Q&A
Overview of NYCHA's weatherization and climate-related pilot programs
1:50:08
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NYCHA officials provide an overview of their current weatherization and climate-related pilot programs in response to Council Member Chris Banks' inquiry.
- Major pilot programs include the Clean Heat For All Challenge and electrification of buildings like Howe Avenue in the Bronx and 830 Amsterdam
- The Cloudburst program focuses on modifying landscapes for storm water management and improving outdoor spaces
- An innovation challenge related to induction stoves is in early stages, aiming to develop easily installable alternatives to gas stoves
- NYCHA is developing further programs, including scoping studies for resilience hubs
Chris Banks
1:50:08
Thank you.
1:50:10
How many weatherization or climate related pilot programs, is NYCHA currently operating?
Siobhan Watson
1:50:18
Sure.
1:50:18
So, our major pilot programs include the Clean Heat For All Challenge that I mentioned previously, as well as electrification of some other buildings, including Ho of some other buildings, including Howe Avenue in the Bronx and 830 Amsterdam, where we're looking at those as kind of early pilots of electrification technology.
1:50:38
Our Cloudburst program, we do consider that to be a pilot program where we're doing these more kind of major modifications of landscapes in order to manage storm water while upgrading the outdoor experience on the campuses.
1:50:53
And then our, we also have another innovation challenge related to climate that we're in the early stages of.
1:51:01
That relates to induction stoves in NYCHA buildings, where we, similar to the Clean Heat For All Challenge, have worked with NYPA and NYSERDA to, request the development of a, an induction stove that can be installed easily in NYCHA to kitchens, as an alternative to gas, without having to do major electric upgrades.
1:51:25
So, we have a number of programs, and, are kind of developing further ones.
1:51:31
We have a couple of scoping studies.
1:51:33
One involves resilience hubs that we may be moving forward on.
1:51:39
Okay.
Dylan Baker-Rice
1:51:39
As part of our general electrification program, we also have, sites with geothermal.
