Building Cleaner Communities Competition

 

REDC Region: Western New York 
Company: Enterprise Lumber Silo LLC
Category: A
Description: This Enterprise Lumber & Silo Redevelopment Project will restore and repurpose a vacant masonry and heavy timber-framed building in the City of North Tonawanda, New York to achieve carbon neutral performance. The building will serve as an incubator for entrepreneurial architecture, landscape architecture, and engineering firms.  When completed, the new building and the site will serve as a catalyst for further redevelopment of the downtown, and as a model for carbon neutral construction methods.
Funding Awarded: $300,000.00
Total Project Cost: $2,714,000.00
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse
CN/NZE: CN and NZE
Measures: Ground Source Heat Pumps, Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs), Energy Recovery Ventilation, LED Lighting, Roof Mounted Solar

366 Rockaway Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11212

REDC Region: New York City
Company: Brownsville Arts Owner LLC
Description:
The Brownsville Arts Center (BAC) is a new 28,000 square feet cultural center poised to become a major tourist attraction offering quality, affordable, cultural and youth programming in Brownsville, Brooklyn located in a disadvantaged community. The expansive all electric, high-performance building will be Passive House certified ensuring a comfortable environment for guests and staff that utilizes durable building materials for resiliency. By reducing operational costs, the BAC can focus on providing benefits and value for the many community and youth organizations it will house.
Funding Awarded: $ 1,700,000
Total Project Cost: $39,976,550
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction
CN/NZE: Carbon Neutral
Third Party Certification: Passive House
Measures:

• Air source heat pump
• CO₂ heat pump
• High performance envelope
• All electric HVAC equipment, and domestic hot water
  
  

 

2655 S Park Ave, Buffalo, NY, 14218

REDC Region: Western New York
Company: Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Society, Inc.
Description: The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens in Buffalo, is a regional historic destination within the Olmsted-designed South Park, a disadvantaged community location. The expansion will accommodate growing visitor numbers and program offerings, enhance visitor amenities, and improve accessibility with a new welcome center, educational classrooms, seasonal pollinator exhibit, gift shop, cafe, and event spaces enhancing community engagement. The modernized facility will serve as a public demonstration of high efficiency design with low embodied carbon, that will boost cultural and economic vitality and create 30-60 new jobs in the region.
Funding Awarded: $1,412,384
Total Project Cost: $28,097,004
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: Renovation and Expansion
CN/NZE: Carbon Neutral
Third Party Certification: LEED
Measures:
•    High efficiency building envelope
•    Bioswales

327 County Route 21C, Ghent, NY, 12075

REDC Region: Capital District
Company: Hawthorne Valley Association
Description: The renovation project will comprise of four education buildings totaling more than 60,000 square feet. The project will modernize Hawthorne Valley’s integrated learning campus, on the 900-acre Biodynamic farm in Ghent. Services provided will include the early childhood through grade 12 school, farm education programs, a grocery store, a creamery and bakery, social, ecological, and cultural research groups, teacher education programs, arts initiatives, and more. The project is employing a heat pump dairy pasteurization system, ground source heat pumps, and an energy recovery ventilation system to improve indoor air quality, while reusing the existing hydrothermal infrastructure. To offset electrical demands, an 85kW solar array will be added to offset the school's load.
Funding Awarded: $1,283,803
Total Project Cost: $2,260,826
DAC: No
NC/AR/Expansion: Renovation
CN/NZE: Carbon Neutral
Third Party Certification: TBD
Measures:

• High efficiency building envelope
• Air source heat pumps
• Ground source heat pumps
• Solar photovoltaic
• Energy recovery ventilation system

3943 Campus Rd. Clinton, NY, 13323

REDC Region: Mohawk Valley
Company: Trustees of Hamilton College
Description: This new 41,000 square foot facility will promote technological innovation, computational thinking and problem-solving, creative expression and communication, and data and analytical reasoning for Hamilton College in Clinton. The state-of-the-art computer and data science facility is offering adaptable spaces where interdisciplinary educational projects and collaborations thrive, and students will cultivate digital fluency across a broad curriculum. The all-electric project will use geothermal systems, solar photovoltaic and electric vehicle chargers creating renewable energy. Highly insulated walls, LED lighting, building sensors and low flow plumbing will help reduce energy load and a stormwater system and a diesel generator enhances resiliency.
Funding Awarded: $2,000,000
Total Project Cost: $41,301,037
DAC: No
NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction
CN/NZE: Carbon Neutral
Third Party Certification: TBD
Measures:

• High efficiency building envelope
• Building sensors
• Low flow plumbing
• Geothermal system
• Solar photovoltaic
• Stormwater system
• Electric vehicle chargers
• Diesel generator

94 & 238 Meadow Avenue, Chester, NY, 10918

REDC Region: Mid-Hudson
Company: Chester Agricultural Center, Inc.
Description: Chester Agricultural Center Farmwork Housing is a mixed-use affordable housing development serving low- and very-low-income farmers and farm laborers in the Town of Chester, a disadvantaged community. The new construction building features an education and event space and a farm stand that serves the community and the occupants of the housing project. The Passive House certified, all electric project, includes a high-performance envelope for occupant thermal comfort and resiliency. The project will also utilize ground and air source heat pumps for heating, cooling and domestic hot water with an energy recovery ventilator system for improved indoor air quality and comfort. Stormwater is managed with permeable surfaces, bioswales and green landscaping with native and sustainable plants to absorb stormwater and water collection is used for irrigation and absorption to prevent flooding.
Funding Awarded: $1,340,883
Total Project Cost: $5,172,055
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction
CN/NZE: Carbon Neutral
Third Party Certification: TBD
Measures:

