Framed by the Manhattan skyline, electricians with IBEW Local 3 install solar panels on top of the Terminal B garage at LaGuardia Airport, Nov. 9, 2021, in the Queens borough of New York.

How Green are NYC's Buildings?

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Mariana Simões, Brazilian investigative journalist covering climate and the environment for City Limits, and John Scofield, professor of physics at Oberlin College and an expert on LEED building energy consumption, explain what the energy rating systems LEED and Energy Star can and can't tell us about a building's sustainability.

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