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Building Energy Disclosure: Policy Trends and Market Impacts

NYU School of Law, Vanderbilt Hall, Snow Dining Room 40 Washington Square South, New York, NY, United States

The Guarini Center and a group of leading experts had a discussion on “Building Energy Disclosure: Policy Trends and Market Impacts.” In 2009, New York City enacted a pioneering energy disclosure policy, Local Law 84, which requires large buildings to submit annual energy benchmarking data. Today, a number of stakeholders have begun to consider how Local […]

Carbon Prices at Universities? Insights from Yale University’s Experience

NYU School of Law, Vanderbilt Hall, Faculty Library 40 Washington Square South, New York, NY, United States

In 2017, Yale University adopted an internal carbon charge across its campus, becoming one of the first universities in the United States to do so. Under Yale’s pioneering program, buildings throughout the university are charged $40 per ton of carbon dioxide that is emitted as a result of the energy they consume. On March 29th, […]

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Carbon Trading for Buildings? Insights from the German Emissions Trading Program

Virtual Webinar

In the fall of 2019, Germany adopted novel climate legislation that calls for the establishment of a trading program for carbon emissions from the transportation and building sectors. The new law, which has already generated substantial controversy, will take effect in 2021. Pursuant to Local Law 97 of 2019, New York City is considering adopting an emissions […]

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Unpacking the LL97 Carbon Trading Study

Virtual Webinar

NYU just released the highly anticipated carbon trading study required by New York City’s Local Law 97. The study is the first comprehensive modelling assessment of the costs and benefits of this groundbreaking law, and of the feasibility of a potential carbon trading program for buildings. Join Urban Green and the NYU study team for […]

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Counting What We Consume: How Cities Can More Accurately Count Their Contributions to Climate Change

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When U.S. cities estimate the greenhouse gas emissions for which they are responsible, cities tend to focus on the emissions that come from activities within their borders and from generating electricity to meet local needs. This approach undercounts cities’ contributions to climate change because it leaves out the GHG emissions that come from the production of […]

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