New Rochelle, NY Building Safety: Green Building Code (2026)

" In 2021 the Council amended Section 111-5 to designate the head of the Bureau of Buildings, Department of Development, as the Building Official responsible for enforcing those provisions of the State Code that relate to construction and repair, expressly including the NYStretch Energy Code - 2020. NYStretch layers tighter envelope, lighting and HVAC efficiency requirements on top of the base state Energy Conservation Construction Code; by folding it into the Building Official's enforcement mandate, New Rochelle applies those tighter standards to permitted work citywide rather than leaving them optional.

Compliance is checked at the permit-review stage, when plans must demonstrate conformance with the State Code, and again on site: Section 111-18A(5) requires that all structures, additions and new equipment requiring compliance with the New York State Energy Conservation Code be inspected and approved during the course of construction and upon completion. A project cannot obtain its certificate of occupancy under Section 111-16 until that energy code inspection, along with every other required inspection, has been signed off by the Building Official. There is no separate green-building permit or fee schedule; NYStretch compliance rides on the same building permit application, plans and inspection process used for every other trade covered by Chapter 111.