New York's second tier office buildings going green

New York

CLASS B office buildings are known for being old, no-frills and off the beaten path. What they are usually not associated with is energy efficiency.

That may be changing. In the last few years, a handful of those buildings in New York, in Hudson Square, the garment district and Times Square, have taken steps to shrink their carbon footprints, as their fancier Class A counterparts have done for years.

While landlords of Class B buildings find it difficult to recoup what they spend on green features from their…