• High efficiency building envelope
• Geothermal heating and cooling
• Solar photovoltaic
• Energy recovery ventilation system
• Stormwater management

500 Iroquois Way, Schenectady, NY 12309

REDC Region: Capital District
Company: City of Schenectady
Description: Adaptively reusing the long-vacant casino building in Schenectady's Central Park into the Schenectady Environmental Education Center (SEEC) will provide a community resource for area youth to learn about environmental conditions that impact their health, water quality, and renewable energy. The facility will include meeting and exhibit space, a small kitchen area, large patio overlooking the Mohawk River, ADA-compliant bathrooms, and program workspaces. The net-zero facility will use air source heat pumps, highly efficient windows and doors, LED lighting, insulation, and advanced air sealing measures. Solar PV arrays will produce the energy needed to operate the facility.
Funding Awarded: $118,920
Total Project Cost: $1,394,200
DAC: No
NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse
CN/NZE: Net Zero Energy
Third Party Certification: Net Zero Third Party Certification 
Measures:

• High efficiency building envelope
• Air source heat pumps
• Solar photovoltaic

413 E 120th St, New York, NY 10035

REDC Region: New York City
Company: The Community Builders Inc
Description: The MultiService Center (MSC) is an adaptive reuse and expansion project in East Harlem, a disadvantaged community, that is providing essential community services including housing assistance, homeless prevention, childcare, education and professional development. Enhancing community connectivity with a greenhouse, multi-purpose event space, and basketball court. The Passive House certified building will provide an air-sealed envelope, new solar panels, energy recovery ventilators for improved indoor air quality, and flood resiliency strategies. The construction of Wagner Walk, a landscaped pedestrian walkway with art installations, will connect the MSC to the surrounding Robert F. Wagner Houses NYCHA campus. Intentional plant selection and landscaping will be employed to aid in the reduction of the heat island effect. The adaptive reuse project along with careful material selections will significantly reduce embodied carbon.
Funding Awarded: $ 1,700,000
Total Project Cost: $39,970,505
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse and Expansion
CN/NZE: Carbon Neutral
Third Party Certification: Passive House
Measures:

• All electric
• High performance envelope
• Energy recovery ventilator
  
  

349 East 140th Street New York, NY 10454

REDC Region: New York City
Company: Mott Haven - Port Morris Community Land Stewards
Description: The HEArts Community Center will serve as a vital anchor for community-based organizations in the South Bronx that are addressing long-term structural deficits in health, education, and the arts. Located in a disadvantaged community, this adaptive reuse project will modernize a vacant, 23,577 square foot historic building. Incorporating the use of a roll up generator for resiliency, ground source heat pumps, an innovative PV glass system creating renewable energy, and a green roof to help reduce the heat island effect. Special consideration for reducing indoor water usage as well as careful plant selection and irrigation system to reduce water use. The center will also create community vitality by creating 95 temporary full-time jobs and 100 permanent full-time jobs to the area and serving as a community cooling center.  
Funding Awarded: $ 2,000,000
Total Project Cost: $3,286,635
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse
CN/NZE: Carbon Neutral
Third Party Certification: LEED
Measures:

• Ground source heat pumps
• Innovative PV glass system
• Roll up generator
• Green roof
• Water source heat pump
  
  

103 Jersey Ave, Port Jervis, NY 12771

REDC Region: Mid-Hudson
Company: BNT Property Holdings Inc
Description: The Tunnel is a 34,000 square foot, mixed-use project providing 36 affordable housing units with retail and community space. This project revitalizes the underutilized vacant land in Port Jervis, a disadvantaged community and Downtown Revitalization Initiative area stimulating the local economy while adding comfortable, safe and healthy homes to the area. The high-performance building features ground -source heat pumps, solar photovoltaic, and battery storage for resiliency. A green roof and green balconies will install a connection to nature while contributing to a reduction in the heat island effect. Electric vehicle charging stations will also provide essential amenities to the community.
Funding Awarded: $1,500,000
Total Project Cost: $13,000,000
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction
CN/NZE: Carbon Neutral
Third Party Certification: Passive House or LEED
Measures:

• Thermal envelope, windows and doors
• Ground source heat pump
• Solar photovoltaic with storage
• Electric vehicle chargers
• Building automation system
  
  

Paradies Lane, New Paltz, NY, 12560

REDC Region: Mid-Hudson
Company: Ulster County Planning
Description: The Public Safety Communications Building project will provide essential community services to New Paltz including an Emergency Operations Center, a Government Operations Center, all divisions of the County Department of Emergency Services, and the County's Public Safety Answering Point, also known as 911. This project is a replicable and scalable model of clean and resilient building practices for other municipalities across the state and beyond. Incorporating renewable energy with geothermal heating and cooling and roof mounted solar photovoltaic that will supply 25% of the building's electrical needs. Resiliency was a key focus for the project as it strives to achieve a 100-year life span by increasing passive survivability starting with a high-performance building envelope, utilizing a redundant backup for all systems and a large UPS battery system. An energy recovery ventilation system will supply fresh air to staff and visitors ensuring a comfortable and healthy working environment and will also provide eight electric vehicle chargers for the community.
Funding Awarded: $2,000,000
Total Project Cost: $22,100,000
DAC: No
NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction
CN/NZE: Carbon Neutral
Third Party Certification: TBD
Measures:

