New York City Green Schools Guide

The New York City School Construction Authority is very pleased to present our NYC Green Schools Guide and Rating System, which will be used to guide the sustainable design, construction and operation of new schools, modernization projects and school renovations, and to achieve compliance with Local Law 86 of 2005 (New York City’s Green Building Law). Local Law 86 established a set of demanding sustainable standards for public design and construction projects, and makes NYC one of the first and largest school districts in the nation to have sustainable guidelines required by law.

Designing and building sustainable schools by following the NYC Green Schools Guide will utilize standards best suited to school buildings in New York City, and allow “building green” to be integrated with the SCA’s other core mandates of designing and building high quality projects, within aggressive timeframes, as cost effectively as possible.