NYC Energy Efficient Home Improvement
New York City Paves The Way for Energy Efficient Home Improvements
New York City plans to mak older buildings more energy efficient.
Elected leaders in New York City will propose a suite of laws and other initiatives on Wednesday aimed at reducing energy consumption and related emissions of greenhouse gases by requiring owners of thousands of older buildings to upgrade everything from boilers to light bulbs in order to make their homes more energy efficient.
City officials estimated that it would save property owners roughly $750 million a year in energy costs, city officials said. The program would begin in 2013, with 2,200 buildings performing energy audits and beginning upgrades each year for a decade. To limit political hurdles, improvements to a building would be mandatory only if the energy audits showed that the costs of the improvements could be recouped through declines in energy bills within five years.
Seattle is also introducing a plan on Wednesday to encourage energy thrift in buildings, but it does not include mandatory upgrades.
The moves are part of a nationwide push — from Berkeley, Calif., to Austin, Tex. — to cut back energy waste and consider the impact that emissions from buildings have on the climate. By many estimates, the heating, cooling and electrifying of buildings accounts for more than one-third of the country’s emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas linked by scientists to global warming.
“Existing buildings are in fact the nut that must be cracked if we are ever going to make a dent on the demand side in terms of energy,” Mr. Aggarwala said.
Told of the cities’ plans, Van Jones, the new White House special adviser on green jobs, said the country was finally moving to harvest the “low-hanging fruit” of building efficiency.
Any improvements in windows, insulation or other building components that would pay off in saved energy costs over five years would be mandatory, according to the plan.
Understanding home energy will be necessary for all home owners in the coming years.
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I am glad to hear about the initiative. However, I feel that the city as well as the state should provide incentive rather than require landlords and property owners to make these modifications. It is true that many of these green renovations and remodeling will assist by reducing the utility bills. However, these renovations do have an upfront cost that may be heavy for some owners given our current economical situation. Incentives, in my opinion, is a better approach and the resources are not wasted since EPA already spends billions in cleaning the environment.
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I would suggest you contact your town to see if they do. You would be better off looking
up a company.Find a company that has a physical address you can visitThese types of companies usually do not close up overnight with all their customers deposits. Finally, be sure you CALL the references. Good luck to you with your Efficient Home Improvements