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Healthy schools initiatives and building electrification efforts
5:20:13
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The SCA outlines its significant investments in the healthy schools category, with a focus on building electrification and upgrading heating systems to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and decrease greenhouse gas emissions.
- $1.4 billion allocated for building electrification efforts
- $350 million dedicated to upgrading heating plants
- Partnership with the Department of Citywide Administrative Services for additional funding
- Anticipation of initiating over 40 electrification projects, more than tripling the number from the previous plan
Nina Kubota
5:20:13
We are already seeing the difference that the healthy schools category is making across the New York City public school portfolio.
5:20:19
A majority of this funding, 1,400,000,000.0, will go towards our efforts to electrify our existing buildings.
5:20:26
Additionally, there's 350,000,000 allocated to upgrade our heating plants.
5:20:31
Both efforts will make huge strides in eliminating our reliance on polluting fossil fuels and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
5:20:40
In addition to our plan funding, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services is anticipated to fund roughly 200,000,000 for electrification projects in FY '25 with similar funding expected in '26.
5:20:54
With DKAS's partnership and additional funding, we anticipate being able to initiate over 40 electrification projects.
5:21:02
In the last plan, we awarded 13 electrification projects, and we're hoping to more than triple that in this plan.
5:21:10
349,000,000 is allocated to projects that will upgrade physical education facilities, including athletic fields, pools, and playgrounds.