REMARKS
Qiana Mickie explains the Urban Agrivoltaics Pilot Program
1:10:58
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Qiana Mickie, Executive Director of the NYC Mayor's Office of Urban Agriculture, describes the Urban Agrivoltaics Pilot Program. This initiative aims to develop feasibility plans for combining urban agriculture with solar production and other climate mitigation efforts on city buildings.
- The program explores the potential for food production, solar energy, and stormwater mitigation on building rooftops
- It also supports community-based organizations and building owners in considering urban agriculture possibilities
- The initiative demonstrates a multifaceted approach to urban land use, combining agriculture with renewable energy and environmental benefits
Qiana Mickie
1:10:58
There's been a concerted, effort in additional research with our office and other agencies like DOE and, School Construction Authority, as well as DCAS, Innovation to, assess and consider what could potentially be, rooftops in schools in particular.
1:11:16
And, again, our urban agriviliates pilot program is helping also build a feasibility, plan and approach for not just other additional cities, buildings to consider if they're able to do our, production as well as solar production and other climate mitigation, like stormwater mitigation.
1:11:37
But we're also creating an avenue where we're supporting community based, organizations or other developers, landlords that have the ownership of their building to kind of see that as well.
Gale A. Brewer
1:11:49
But in terms of the public buildings, is there an actual dashboard or some kind of a report as to how many are available at blah blah blah?