• High efficiency building envelope
• Geothermal heating and cooling
• Solar photovoltaic
• Large UPS battery system
• All systems will have a redundant backup
• Energy recovery ventilation system
• 8 electric vehicle chargers
  
  

 

REDC Region: Mid-Hudson 
Company: Scenic Hudson, Inc.
Category: A
Description: Scenic Hudson: Northside Hub - Scenic Hudson will transform a derelict former manufacturing site into a vibrant community resource. Located on Poughkeepsie’s north side, the site will house Scenic Hudson offices; spaces for local businesses, and community events. The project exemplifies adaptive reuse and mindful historic rehabilitation, to achieve carbon neutral performance: high-performance envelope to minimize energy loads; energy-efficient, all-electric air-source heat pumps; and photovoltaic systems.
Funding Awarded: $2,000,000.00
Total Project Cost: $13,134,900.00
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse
CN/NZE: CN
Measures: Insulation (roof, walls, foundation), Double glazed windows and skylights, Exterior shading, Green roof. Air Source Heat Pumps, Dedicated outdoor air system, High efficiency fans, LED lighting & Daylighting, Photovoltaics, EV Charging stations

 

REDC Region: Capital District 
Company: Kite's Nest
Category: A
Description: North Bay Regeneration Project - Kite’s Nest, an educational center in Hudson, will relocate to a new facility which will include classrooms, arts/media production studios, a commercial kitchen/cafe, office space, and community partner space, which will achieve carbon neutral performance with air source heat pumps for heating, cooling and hot water. Campus features include an expanded community garden, outdoor kitchen, and green space, with an installed solar array to offset 100% of electric consumption.
Funding Awarded: $1,639,206.00
Total Project Cost: $9,670,996.00
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: New Constuction
CN/NZE: CN and NZE
Measures: Solar, EV car charging stations, high efficiency LED, air source heat pumps, heat exchanger, energy star appliances, Passive House Envelope, Phius Certification

REDC Region: Capital Region
Company: City of Cohoes
Category: A
Description: The City of Cohoes will improve the historic Cohoes City Hall's energy performance through the electrification of the building’s heating ventilation and air conditioning systems and improving the building’s envelope to achieve carbon neutral performance.
Funding Awarded: $1,050,000.00 
Total Project Cost: $8,500,000 
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse
CN/NZE: CN
Measures: Air Source Heat Pumps (VRF), Window Refurbishment and Replacement, Building Management System

REDC Region: Finger Lakes 
Company: City of Rochester
Category: A
Description: Maplewood Nature Center - The renovation of the Maplewood Nature Center will provide classroom space, demonstration kitchen, childcare space, and an entrance canopy addition. The building improvements will include a roof replacement, building envelope improvements, a geothermal heating/cooling system, electric vehicle charging stations and a solar energy system. Site work includes teaching gardens, rain gardens, and walking paths. All of the proposed improvements will result in a net zero energy building.
Funding Awarded: $342,000.00
Total Project Cost: $8,833,333.00
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse
CN/NZE: CN
Measures: Geothermal, PVs, EV charging stations, Lighting upgrades - LED, Roof replacement, High performance insulation

 

REDC Region: Mid-Hudson 
Company: City of Kingston
Category: A
Description: City of Kingston Energy Efficiency Upgrades - The City of Kingston will transform two of its most important historic buildings into a clean energy hub. Kingston City Hall and the Andy Murphy Neighborhood Center anchor midtown and will showcase solar systems, heat pumps, and a thermal energy network. The pre-war buildings need envelope upgrades and new heat systems. They will be converted to run entirely on electricity, bring more solar power and vehicle charging on-site, and add stormwater and thermal infrastructure for the community.
Funding Awarded: $1,815,000.00
Total Project Cost: $3,259,000.00
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse
CN/NZE: CN & NZE
Measures: Solar, Envelope improvements, Thermal Energy Network, Ground Source Heat Pumps, Heat Pump Hot Water Heaters, EV Charing Station

 

REDC Region: Capital District 
Company: Catskill Mountain Foundation Orpheum Performing Arts Center
Category: A
Description: Catskill Mountain Foundation Dance Studio - The Orpheum Performing Arts Center is a destination in the Village of Tannersville, at the center of the village’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative boundary. The project includes the construction of a new two-floor, state-of-the-art dance studio, with the first floor fully ADA compliant. In line with the Town’s sustainability and decarbonization goals, the project will be a sustainable, energy efficient and carbon neutral model to further the facilities’ ability to reduce greenhouse emissions.
Funding Awarded: $940,545
Total Project Cost: $1,567,575
DAC: No
NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction
CN/NZE: NZE
Measures: Green Globes Certification, Geothermal, high R-Value walls, Passive House rated Windows & Doors, LED lighting & controls, Solar, pre-cast concrete hollow-core planks

REDC Region: Long Island
Company: United Way of Long Island
Category: A
Description: Existing office building, removing fossil fuel HVAC equipment, and installing ASHPs and solar. 
Funding Awarded: $595,000.00
Total Project Cost: $850,000.00
DAC: No
NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse
CN/NZE: CN & NZE
Measures: Air Source Heat Pumps, Roof Mounted Solar, Building Efficiency Improvements

REDC Region: Capital District
Company: Phinney Design Group
Category: A
Description:504 Broadway - Converting an existing two-story, 1960s-era brick masonry office building in the historic downtown Troy Business district to a 4-story multi-use net zero energy building. The revitalized structure will consist of a lounge/restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating, Class A office space with a reception lobby and a shared conference space for the building, housing the Troy Offices of Phinney Design Group, and a green roof facing Broadway.
Funding Awarded: $600,000
Total Project Cost: $8,867,685
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion:  Adaptive Reuse
CN/NZE:  NZE
Measures: Green Roof,  solar photovoltaic arrays, electric vehicle charging, LEED Zero Energy, Triple-pane glass, Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) at the roof, water-saving fixtures, Air source Heat Pumps

