Our firm specializes in NYC Building Codes and Sustainable Engineering for all NYC Local Law Compliance. Our team consists of Sustainable Engineers, Registered Architects, DOB Registered filing representatives and Local Law compliance experts.

We are experienced in coordinating with the DOB, EPA and other city, state and federal agencies which cuts down application wait periods in half. This ensure maximum profitability with strict quality assurance-based services.

New York City Sustainable Engineers — NYC Department of Buildings

The New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) governs multiple aspects of the construction industry. It enacts regulations, inspects violations, ensures compliance and has extensive authority to issue fines and stop work orders at buildings and construction sites.

At Cotocon Sustainable Engineering, we handle all aspects of NYC DOB Code Compliance. Our team of registered professionals work effortlessly to do 100% of the work and ensure that your building is under compliance. We have a zero-interference policy, which means that our work doesn’t interfere with day-to-day operations of the building occupants, management and ownership’s administration.

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What does the Department of Buildings regulate?

The DOB has broad jurisdiction over the filing of plans, approvals of designs and project work, and all aspects of project safety. The DOB also is in charge of permitting, licensing and inspecting violations of building codes and other laws of the built environment.

Recent climate concerns and energy outages have led to extensive new DOB regulations governing key upgrades in building systems that ensure building efficiency and resiliency and the reduction of carbon footprint.

How Our Sustainable Engineers Can Help

We assist our clients in complying with NYC Local Laws such as:

• Local Law 84 of 2009
  in relation to benchmarking the energy and water efficiency of buildings.
• Local Law 87 of 2009
  in relation to requiring energy audits and retro-commissioning of base building systems of certain buildings and retro-fitting of certain city-owned buildings.
• Local Law 133 of 2016
  in relation to expanding the list of buildings required to be benchmarked for energy and water efficiency.

• Local Law 92 of 2019
  in relation to requiring that the roofs of certain buildings be partially covered in green roof or solar photovoltaic electricity generating systems

• Local Law 93 of 2019
  in relation to posting information regarding green roofs on the website of the department of buildings
• Local Law 94 of 2019
  in relation to requiring that the roofs of certain buildings be covered in green roofs or solar photovoltaic electricity generating systems
• Local Law 95 of 2019 (Amendment to Local Law 33 of 2018)
  in relation to a building energy efficiency grade
• Local Law 97 of 2019
  in relation to the commitment to achieve certain reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050

We also offer building commissioning services for both new (Cx) and old (Retro-Commissioning or RCx) buildings. Commissioning is now more integrated into the permitting and sign-off process. The purpose of NYCECC progress inspections are to ensure that all components of a project’s mechanical systems are installed per the approved plans and specifications. Commissioning makes sure that all installed components function as designed, and that their operation meets NYCECC regulations.

What Projects Require Commissioning?

Per the TR8 form, “Commissioning is Required for Applications Where C408 or ASHRAE 90.1 Section 6.7.2.4 Requires Commissioning.” But what does this mean?

Section C408 of the NYCECC discusses system commissioning.

Systems that may require commissioning include, but are not limited to:

• Mechanical Heating, Cooling, and Refrigeration Systems
• Air Handling and Distribution, Ventilation and Exhaust Systems
• Air, Water and other Energy Recovery Systems
• Manual or Automatic Controls on Energy Using Systems (i.e. temperature controls)
• Plumbing, Heating systems
• Service Water Heating Systems
• Renewable Energy and Energy Storage Systems