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New York state is offering up to $750,000 in state cost-sharing funding for building and campus decarbonization efforts that use ground-source heat pumps, waste heat recovery, thermal energy storage and other low-emissions technologies. Applications are due July 31.
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s Large-Scale Thermal program encourages property owners to pursue high-efficiency, “grid-friendly” electrification projects, NYSERDA Program Manager Sue Dougherty said in a presentation at the International District Energy Association annual conference earlier this month.
The $10 million program is open to systems that provide heating, cooling and hot water to single buildings with at least 100,000 square feet of conditioned space or multibuilding campuses with at least 250,000 conditioned square feet, NYSERDA says.
The state wants 85% of its buildings to use clean heating technologies like heat pumps and thermal energy networks by 2050, the same year its statutory net-zero statewide GHG emissions target kicks in.
The Large-Scale Thermal program is accepting applications for its third funding round through July. Successful applicants will receive state funding equal to 50% of total project design costs, with maximum funding up to $300,000 for new construction and $750,000 for existing buildings.
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