 

 

REDC Region: Mohawk Valley
Company: Dooalot, LLC
Category: A
Description: The Bank Loft - In downtown Richfield Springs, the adaptive-reuse project will preserve, decarbonize, and revitalize a vacant 19th-century bank building. Reimagined as “The Bank Loft,” the landmark will provide apartments and ground floor retail space in a beautifully restored carbon neutral building that will meet rigorous Phius+ 2021 Core standards. The Bank Loft will serve as a replicable model for the decarbonization of historic buildings—multiplying its environmental and economic impact.
Funding Awarded: $972,806.00
Total Project Cost: $3,813,746.00
DAC: No
NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse
CN/NZE: CN
Measures: Phius-certification (EPA Indoor airPLUS and Energy Star), Rock wool/Cellulose Insulation (exterior, floor, wall & roof), triple glazed windows, Air Source Heat Pumps, Dedicated outdoor air system, ERVs, Photovoltaics, EV Charging stations

 

REDC Region: Central New York
Company: Wood B Ayr Farm
Category: A
Description: Dairy Farm. New construction of bedding pack barn, ed center and milk house, with GSHP and solar. 
Funding Awarded: $1,000,000.00
Total Project Cost: $2,590,000.00
DAC: No
NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction
CN/NZE: CN & NZE
Measures: Translucent Fabric Barn Structure, Ground Source Heat Pumps, Electric Wheel Loader. Robotic Feeding, Milking & Cleaning System, Ground Mounted Solar 

 

 

REDC Region: Mid Hudson
Company: City Winery of Hudson Valley
Category: A
Description: Historic rehabilitation of existing buildings into a winery, café and event center, with heat pumps and hydro electric.
Funding Awarded: $805,756.00
Total Project Cost: $7,320,000.00
DAC: No
NC/AR/Expansion:  Adaptive Reuse
CN/NZE:  NZE
Measures: Air Source Heat Pumps - VRF, Improved Envelope, LED Lighting, All-Electric Wine Production Equipment, Existing Hydro Electric Power Plant

 

REDC Region: Capital Region
Company: Basilica Industries LLC
Category: A
Description: Basilica Industries will renovate an existing event facility to improve the efficiency of the building, converting to an all-electric heating system, domestic hot water system and commercial kitchen, keeping the property in-use year-round. The project will also install two new solar arrays with storage, to offset all electric loads of the facility to achieve net zero energy performance. The project is located in Hudson, NY, a Downtown Revitalization Initiative district in the Mid-Hudson Region.
Funding Awarded: $950,139.00
Total Project Cost: $1,357,342.00
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion:  Adaptive Reuse
CN/NZE:  CN and NZE
Measures: Air Source Heat Pumps, Heat Pump Hot Water Heaters. Commercial Induction Stoves. Improved Envelope, Ground Mounted Solar – 100 KW, Electric, Vehicle Charging Stations, Battery Storage

REDC Region: Central New York
Company: Salina 1st LLC
Category: A
Description: Salina 1st, LLC proposes to acquire, develop and operate a mixed-use project with manufacturing, retail, office and residential space to net zero energy performance. The project site provides urban infill development on a mitigated brownfield in downtown Syracuse and is located within an opportunity zone on a major commercial thoroughfare.
Funding Awarded: $1,000,000.00
Total Project Cost: $2,047,582.00
DAC: No
NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction 
CN/NZE: CN and NZE
Measures: Air Source Heat Pumps, Improved Envelope, Roof Mounted Solar

 

REDC Region: Mohawk Valley
Company: City of Rome
Category: A
Description: The City of Rome will implement improvements to the existing anaerobic digestion system at the City's Water Pollution Control Facility. The project also includes the construction of a new high strength organic waste receiving and equalization tank, which will provide revenue through increased tipping fees for waste disposal. Additionally, a new Combined Heat and Power system will be implemented for increased energy recovery and production from the produced bio-gas.
Funding Awarded: $1,000,000.00
Total Project Cost: $14,700,000.00
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: Expansion 
CN/NZE: CN and NZE
Measures: High Strength Organic Waste Digesters Combines Heat and Power system High Strength, Organic Waste Receiving Facility, High Strength Organic Waste Digesters, Combines Heat and Power system, High Strength Organic Waste Receiving Facility

REDC Region: Mid Hudson
Company: Pelham RE Partners LLC
Category: A
Description: The Project team will construct a new net zero energy five-story mixed-use development, consisting of apartments and commercial retail space. The project utilizes advanced construction techniques and will include solar, electric vehicle charging stations, and smart building controls. This project is located in a natural gas restricted area.
Funding Awarded: $943,072.00
Total Project Cost: $11,676,112.00
DAC: No
NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction 
CN/NZE: CN and NZE
Measures: Air Source Heat Pumps – VRF, Heat Pump Hot Water Heaters, Insulated Concrete Forms – Envelope, Roof Mounted Solar, Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, Battery Storage

 

