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Financing Efficiency Upgrades For NYC Office Buildings

PART FOUR: In this article, we discuss NYSERDA’s new Heat Recovery Project Development and show how NYC commercial and multifamily buildings may benefit from it.

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Local Law 97: The Growing Role of Energy Modeling 2560 2560 Robert Derector Associates

Local Law 97: The Growing Role of Energy Modeling

PART THREE: It may be a quick exercise to generate a rough estimate of projected penalties by reviewing the previous year’s utility bills and plugging the info into an Excel spreadsheet.

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Local Law 97: What Building Owners Need to Consider

PART TWO: As discussed in part one – the stated goal of LL97 is to incentivize improvements that will reduce the annual energy use emissions of buildings.

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Local Law 97: Is Your Building Ready? 2560 2560 Robert Derector Associates

Local Law 97: Is Your Building Ready?

PART ONE: Since its passing in April 2019, the NYC Climate Mobilization Act (CMA) – including Local Law 97 (LL97) – has seen many buildings rethink their operating procedures and long-term strategic planning.

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Engineering Lesson of the Month: January 2025

2025 is the first year in which owners of buildings in NYC are required to file annual Local Law 97 compliance reports.

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2024 Promotions

Please join us in congratulating our employees on all of their fantastic accomplishments!

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Promotion Announcement: Kevin Chen, PE 1782 1337 Robert Derector Associates

Promotion Announcement: Kevin Chen, PE

RDA is excited to announce that Kevin Chen has been promoted to a Principal of the firm!

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Daniel Scott: 2024 Wayne Jackson Award Winner

We are proud to announce that the first ever recipient of the Wayne Jackson Award goes to Associate Dan Scott!

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2024: New Leadership Announcement 2560 1708 Robert Derector Associates

2024: New Leadership Announcement

It is with great pleasure that I announce Tareq Batarseh, Ian Scott & Steven Seiden have been named as managing partners of the firm.

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2023 Promotions

Join us in congratulating our employees on all of their fantastic accomplishments!

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