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Last Chance to Enter DOB's
Sustainability and Building Code Innovation Challenges

Want to play a role in building New York City's future?
Enter one or both of DOB's Innovation Challenges By August 21st.
The Department of Buildings is still accepting submissions for the Carbon Neutrality Innovation
Challenge and the Hack the Building Code challenge. The

Carbon Neutrality Innovation Challenge seeks ideas on
ways to increase energy efficiency among New York City's
buildings to help make NYC carbon neutral by 2050. The

Hack the Building Code competition is looking for ideas on how to improve and modernize the city's Building Code.
All entries for both innovation competitions must be submitted online by
Friday, August 21, 2020. The winners will
be announced this Fall. See below for more
details on each innovation challenge.

The Challenges

This year,
the DOB, in partnership with the NYC Economic Development Corporation and the Urban Tech Hub, launched two first-of-their-kind
competitions: The "Carbon Neutrality Innovation Challenge," which
gives entrants an opportunity to submit ideas on increasing energy
efficiency and cutting emissions among NYC�s buildings and the "Hack the Building Code"
Innovation Challenge, which allows entrants the opportunity to submit new ideas on best approaches to improve the city's 1.1 million
buildings, keep construction workers and the public safe, and modernize
the construction process. Winners of each challenge will have the tremendous opportunity to impact
how we build a more sustainable and safe city. Here's what we're looking for:

The Carbon Neutrality
Innovation Challenge is looking for ideas across the sustainability
spectrum, including:

Energy storage

Distributed generation

Buildings systems, management and
operations

Building materials and insulation

Reducing "embodied carbon" that is
stored or emitted during construction

Semifinalists will be asked to present their proposals during a
DOB-sponsored conference in September. The competition winner will be
considered for future opportunities like technical support and
prioritized assistance with introducing their technology to NYC's design
and construction industries. The winner will also be featured in
upcoming DOB industry seminars and events highlighting the new frontier
of building sustainability technology. For more information on this
challenge, visit
Make NYC Carbon Neutral.

The Hack the Building Code Innovation
Challenge is seeking proposals on:

Improving worker safety

Identifying new regulations that would
foster innovation or new technology, plus finding outdated regulations that are impeding innovation

Minimizing the effects of construction
(ex: noise, dust, vibrations)

Creating innovative fire-resistant and
construction techniques

Designing new fire resistant materials

Innovating façade inspections and
repairs

Developing adaptive architecture

Facilitating design-build collaborations

Creating new takes on business processes
to improve customer experience and become more efficient

Incorporating Building Information
Modeling (BIM), digitizing the workplace and other design
innovations

Developing safe work practices to
continue preventing the spread of COVID-19

Semi-finalists will be
asked to present their proposals during a DOB-sponsored conference in
September. The winner of this innovation challenge will be supported for inclusion in the 2020 New York
City Building Code, agency Buildings Bulletin, or industry best
practices guidelines. The winner will also be featured in
upcoming DOB industry seminars and events highlighting how NYC's
Building Code keeps every New Yorker safe. For more information
on how to enter, visit Help Hack the Building Code.

Melanie E. La Rocca Commissioner

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