REDC Region: Capital District
Company: City of Cohoes
Category: A
Description: Historic Cohoes Music Hall – To improve energy performance, the historic Cohoes Music Hall building, will install significant upgrades that result in a highly energy-efficient, all-electric facility. This historic restoration project will replace natural gas burning equipment with ground source heat pumps, ventilation, insulation, and lighting, allowing the building to be carbon neutral. The project will be a model for vital cultural and economic facilities, especially for disadvantaged communities like Cohoes..
Funding Awarded: $1,383,477.00
Total Project Cost: $2,305,794.00
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse
CN/NZE: CN
Measures: envelope upgrades, upgraded Insulation, Lighting controls, Geothermal, Window replacement, Floating Solar array (outside of this contract but related), EV charging stations

REDC Region: Western New York 
Company: University at Buffalo
Category: A
Description: The University at Buffalo proposes to construct a facility that will house and charge the University's Connected and Automated Vehicle fleet. The proposed project includes electric vehicle charging stations, solar, wind and battery storage.
Funding Awarded: $500,000.00
Total Project Cost: $1,450,000.00
DAC: No
NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction
CN/NZE: CN and NZE
Measures: Heat Pumps, Energy Recovery Ventilation, Ground Mounted Solar, Wind. Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

REDC Region: Southern Tier
Company: Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments Inc
Category: A
Description: Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments, Inc. (VINES) proposes to build a straw-bale green commercial office building. The project includes passive solar and integrated design principles, to achieve a highly energy efficient building with roof-top solar. This office and storage facility will support VINES urban farm, making it possible for local growers to access low/moderate income consumers and providing workforce development in agriculture.
Funding Awarded: $400,000.00
Total Project Cost: $1,204,000.00
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction
CN/NZE: CN and NZE
Measures: Straw Bale Construction, Air Source Heat Pumps, Energy Recovery Ventilation, Heat Pump Hot Water Heater, LED Lighting and Controls, Roof Mounted Solar

 

REDC Region: Western New York 
Company: People United for Sustainable Housing
Category: A
Description: PUSH Buffalo will build the Sustainability Workforce Training Center (SWTC) on Buffalo’s west side, creating a new green economy workforce to support the transition to carbon neutrality by mid-century. The SWTC will be a net-zero facility with classrooms, offices, and meeting space that demonstrate sustainable technologies and construction methods, catalyzing PUSH Buffalo’s established workforce development program in the rapidly growing clean energy and green construction trades. This will be the region’s first green jobs training facility with flexibility to expand as the field develops.
Funding Awarded: $137,817.00
Total Project Cost: $1,300,168.00
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction
CN/NZE: CN and NZE
Measures: Ground Source Heat Pumps, Enhanced Building Envelope, Energy Recovery Ventilation, Heat Pump Hot Water Heater, Roof Mounted Solar

 

REDC Region: Central New York
Company: Main Street Farms LLC
Category: A
Description: The Main Street Farms project located in Cortland, New York will add storage capacity as well as allow for all washing and storage of produce to be housed at the same location. The finished carbon neutral project will include coolers, workspace for washing and packing orders, and installation of a solar array.
Funding Awarded: $410,590.00
Total Project Cost: $623,735.00
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: Expansion
CN/NZE: CN and NZE
Measures: Air Source Heat Pumps, Improved Envelope, Tankless Electric Hot Water Heaters, Efficiency Controls for Refrigeration, LED Lighting, Roof Mounted Solar, Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

 

REDC Region: Capital Region
Company: 335 Main Street LLC
Category: A
Description: The Main Street Farms project located in Cortland, New York will add storage capacity as well as allow for all washing and storage of produce to be housed at the same location. The finished carbon neutral project will include coolers, workspace for washing and packing orders, and installation of a solar array.
Funding Awarded: $1,914,059.00
Total Project Cost: $2,552,079.00
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse
CN/NZE: CN
Measures: Insulation & Air Sealing, Air Source Heat Pumps - VRF, Heat Pump Water Heaters, Ground Mounted Solar, Electric Vehicle Charging, All-electric Commercial Kitchen

 

REDC Region: New York City
Company: New York University
Category: A
Description: New York University will renovate Rubin Hall, a dormitory with almost 700 residents in lower Manhattan to achieve carbon neutral performance. This project seeks to achieve full electrification and LEED retrofit Passive House (EnerPHit) certification. The project is a highly replicable building type (pre-war, multifamily/dormitory) and the knowledge gained will inform the retrofit of billions of square feet of buildings statewide.
Funding Awarded: $2,000,000.00
Total Project Cost: $3,264,500.00
DAC: No
NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse
CN/NZE: CN
Measures: Passive House Envelope. Air Source Heat Pumps, Triple Pane Windows, Heat Recovery Ventilation, Heat Pump Water Heaters

 

REDC Region: Western New York 
Company: Enterprise Lumber Silo LLC
Category: A
Description: This Enterprise Lumber & Silo Redevelopment Project will restore and repurpose a vacant masonry and heavy timber-framed building in the City of North Tonawanda, New York to achieve carbon neutral performance. The building will serve as an incubator for entrepreneurial architecture, landscape architecture, and engineering firms.  When completed, the new building and the site will serve as a catalyst for further redevelopment of the downtown, and as a model for carbon neutral construction methods.
Funding Awarded: $300,000.00
Total Project Cost: $2,714,000.00
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse
CN/NZE: CN and NZE
Measures: Ground Source Heat Pumps, Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs), Energy Recovery Ventilation, LED Lighting, Roof Mounted Solar

 

