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Shulman asks about all-electric building and heat wave power load

New York City Council · Oct 6, 2026 · starts 1:08:03 · 57 sec

Shulman notes Forest Hills experiences power reductions during heat waves; Fogarty says new codes and zoning sustainability requirements will make the building's load much lower than older comparable buildings.

Lynn C. Schulman

Now, you said it'll be an all-electric building.

Lynn C. Schulman

Just so you're aware, when we've had these heat waves, Forest Hills is one of the first ones to reduce power and content and everything else.

Lynn C. Schulman

So how would that be mitigated?

Member of the Public - Chris Fogarty

I can answer that too.

Member of the Public - Chris Fogarty

Because of the new codes and because of the new zoning codes, especially that help

Member of the Public - Chris Fogarty

with additional sustainability requirements, the load of this building would be much less than, say, a comparable building built five years ago, certainly much less than 10 years ago.

Member of the Public - Chris Fogarty

So it's not going to be perfect, but it's going to be a lot less than it could be.

Member of the Public - Chris Fogarty

And by achieving these new standards, we're going to reduce that amount that it could have been.

Member of the Public - Chris Fogarty

So that's not really a good answer, but it's...

Lynn C. Schulman

No, you know, but I just want to be mindful of that.

Lynn C. Schulman

And, you know, there's infrastructure issues and everything else.