N.Y. Energy Law § 8-103: Application

§ 8-103. Application. On or before April first, nineteen hundred

eighty, the commissioner shall promulgate, and thereafter may amend from

time to time, standards relating to the lighting of all existing

buildings, or classes of such buildings, for purposes of minimizing the

consumption of energy and providing for the efficient utilization of the

energy expended for lighting in the use and occupancy of such buildings.

Such standards shall be cost effective and shall not impair the health

and safety of the occupants of the property. The standards shall be

deemed cost effective if the cost of implementing them would be equal to

or less than the present value of energy and maintenance savings that

would be expected over a seven-year period in a building to which the

standards are applicable.