Condominiums

Breaking down the J-51 tax abatement: Who is it for, and how can it help?

Skylight explains the tax break that helps New York City apart­ments recoup costs for building upgrades

It’s hard — and it’s happening

One year in, Skylight has docu­mented real progress towards a clean energy tran­si­tion in New York City’s apart­ment buildings

Steam heat systems learning new tricks

A legacy boiler company is pioneering boiler replace­ment with a steam-gener­ating heat pump powerful enough to heat New York’s biggest apart­ment buildings

How steam heat boilers work

Boilers have warmed New York build­ings for decades. But to prepare them to meet the city’s new climate stan­dards, we must first under­stand how they function.

“If you have a pulse on what’s going on, you don’t lose a building”

A Q&A with prop­erty manager Desi Ndreu on the value of commu­ni­ca­tion, and how prop­erty manage­ment is responding to the need to decarbonize

What the candidates for mayor have to say about New York’s landmark climate housing law

Local Law 97 has been up for discus­sion at the past few mayoral debates. Who we elect on November 4 will decide the poli­cy’s fate.

What is Local Law 97?

Skylight’s all-in-one explainer of New York City’s land­mark building decar­boniza­tion law — and what it means for the city’s resi­den­tial buildings.

“We had to tell a good story.”

How Lucas Parra lobbied his neigh­bors for rooftop solar

How this Brooklyn condo ensures its solar panels work at max efficiency

Once solar panels are installed, engi­neers utilize energy ​“clip­ping” to ensure peak perfor­mance, even on the cloud­iest days

Making it make cents

A Q&A with Jay Merves on green financing options for different types of homeowners

What are we going to do with this roof?

The story of how one Brooklyn condo board bonded together over solar energy — after much deliberation

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