New York City's green building requirements

On April 2, 2007, pursuant to executive order 97 of 2006, the New York City Mayor’s Office of Environmental Coordination published final rules to implement the City’s Green Building Law, Local Law 86 of 2005:

MAYOR’S OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATION
NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF
GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS RULES

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN THE Mayor’s Office of Environmental Coordination by section 1043 of the New York City Charter, subdivision i of section 224.1 of the New York City Charter, and Executive Order No. 97 of 2006, and after a duly advertised public hearing held on January 2nd, 2007 after first publication in the City Record on December 1, 2006, that the Mayor’s Office of Environmental Coordination has promulgated the following green building standards rules.

Title 43 of the Rules of the City of New York is amended by adding a new chapter 10 to read as follows:

CHAPTER 10
GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS

§10-01 Definitions. (a) Definitions of the terms “capital project”, “city agency”, “green building standards”, “LEED energy and atmosphere credit 1”, “LEED green building rating system”, and “not less stringent” set forth in subdivision (a) of section 224.1 of the Charter shall apply to such terms as they appear in this chapter. (b) As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:

Construction cost. The term “construction cost” means capital dollars allocated to construction as defined in the Certificate to Proceed for Construction or Certificate to Proceed for Design and Construction or with respect to entities that are not City agencies, cost allocated to construction of a project intended to achieve a public purpose of the City as such project is described in supporting documentation submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for the issuance of a Certificate to Proceed for Construction or Certificate to Proceed for Design and Construction.