Items tagged #Submetering

How a “freak out” over Local Law 97 turned into a green overhaul

The Lathrop co-op made a solar instal­la­tion work for its budget, and its historic land­mark status. Now, it’s keen to choose more projects from a ​“menu” of energy effi­ciency upgrades.

The Queens co-op that built a foundation for Local Law 97 compliance, brick by brick

At a middle-income co-op in western Queens, a series of smaller projects over a longer period do the same work as a single big-ticket upgrade to reduce carbon emissions

Submetering for savings at Queensview

Behind the metering strategy that shifts the onus for elec­tricity use onto the indi­vidual — making users more aware of their own waste