Nearly 40% of New York City carbon emissions come from fossil fuel furnaces, boilers and hot water heaters. Space heating and hot water electrification reduces those emissions.
Local Law 154 of 2021 prohibits the onsite combustion of fuels that emit more than 25kg CO2/MMBTU. The law phases out the usage of fossil fuels in new buildings for heating and service hot water (Service HW). This also impacts appliances such as domestic cooking ranges and clothes dryers.
Applications for New Buildings or Alt-CO New Buildings with Existing Elements to Remain (alterations that must be filed as New Buildings), are required to comply based on the filing date of the initial GC application, as follows:
*50% or more of the units are subject to a regulatory agreement, restrictive declaration, or similar instrument with a federal, state, or local governmental entity or instrumentality for the creation or preservation of affordable housing.
Exceptions include: