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Council Member Brewer inquires about NYCHA's heat pump installation program
3:27:21
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Council Member Gale A. Brewer asks about NYCHA's progress in replacing steam radiators with electric heat pumps. NYCHA's Chief Asset & Capital Management Officer, Shaan Mavani, provides an update on the 'Clean Heat for All' program, including pilot installations, energy efficiency results, and plans for scaling up to 10,000 units across 3,000 apartments.
- The program has shown positive resident feedback and good energy efficiency in pilot installations
- NYCHA is working on larger-scale implementations at Woodside Houses and other developments
- Funding for the program comes from various sources, including potential FEMA funding for storm recovery and climate change mitigation
Gale A. Brewer
3:27:21
Thank you very much.
3:27:22
First, I wanna thank Brian Honan for everything.
3:27:25
I just wanna be clear.
3:27:27
NITRA has been replacing steam radiators with electric heat pumps.
3:27:32
My understanding is the results are very good.
3:27:35
Fewer heat complaints and energy savings.
3:27:38
How many did you install in 25 so far?
3:27:41
And is there additional money in 26 to install more?
3:27:45
The reason I ask is that my understanding is it cuts energy cost by half.
3:27:49
Can you update me on that?
3:29:21
And you are saving money from what I understand.
Shaan Mavani
3:27:51
Sure.
3:27:51
I can provide you an update on our, what's called our clean heat for all program.
3:27:56
As you know, council member Brewer, that was an industry challenge where we partnered with two different industry partners who developed these products to our specifications.
3:28:06
We installed, about a 25 of them for a demonstration pilot.
3:28:11
We wanted the manufacturers to prove that the products work.
3:28:15
As you highlighted, resident feedback is very positive.
3:28:18
Energy efficiency is good from the pilot.
3:28:21
We did have them make some modifications to the products which one of the vendors has completed.
3:28:26
And we have a new product we've signed off.
3:28:28
We are now working on a larger building scale up at Woodside Houses with that product.
3:28:35
The second vendor had some issues with the product.
3:28:38
We wanted to see it operate further in particular in the spring and summertime in the pilot units.
3:28:45
And we believe that's successful as well.
3:28:47
We'll then be scaling up that product to a full building as well.
3:28:52
And we have a plan, the way the challenge works is that if the products are successful as we feel they are now, we've committed to purchase 10,000 of them and scale those up at about 3,000 apartments across the city.
3:29:08
And so we have a number of developments that we've agreed to roll them out at.
3:29:12
And as we move the scale up process forward in 2025, '20 '6, '20 '7, '20 '8, we will be kind of implementing them at those developments.
3:29:25
So yes, there are different funding sources for those projects.
3:29:30
We are still pursuing funding for from FEMA for the Ida storm that happened a few years ago.
3:29:38
That funding, because largely heating systems were damaged amongst other things, would help us support installation of the heat pumps both from a recovery perspective but also from a climate change mitigation perspective.
3:29:51
So we are working through that process.
3:29:53
We think that that's closer to the finish line and we're hoping to secure that funding in 2025 fully.
3:29:59
We have secured funding for several of the sites to move forward and we're we're trying to, secure the remaining.
3:30:04
And then obviously beyond that, the program funding is coming from our state and federal resources.