ◽  
Relevant Reference ◽  
Local Law

BackgroundYouth who experiment with tobacco often start with flavoured products. In New York City (NYC), local law restricts sales of all tobacco products with ‘characterising flavours’ except for ‘tobacco, menthol, mint and wintergreen’. Enforcement is based on packaging: explicit use of a flavour name (eg, ‘strawberry’) or image depicting a flavour (eg, a fruit) is presumptive evidence that a product is flavoured and therefore prohibited. However, a tobacco product may contain significant levels of added flavour chemicals even when the label does not explicitly use a flavour name.MethodsSixteen tobacco products were purchased within NYC in 2015 that did not have explicit flavour names, along with three with flavour names. These were analysed for 92 known flavour chemicals plus triacetin by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.Results14 of the 16 products had total determined flavour chemical levels that were higher (>0.3 mg/g) than in previously studied flavour-labelled products and of a chemical profile indicating added flavour chemicals.ConclusionsThe results suggest that the tobacco industry has responded to sales restrictions by renaming flavoured products to avoid explicitly identifying them as flavoured. While chemical analysis is the most precise means of identifying flavours in tobacco products, federal tobacco laws pre-empt localities from basing regulations on that approach, limiting enforcement options. If the Food and Drug Administration would mandate that all tobacco products must indicate when flavourings are present above a specific level, local jurisdictions could enforce their sales restrictions. A level of 0.1 mg/g for total added flavour chemicals is suggested here as a relevant reference value for regulating added flavour chemicals in tobacco products.

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