REDC Region: Mid Hudson
Company: The Plant Powerhouse LLC
Category: A
Description: The former Glenwood Power Plant will be re-envisioned as a center for leadership, activism, and education on climate change. Redevelopment of The Plant Powerhouse building on the site will include advanced geothermal systems, and other elements designed to make The Powerhouse entirely carbon neutral. The historic preservation of this long-abandoned power plant will also create exhibition space with hotel, restaurants, and cultural programming space and will help educate the public on carbon neutral technology and performance.
Funding Awarded: $2,000,000.00
Total Project Cost: $22,866,000.00
DAC: No
NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse
CN/NZE: CN
Measures: Ground Source Heat Pumps, Heat Sequestration Solar Thermal, Water Cooled Refrigeration, Earth Ducts, Ice Storage, All-Electric Kitchen, Planned Photovoltaics

REDC Region: Capital Region
Company: NYS Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation
Category: A
Description: The Frederic Church Center (FCC) is a sustainably designed, carbon neutral visitor center for the Olana State Historic Site. The FCC will be the threshold to an immersive visitor experience of Olana as a unique, world-class carbon neutral tourist destination at the intersection of American art and environmental consciousness.
Funding Awarded: $1,868,776.00
Total Project Cost: $11,500,694.00
DAC: No
NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction
CN/NZE: CN and NZE
Measures: Mass Timber Construction, Highly Efficient Envelope, Air Source Heat Pumps, On Demand Electric Hot Water, LED Lighting, Photovoltaics

REDC Region: Finger Lakes
Company: Timber Trails Forest Farm
Category: A
Description: Timber Trails Forest Farm in Canandaigua, New York, will expand operations and build New York’s first 100 percent electric, carbon neutral maple syrup operation. The building design utilizes passive house construction, will be well insulated, and is heated with all-electric geothermal radiant heating. The facility will be a leading example for maple syrup production in the agricultural community, lower emissions within the industry, and educate the public through agri-tourism.
Funding Awarded: $166,928.00 
Total Project Cost: $340,326.00
DAC: No
NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction
CN/NZE: CN
Measures: Ground Source Heat Pumps, Passive House Envelope (existing), Production Equipment: Auto Reverse Osmosis, Eco Vap Electric Evaporator, Final Brix Controller, Roof Mounted Solar – 75 KW, Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

 

REDC Region: New York City
Company: 1500 Waters Place Realty LLC
Category: A
Description: Tower 3 will be the first of a seven-building planned expansion of the Hutchinson Metro Center campus in the Morris Park section of the Bronx. Tower 3 will be a 14-story, all-electric carbon neutral high-rise building consisting of rentable office space and a garage, that will implement construction and operation strategies to reduce energy use and carbon emissions.
Funding Awarded: $ 2,000,000.00 
Total Project Cost: $135,136,120
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction
CN/NZE: CN
Measures: Air Source Heat Pumps - VRF, Energy Recovery Ventilation, Building Thermal Zones, Improved Envelope, LED Lighting, WaterSense Fixtures, Ground Mounted Solar

REDC Region: Capital Region
Company: City of Cohoes
Category: A
Description: The City of Cohoes will improve the historic Cohoes City Hall's energy performance through the electrification of the building’s heating ventilation and air conditioning systems and improving the building’s envelope to achieve carbon neutral performance.
Funding Awarded: $1,050,000.00 
Total Project Cost: $8,500,000 
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse
CN/NZE: CN
Measures: Air Source Heat Pumps (VRF), Window Refurbishment and Replacement, Building Management System

 

REDC Region: Bethel Town Hall Renovation and Modernization
Company: Town of Bethel
Category: A
Description: The Bethel Town Hall, will be renovated and expanded to meet the town's needs, and will pursue Passive House Institute U.S. certification and carbon neutral performance. This will include the addition of renewable energy and battery storage to eliminate the need for a back-up generator and to help reduce peak energy demand. The town has a unique opportunity to create awareness of its carbon neutral town hall among the visitors to the original Woodstock Festival site as a model that can be emulated by other communities.
Funding Awarded: $149,186.00
Total Project Cost:  $198,195.00
DAC: No
NC/AR/Expansion:  Adaptive Reuse
CN/NZE: CN
Measures: Prefabricated Insulated Panels, Air Source Heat Pumps, Heat Pump Hot Water, Energy Recovery Ventilation, Lighting & Controls, Battery Storage, Roof Mounted Solar, Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

 

REDC Region: Mid Hudson
Company: Storm King Art Center
Category: A
Description: As a leader in the field of art in nature, Storm King launched Art that Moves You Outside. The capital project is part of a larger master plan and includes two buildings: the Welcome Sequence and the Conservation, Fabrication, and Maintenance Building. These buildings will be built to achieve carbon neutral performance and will have an immediate impact on the visitor experience.
Funding Awarded: $600,000.00 
Total Project Cost:  $31,240,000.00
DAC: No
NC/AR/Expansion:  New Construction
CN/NZE: CN and NZE
Measures: Air Source Heat Pumps, Passive Design Strategies, Energy Recovery Ventilation, Enhanced Building Envelope, Roof Mounted Solar, Battery Storage, Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

REDC Region: Mid Hudson
Company: RTH Realty Holdings LLC.
Category: A
Description: Highland Passive House, located in Ulster County-Hudson Valley, will be the first certified passive warehouse in North America and will achieve carbon neutral and net zero energy status. Easily replicated, the new building will be constructed from prefabricated panels, and will include a public charging location for electric vehicles. The mixed-use building will include warehouse space and flexible office space that will also be used as a tv/film/production space.
Funding Awarded: $ 1,303,157.00 
Total Project Cost:  $4,331,002.00
DAC: No
NC/AR/Expansion:  New Construction
CN/NZE: CN and NZE
Measures: Pre-fabricated Passive Panels, Passive House Plus Certification, Air Source Heat Pumps, Roof Mounted Solar, Battery Storage, Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

