Section 8-102. Definitions

For the purposes of this article, the following
  words  and  phrases shall have the following meanings unless a different
  meaning is plainly required by the context:
    1. "Municipality." Any county, city, town, village,  school  district,
  district corporation, public authority or the port authority of New York
  and New Jersey to the extent its facilities are located within the state
  of New York.
    2. "Existing  buildings."  Any  building,  other  than  a residence or
  apartment building, whose operation requires on the average in excess of
  5000 kwh of electricity per month for lighting purposes  in  any  twelve
  month  period  and  which was in existence or under construction, or for
  which an application for a building permit was made and plans  filed  in
  this state on or before January first, nineteen hundred seventy-nine.
    3. "Standards."  The  state lighting efficiency standards for existing
  buildings provided for in this article,  or  any  portion  thereof,  any
  modification of or amendments thereto.