Q&A
Transition to gas-fired boilers and renewable energy sources
0:45:16
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Council Member Chris Banks inquires about the number of new gas-fired boilers and renewable energy sources for heating. Dylan Baker-Rice responds with information on NYCHA's transition to gas and dual-fuel systems.
- The exact number of gas-fired boilers is not immediately available
- When decoupling systems, NYCHA is generally switching to gas
- For replacements, NYCHA is considering dual-fuel systems (gas preferred with oil backup) for redundancy
- NYCHA is also exploring renewable energy sources for heating
Chris Banks
0:45:16
You mentioned that, the oh, let me go back up.
0:45:21
How many of the new boilers are gas fired?
0:45:24
And
Dylan Baker-Rice
0:45:29
Chair, we'll have to get back to you with the number on the exact number for gas fired.
0:45:34
Generally, when we're decoupling, we're switching to gas.
0:45:40
And any replacements, we're either looking at dual fuel, so, gas is preferred
Chris Banks
0:45:46
Right.
Dylan Baker-Rice
0:45:46
With an oil backup.
0:45:48
And that's for redundancy sake in case there is an outage.
Chris Banks
0:45:53
And, what are the renewable, sources of heating that you're looking at or energy that you're heating that you're looking at?
Dylan Baker-Rice
0:46:00
Yeah.
0:46:00
I'll pass it to my colleague, Siobhan, to talk about electrification.
Darlene Mealy
0:46:04
Yeah.