REDC Region: Capital Region
Company: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Category: A
Description: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) will expand access to high-quality, affordable childcare for local families. The Rensselaer Childcare Center will provide childcare for children from birth through pre-school to the public and the RPI community strengthening the region’s economy by increasing workforce participation. The project will achieve Passive House and carbon neutral performance with all-electric heat pumps, energy recovery ventilation, and a highly energy efficient envelope.
Funding Awarded: $900,000.00
Total Project Cost: $9,834,000.00
DAC: No
NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction
CN/NZE: CN
Measures: Building Envelope Improvements, Variable Refrigerant Flow all-electric Mechanical System, Energy Recovery Ventilation, High efficiency Windows, ENERGY STAR Appliances, Passive House Design Principles, LED Lighting, Occupancy sensors and controls, Photovoltaics, EV Charging stations

REDC Region: Mid-Hudson
Company: Mohonk Preserve, Inc.
Category: A
Description: The 19th-century Brook Farmhouse, will be the new home of Mohonk Preserve’s Conservation Science program, where researchers will monitor the region’s ecosystems. The project will rehabilitate the building to achieve carbon neutral performance through improved windows, doors, insulation, lighting, appliances, all-electric HVAC and hot water, and install a ground mounted solar array. The farmhouse is located within a popular scenic landscape and trail network.
Funding Awarded: $750,510.00
Total Project Cost: $2,186,674.00
DAC: No
NC/AR/Expansion: AR/Expansion
CN/NZE: CZ/NZE
Measures: Building Envelope Improvements, Air Source Heat Pumps, Heat Recovery Ventilation, LED Lighting, All Electric Kitchen Appliances, Photovoltaics, EV charging

REDC Region: Capital Region
Company: Montgomery Street Projects LLC
Category: A
Description: The Kaz, a former industrial site in the heart of Hudson’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative district, will create a vibrant new arts and food hub, a dynamic year-round, multi-use space that will complement other activity on Hudson's waterfront. The carbon neutral design includes all-electric mechanical and energy systems and rigorous weatherization. Rehabilitating a former industrial site to carbon neutral performance makes this project a model for adaptive reuse.
Funding Awarded: $1,526,168.00
Total Project Cost: $5,005,614.00
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse
CN/NZE: NZE
Measures: Building Envelope Improvements, Air Source Heat Pumps, Four Packaged ASON heat pump roof top, Energy Recovery Ventilation, All-Electric Commercial Kitchen, All-Electric Domestic Hot Water Equipment, Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, Dry Well, Photovoltaics

REDC Region: Mid-Hudson
Company: GarageWORKS Studios LLC
Category: A
Description: GarageWORKS Studios will transform a derelict former automotive garage located in Beacon, NY into a vibrant community resource housing artist studios and spaces for community programming and events. The building will be renovated to be 100% carbon neutral, featuring all-electric mechanical systems, a high-performance thermal envelope, roof-mounted solar panels and exterior plantings that will support energy-efficient heating and cooling.
Funding Awarded: $1,983,156.00
Total Project Cost: $7,297,460.00
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse
CN/NZE: CN/NZE
Measures: Building Envelope improvements, Sub-slab Depressurization system (SSDS), Gound Source Heat Pumps, Photovoltaics, Battery Storage

REDC Region: New York City
Company: Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Category: A
Description: Columbia University Irving Medical Center Research Building - A new research building will enhance the university's research capacity by offering new laboratory and office spaces that align with Columbia University’s Sustainable Columbia Plan 2030 goals of not introducing any new fossil fuels during new construction. The building design is all-electric and highly energy efficient. The building will rely on air-source heat pumps to cover all heating and cooling needs. The project has been designed to achieve carbon neutral and LEED Gold certification.
Funding Awarded: $2,000,000.00
Total Project Cost: $176,000,000.00
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction
CN/NZE: CN
Measures: Building Envelope Improvements, Less than 8 Air changes per hour, Air Source Heat Pumps, High Efficiency Fan Coil Units, centralized air handlers with heat recovery, High Efficiency lab fume hood units, Optimized façade shading & louvers, Daylighting, LED lighting, Air Quality Sensors for demand control ventilation, Building Management System, Green Roof

REDC Region: Mohawk Valley
Company: Mohawk Valley Collective, Inc.
Category: A
Description: Mohawk Valley Collective's Unity Hall, in Fort Plain, NY, will be rehabilitated to be fully electric, achieving carbon neutral and net zero energy performance. This project includes installation of a closed loop vertical bore geothermal system for building cooling, heating and domestic hot water, an energy recovery ventilation system, and solar panels on the roof. The project team will utilize multiple consultants to address site constraints and contribute to the historic nature of the building.
Funding Awarded: $558,000.00
Total Project Cost: $1,301,500.00
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse/Historic
CN/NZE: NZE
Measures: Building Envelope Improvements, Ground Source Heat Pumps for heating, cooling and domestic hot water, Energy Recovery Ventilation, LED Lighting, Photovoltaics

REDC Region: Capital Region
Company: Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region Inc
Category: A
Description: Underground Railroad Education Center - The Interpretive Center is a new net zero energy building that includes reuse of salvaged materials, geothermal HVAC, and solar. The Center will incorporate CORE Living Building Challenge Standards whose sustainability goals include energy efficiency, reduced carbon emissions, sustainable materials, and universal access. The building will be a model of carbon neutral performance in addition to being the go-to place for educational opportunities related to African American history.
Funding Awarded: $1,107,457.00
Total Project Cost: $8,592,024.00
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction
CN/NZE: CN/NZE
Measures: Building Envelope Improvements, Ground Source Heat Pumps, Living Building Institute CORE Green Building Certification, Mass Timber Construction, Photovoltaics

