Buildings news update - April 27, 2021

Buildings
news update

April
27, 2021

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DOB's
Build Safe | Live Safe Digital Conference Starts Next Week, May 3-7

DOB's second annual digital
conference,

Build Safe | Live Safe Digital 2021: Safety and Sustainability,
is kicking off next week.

Taking
place from May 3rd to May 7th, 2021, to coincide with
National Construction Safety Week and OSHA's
National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction,
the conference is

free

and open to the public, with many
courses also eligible for AIA continuing
education credits. Attendees
will also have the ability to attend worker safety sessions offered in multiple languages.

Register today to hear from Department
experts on important industry topics including construction
safety, building maintenance, building sustainability, and NYC's regulatory landscape,
including a session devoted to explaining the changes
outlined in

safety legislation
recently introduced in City Council.

Check out our
conference course offerings and sign up today at

bit.ly/BuildsafeLivesafe.

Failure to Post
Building Energy Efficiency Rating Labels

Starting April 29,
2021, the Department will start issuing violations to owners
of buildings over 25,000 square feet � or multiple
buildings on a lot that total 100,000 square feet or
more � that appear on the

NYC Benchmarking Covered
Buildings List who fail to post an Energy Efficiency
Rating Label as required by

Local Law 33 of 2018.

Per the rule, an owner
who fails to post the label

within 30 days after
October 1

will be subject to a civil penalty of
$1250. Covered buildings were required to post
the label starting back in October 2020.

Owners who receive a violation for failure to post
the Energy Efficiency Label can view and pay the
civil penalties, or challenge the violation, through
a new portal in

DOB NOW: Safety.

For More
Information

Review

Local Law 33
as amended by LL95 of 2019: Steps to Compliance and

LL33 - Frequently Asked Questions.

Visit the
Department's

Benchmarking page.

Contact the
NYC Sustainability Help Center for assistance with
benchmarking tasks , Monday through Friday, 9:00
am to 5:00 pm by emailing
Help@NYCsustainability.org
or by calling (212) 566-5584.

See
our
Service
Notice for more information.

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Melanie E. La Rocca Commissioner

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