2012 New York Consolidated Laws
PBB - Public Buildings
Article 4-C - (80 - 83) STATE GREEN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ACT
83 - Agency green building construction requirements.

 
    §   83.  Agency  green  building  construction  requirements.  1.  The
  construction of new buildings and the substantial renovation of existing
  buildings shall comply with such  green  construction  requirements  and
  procedures  as  shall have been established by the office in regulations
  pursuant to subdivision two of this section.
    2. The office, in consultation with the authority, the  department  of
  environmental  conservation,  the  department  of  health, the dormitory
  authority of the state  of  New  York,  the  department  of  state,  the
  department  of  education,  the office of parks, recreation and historic
  preservation, and any other agency as determined by the office that  may
  be  affected  by  this  article,  shall promulgate rules and regulations
  establishing  construction  requirements  and  procedures  necessary  to
  implement  this  article,  including the exceptions described in section
  eighty-two of  this  article.  In  establishing  such  requirements  and
  procedures,  the  office may consult green construction requirements and
  procedures established or adopted by  other  agencies,  and  by  private
  organizations,  including  but  not  limited  to the United States green
  building council under its leadership in energy and environmental design
  programs, the green building initiative's green  globes  rating  system,
  and the American National Standards Institute.
    3.  For  purposes  of monitoring compliance with this article and this
  article's effectiveness, each agency shall prepare by June thirtieth  of
  each  year  an  annual  building  performance  report  in  such form and
  containing such information as the office may require, which may  relate
  to  such  matters  as  energy  consumption,  waste reduction, indoor air
  quality, water reductions and maintenance procedures and processes. Such
  report shall be available to the office upon request.