The Sustainable Urban Site Design Manual offers an introduction to more environmentally, economically, and socially responsible urban site design practices for New York City capital projects. It is conceived as a resource handbook, featuring chapters that marry the unique site conditions encountered on many City projects with appropriate sustainable site design strategies. The contents are addressed to the whole rainbow of NYC DDC project participants, from City administrators to architects and their consultants, to construction managers, contractors, and facility personnel
Sustainable design is an integral part of the program, which encourages City agencies to pursue green practices in all their public works projects. The results of D+CE and the Department's efforts to promote greater environmental responsibility in building design are highlighted on the following pages of this report.
This document is an introduction to environmental roof strategies, both refl ective and planted roofs. Its basic goal is to evaluate the effectiveness of these strategies for New York City projects. The guidelines are addressed to all the participants in projects for the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) - administrators and managers from DDC, architects and their consultants, and construction managers.
By implementing sustainable practices in the public right-of-way, we will conserve energy, improve air and water quality, and protect our waters, making New York City more beautiful and livable. Just as the High Performance Building Guidelines received wide acclaim and inspired comparable guidelines in other U.S. cities, we are confident that the High Performance Infrastructure Guidelines will encourage a groundswell of innovation here and throughout the nation
This document is an introduction and resource handbook about quality lighting and energy efficient solutions for New York City projects. Its basic goal is to assist designers and project management personnel to understand the current energy codes and meet or exceed them with appropriate and creative designs. The guidelines are addressed to all the participants in projects for the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) - administrators and managers from DDC; architects and their consultants; and construction managers. Quality and energy efficient lighting must be fully integrated with the overall design process, and planned in conjunction with daylighting strategies.
This document is an introduction and resource handbook for understanding New York City Local Law 77. This law requires the use of ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel (ULSD) and best available technology (BAT) for reducing emissions form non-road equipment used on City construction projects. The handbook is addressed to all the participants in the projects for the New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC), but especially the administrators and managers from DDC, construction managers and contractors. Its goal is to assist these professionals to understand and meet the requirements of NYC Local Law 77.
This desktop manual concisely presents the most common universal design principles from Universal Design New York and offers simple, straightforward examples of how to incorporate those principles into real projects