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As part of this solicitation, NYSERDA will competitively award funding to colleges and universities, multi-family complexes, medical campuses, and communities for projects that use heat pumps and low carbon thermal resources such as geothermal, wastewater, waste heat, surface water, and thermal energy storage to effectively integrate different clean heating and cooling systems and equipment into their buildings. Project sites may consist of a single large building or multiple co-located buildings (e.g., multiple buildings served by a shared thermal system and/or resource), either existing or new construction.
Project awards will be up to $300,000 for new construction and up to $500,000 for existing building retrofits, with a 50% proposer cost-share requirement. Under this program opportunity notice, NYSERDA is seeking proposals for large-scale thermal design projects in New York State that address:
- Multiple Buildings with a minimum conditioned space of 250,000 square feet.
- Single Buildings with a minimum conditioned space of 150,000 square feet.
Additionally, the program will support projects:
- That serve as highly replicable examples of designs and business models for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from heating, cooling, and hot water.
- That significantly reduce energy use by using techniques such as waste heat recovery and thermal energy storage.
- That include infrastructure with long useful lives, designed to last 50 years or more.
- Designed to be reliable and resilient to withstand the climate conditions and events that will occur during the system’s lifetime.
- Located in Disadvantaged Communities (DACs) and/or include low-income housing (preferred).
Proposal Due Dates: Thursday, September 26, 2024 (Round 1) and Thursday, January 30, 2025 (Round 2) by 3:00 p.m. ET
Informational Webinar
A pre-bid webinar will be held on July 11 at 3:00 p.m. ET for potential proposers to the Community Thermal Network team's new PON 5614.
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