To facilitate the identification of New York City projects in the rapidly expanding international database maintained by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), buildings or spaces in LL86 LEED® projects, when construction is directly managed by city agencies, should conform to the following when applying to the USGBC for certification:

Under “Project Owner Information”, type in “NYC” before the name of the agency.

Under “Project Name Information”, type in “City of NY” before the project name.