The Buildings Tech Lab provides an accelerated pathway for early to growth-stage companies to collaborate with city government to improve the development, sustainability and safety of New York’s built environment.
The Buildings Tech Lab is a collaboration between the NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) and the Partnership Fund for New York City. We provide companies with expedited paths to testing, expert feedback, access to key decision makers from DOB, and an accelerated go/no-go decision.
We enable DOB leaders to source, evaluate, and pilot new solutions to their most critical challenges as it oversees safety, livability and sustainability in the city’s 1.1 million buildings.
“This is not technology that ‘moves fast and breaks things’. This is tech that moves fast and fixes things. One challenge at a time, we are transforming our city's essential services and improving daily life for every New Yorker.”
Maria Gotsch
President and CEO, Partnership Fund for New York City
Leadership
Program leadership guides companies through the Buildings Tech Lab’s application, evaluation, and testing processes via project management support.
Maria Gotsch
President and CEO, Partnership Fund for New York City
Stacey Matlen
Senior Vice President, Innovation Programs, Partnership for New York City
Anushree Sreedhar
Director, Innovation Programs, Partnership for New York City
About the Partnership Fund for New York City
The Partnership Fund for New York City amplifies impact with access to large corporate partners and investors so that:
Public officials can accelerate change at reduced cost through expanded access to tech expertise and creative solutions.
Innovative tech companies gain exposure to NYC’s public agencies, our corporate partners and investors—and the opportunity to demonstrate their solutions at scale.
Industry leaders and investors get first look at what some of the world’s most promising tech companies can do.
Every New Yorker benefits from better buildings and a more livable city.
The Partnership Fund for New York City is the $130 million investment arm of the Partnership for New York City, dedicated to mobilizing private sector resources and expertise to advance New York City’s standing as a global center of economic opportunity, upward mobility, and innovation. The Fund invests in entrepreneurs and innovators in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors who contribute to building a more vibrant and inclusive New York City economy. A key focus of the Fund is the application of new technology that serves the public interest.
Technology in the public interest is changing what's possible.
The Buildings Tech Lab is part of the Partnership Fund for New York City’s “Tech in the Public Interest” strategy, which aims to invest in companies and programs that advance the application of new technologies to address urban challenges, including helping government agencies deliver services more effectively.
Along with the Buildings Tech Lab, the Partnership Fund for New York City operates the Environmental Tech Lab in collaboration with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, and Transit Tech Lab in collaboration with the largest transit agencies in America—Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, NYC Department of Transportation, and NJ Transit.
