Sunday, June 19, 2016

SUSTAINABLE CITIES/New York - One City: Built to Last, and the Buildings Technical Working Group

One City aims to overcome historic under-investment in the City’s public buildings and the lack of private sector investments in energy efficiency. One City targets major barriers such as a lack of information transparency about private building energy use, limited resources for investment, and mistrust in a fragmented market for energy efficiency.

The TWG is seeking to overcome the high cost of deep building retrofits and the uncertainty of planning for 2050 due to unforeseen long-term changes to technology, power supply, and demand for energy. The TWG is supported by a technical study that assesses multiple pathways for GHG reductions in buildings and their associated costs.

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