Legislation Details

File #: Int 1032-2018    Version: Name: Requiring that the roofs of certain buildings be covered in green roofs or solar photovoltaic electricity generating systems.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
File created: 7/18/2018 In control: Committee on Environmental Protection
On agenda: 7/18/2018 Final action: 5/19/2019
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the New York city building code, in relation to requiring that the roofs of certain buildings be covered in green roofs or solar photovoltaic electricity generating systems
Sponsors: Rafael L. Espinal, Jr., Corey D. Johnson, Stephen T. Levin, Costa G. Constantinides, Donovan J. Richards, Mark Levine, Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Andrew Cohen, Carlina Rivera , Helen K. Rosenthal, Ydanis A. Rodriguez, Brad S. Lander, Ben Kallos, Margaret S. Chin, Justin L. Brannan, Vanessa L. Gibson, Carlos Menchaca, Andy L. King, Diana I. Ayala
Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1032-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 1032, 3. Int. No. 1032, 4. July 18, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 7-18-18, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - July 18, 2018, 7. Committee Report 1/28/19, 8. Hearing Testimony 1/28/19, 9. Hearing Transcript 1/28/19, 10. Proposed Int. No. 1032-A - 4/16/19, 11. Committee Report 4/18/19, 12. Hearing Transcript 4/18/19, 13. April 18, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 14. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-18-19, 15. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - April 18, 2019, 16. Int. No. 1032-A (FINAL), 17. Fiscal Impact Statement, 18. Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor, 19. Local Law 94
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Int. No. 1032-A

By Council Members Espinal, The Speaker (Council Member Johnson), Levin, Constantinides, Richards, Levine, Ampry-Samuel, Cohen, Rivera, Rosenthal, Rodriguez, Lander, Kallos, Chin, Brannan, Gibson, Menchaca, King and Ayala

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the New York city building code, in relation to requiring that the roofs of certain buildings be covered in green roofs or solar photovoltaic electricity generating systems
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Exception 12 of section 28-101.4.3 of title 28 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new exception 12.4 to read as follows:
12.4 Sustainable roofs. Work involving the replacing of an entire existing roof deck or roof assembly shall comply with section 1511.2 of the New York city building code.
? 2. Section BC 1502.1 of the New York city building code is amended by adding a new definition of "sustainable roofing zone" in alphabetical order to read as follows:
SUSTAINABLE ROOFING ZONE. Areas of a roof assembly where a solar photovoltaic electricity generating system, a green roof system, or a combination thereof, is installed.

? 3. Section BC 1504.9 of the New York city building code, as amended by local law number 141 for the year 2013, is amended to read as follows:
1504.9 Reflectance. Roof coverings on roofs or setbacks with slope equal to or less than two units vertical in 12 units horizontal (17 percent) shall have:

1. A minimum initial solar reflectance of 0.7 in accordance with ASTM C 1549 or ASTM E 1918, and a minimum thermal emittance of 0.75 as determined in accordance with ASTM C 1371 or ASTM E 408; or

2. A minimum SRI of [78] 82 as determined in accordance with ASTM E 1980.

Roof coverings on roofs or setbacks with slope greater than two units vertical in 12 units horizontal (17 percent) shall have:

1. A minimum initial solar reflectanc...

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