NYC Local Law 97, independent verification
Only 43% of covered NYC buildings meet their 2030 limits today, and owners are being sold heat pumps, controls and audits to close the gap. We don't sell any of it. We check that what you install performs, and that it keeps performing after the contractor leaves.
Sources: NYC Department of Buildings, LL97 year one report, 2026; Urban Green Council, LL97 progress, January 2026.
We are a commissioning firm, not an equipment seller or a filing service. Our job is to prove performance on your behalf.
Rent-regulated buildings and houses of worship
Your prescriptive measures report must be certified by an independent retro-commissioning agent. We inspect each of the 13 measures on site, document it and certify the report. Our ASHRAE BCxP-led team is completing NYC DOB registration as a retro-commissioning agent; ask us about timing for your filing.
Heat pumps, VRF and electrification
Design review, witnessed startup and functional tests before final payment, then a winter comfort check. You find out the install underperforms while the contractor is still on the hook.
Any covered building
Monitoring-based commissioning after retro-commissioning or a retrofit: monthly trend review, every drift logged and assigned, and a yearly summary your LL97 report signer can use.
Boards tell us the same thing: every firm recommends something different and nobody has a plan. We sit on your side of the table.
Article 320 reports are signed by a PE or registered architect. We don't compete for that signature. We become your verification arm: field testing, retro-commissioning and the evidence record behind the numbers you certify.
Talk about a partnershipEvery test, photo and open item lives on one record that you own. When the 2030 filing comes, the evidence is already there.
For some buildings, in this period, it can be. But the 2030 limits are much stricter and penalties repeat every year, so the math usually changes. We help you see that clearly before you decide, and if you do invest, we make sure the investment actually lowers your number.
No. We are independent of contractors and manufacturers. That is the point: our only product is the verification.
Article 320 reports must be certified by a licensed engineer or registered architect. We work with your engineer, or ours, and provide the field testing and evidence behind the report.
We inspect the 13 prescriptive measures on site, document each one with photos and findings, and certify the report as an independent retro-commissioning agent. If something is missing, you get a list of what to fix before filing.
Yes. We test the system against its design, find whether the cause is equipment, controls, distribution or the building envelope, and give you a fix list you can hold the contractor to.
A 15-minute call. No equipment pitch, no filing upsell.
Guidance, not legal advice; confirm requirements with NYC DOB.
