CUNY Building Performance Lab | 2,068 followers on LinkedIn. Advancing energy-efficient building practices through research, outreach and training. | The CUNY Institute for Urban Systems Building Performance Lab was established in 2006 to improve the energy efficiency and performance of public and commercial buildings through research and training. PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION: For more than a decade, BPL has been at the forefront of workforce training in the energy efficiency and energy management fields, and our training programs are designed to meet the needs of workers in a variety of industries including facilities and real estate management, building operations and maintenance, and energy services and consulting. Currently, we are partnering with the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability, the Department of Small Business Services, and CUNY SPS to offer BUILDING OPERATOR TRAINING, a no-cost energy-focused training to operators of small- to mid-size apartment buildings.