New York City Benchmarking and Transparency Policy Impact Evaluation Report
Type
Policy Brief or Report
Year
2013
Level
City or Town
State(s)
New York
Policy Areas
Democracy & Governance, Energy, Environment & Natural Resources
This report assesses the impact of New York City's Benchmarking and Transparency Policy on the real estate market, energy consumption, and non-energy impacts. It finds that in its first four years, this policy has impacted real estate decision making, saved millions in energy costs, reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 10%, and created thousands of jobs.