REDC Region: Western New York
Company: SIVA Powers America Inc
Category: A
Description: SIVA Powers America will build a new wind turbine assembly facility to serve the booming North American distributed wind market. The primary focus of this facility will be wind turbine nacelle assembly and an innovative blade manufacturing process for production within the U.S. The carbon neutral building will use energy efficient equipment to minimize energy use and will optimize the renewable energy capacity at the site with both wind and solar systems.
Funding Awarded: $519,000.00
Total Project Cost: $4,746,558.00
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction
CN/NZE: CN
Measures: Structural Insulated Panels, Air Source Heat Pumps, Photovoltaics, Wind Turbine, EV Charging Station

REDC Region: Mid-Hudson
Company: Salisbury Mills Holdings LLC
Category: A
Description: Cornwall Social will be a multi-building agricultural facility, providing tourists and residents an opportunity to experience Hudson Valley agricultural and artisan products. The property includes two farm-to-table restaurants, a greenhouse, historic barn, and a recreational hall. The project will complete the rehabilitation of the greenhouse and historic barn which will achieve Passive House and Carbon Neutral performance with geothermal HVAC, solar, and battery storage.
Funding Awarded: $1,018,109.00
Total Project Cost: $4,093,905.00
DAC: No
NC/AR/Expansion: AR/Expansion
CN/NZE: CN
Measures: Building Envelope Improvements, Gound Source Heat Pumps, All-Electric Commercial Kitchen, LED Lighting, Energy Recovery Ventilation, Integrated Project Delivery, Phius Certification, Photovoltaics, Battery storage, EV Charging Stations

REDC Region: Finger Lakes
Company: Sustainable Energy Developments dba GreenSpark Solar
Category: A
Description: This project will relocate the headquarters for GreenSpark Solar to Rochester, NY and will include the construction of a net zero energy facility on a remediated brownfield. This building will include an industry-leading training center to provide workforce development for solar installers. The new building will transform and revitalize a waterfront space, positively contributing to the adjacent High Falls State Park and the growth of the Genesee River Trail and the Roc the Riverway initiative.
Funding Awarded: $2,000,000.00
Total Project Cost: $1,939,000.00
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction
CN/NZE: NZE
Measures: Air Source Heat Pumps, Energy Recovery Ventilation, All-Electric Domestic Hot Water Equipment, Low Flow Water Fixtures, LED Lighting, ENERGY STAR Appliances, Photovoltaics, EV Chargers

 

REDC Region: Capital Region
Company: University at Albany
Category: A
Description: Basilica Industries will renovate an existing event facility to improve the efficiency of the building, converting to an all-electric heating system, domestic hot water system and commercial kitchen, keeping the property in-use year-round. The project will also install two new solar arrays with storage, to offset all electric loads of the facility to achieve net zero energy performance. The project is located in Hudson, NY, a Downtown Revitalization Initiative district in the Mid-Hudson Region.
Funding Awarded: $2,000,000.00
Total Project Cost: $2,670,000.00
DAC: No
NC/AR/Expansion: Campus Roadmap 
CN/NZE: CN 
Measures: Assess Building-level Energy Reduction Strategies, Study Electrification options for Central Loop, Develop Roadmap to Campus Decarbonization

REDC Region: Finger Lakes 
Company: Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Category: B
Description: Planning for Decarbonization at Rochester Institute of Technology and Rochester Regional Health - Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and Rochester Regional Health (RRH) propose to develop a roadmap for decarbonization for a variety of building types on RIT’s campus in Rochester and at several RRH facilities throughout the Finger Lakes region. The roadmap will include technical analysis and financial modeling.
Funding Awarded: $2,000,000.00
Total Project Cost: $2,685,000.00
DAC: Yes
NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse
CN/NZE: CN
Measures: Solar, lighting upgrades

 

REDC Region: New York City
Company: New York University
Category: B
Description: New York University will perform a study of contiguous University owned properties to determine a Roadmap to Carbon Neutral Performance for the Campus.  The study will evaluate strategies to reduce energy loads, leverage heat recovery, identify sticking points for high intensity process loads and limited roof areas, transform existing high temperature hot water loop infrastructure, reimagine the central water heating plant and layer in renewables.
Funding Awarded: $2,000,000.00
Total Project Cost: $2,670,000.00
DAC: No
NC/AR/Expansion: Campus Roadmap 
CN/NZE: CN and NZE
Measures: Assess Building-level Energy Reduction Strategies, Study Electrification options for Central Loop, Develop Roadmap to Campus Decarbonization

REDC Region: Southern Tier
Company: Binghamton University
Category: B
Description: Binghamton University will develop a University-wide Energy Master Plan to meet State University of New York’s (SUNY) 1B-2 Program Directive for Net Zero Carbon new buildings and Deep Energy Retrofits of existing buildings, in support of SUNY’s energy and carbon reduction goals.  The development of the plan will include a feasibility study of Binghamton's six million square foot campus, as well as develop prototype design documents, to get to carbon neutral performance.
Funding Awarded: $5,000,000.00
Total Project Cost: $6,684,100.00
DAC: No
NC/AR/Expansion: Campus Roadmap 
CN/NZE: CN
Measures: Assess Building-level Energy Reduction Strategies, Study Electrification options for Central Loop, Develop Roadmap to Campus Decarbonization