Building Cleaner Communities Competition (NY) Grant

Building Cleaner Communities Competition (NY) Grant is sponsored by New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). Supports projects achieving carbon neutrality or net-zero energy performance in commercial, industrial, and institutional sectors.

Building Cleaner Communities Competition | NYSERDA Pick a topic, get updates! Building Cleaner Communities Competition The Building Cleaner Communities Competition is now open until August 14, 2026 at 4:00 p. m EST.

Building Cleaner Communities Competition Clean and Resilient Spaces for Thriving Local Economies and Communities NYSERDA’s Building Cleaner Communities Competition – formerly known as the Carbon Neutral Community Economic Development program - supports the design and construction of carbon neutral or net zero energy performance projects.

It provides funding to support building-specific measures for energy efficiency and resiliency such as all-electric heating and cooling systems, renewable energy, storage and grid interconnectivity. The program is open to a variety of building use types including but not limited to light industrial and manufacturing, warehouses and distribution centers, municipal and government facilities and offices.

Benefits Offered to Building Owners NYSERDA’s Building Cleaner Communities Competition offers funding for clean and resilient buildings and communities to showcase replicable approaches and strategies tied to the design, development, and implementation of these projects that will ultimately be good for both businesses and occupants.

Exceptionally energy-efficient buildings designed and constructed to be resilient and utilize all-electric building heating, domestic hot water (DHW), ventilating, cooling with low GWP refrigerants, kitchen, laundry and other appliances, as well as lighting. The program is working to modernize the state’s buildings and help developers construct new buildings that include technologies and solutions that spur innovation.

BCCC allows building owners and designers to explore new methodologies to build and integrate new systems, technologies, and products into the buildings to achieve carbon neutral or net zero energy status. Healthy Building Practices Bring building owners value with well-designed comfortable, efficient, safe environments that promote healthy indoor air quality, combat allergens and asthma, and emphasize occupant control.

Resilient Building Strategies Applicants are encouraged to use strategies like passive survivability during extended power outages, address forward looking climate conditions, and community resilience enhancing strategies. Third Party Certification Applicants and their design teams are encouraged to investigate and design to third party certifications, such as Passive House, to help achieve carbon neutral or net zero energy status.

Support market positioning at the forefront of energy efficient, clean and resilient building design, construction, and development. The financial support for all projects will be capped at $1,500,000 for a single building and $3,000,000 for multiple buildings, or 35% of total project cost for 501(c)(3) entity or government entity and 25% of total project cost for all other entities, whichever is less.

Funding can be comprised of both a dollar per square foot amount and flat incentive amounts for various project elements. $45 per square foot for projects owned by a 501(c)(3) or government entity. $35 per square for all other projects.

Projects that have been committed to designing and certifying to the Passive House standard will be eligible for an incentive of $150,000. Projects that have been committed to installing Ground Source Heat Pumps to meet the design temperature-based heating and cooling loads will be eligible for an incentive of $200,000.

Projects that have been committed to installing Geothermal Network to meet the design temperature-based heating and cooling loads will be eligible for an incentive of $400,000. Project can be located anywhere in New York State. Project is part of the commercial sector.

Please see eligible project types in the 2026 Available CFA Resources . Project can encompass a single building or multiple buildings on the same or adjacent sites. Applicant can include building owners or developers.

Application must be submitted prior to issuance of the building permit. Project can be new construction or existing buildings going through substantial renovations, gut rehabilitations, or adaptive reuse. Project needs to meet carbon neutral or net zero energy performance status.

Applications to this program are submitted through the New York State Consolidated Funding Application. Applications will be accepted continuously from June 1, 2026, through August 14, 2026, at 4:00 p. m EST.

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ny. gov For questions, please contact [email protected] Informational webinar: NYSERDA will deliver an informational webinar on Tuesday June 16, 2026, starting at 10:00 AM. Participants will have the opportunity to submit written questions to the presenters in advance or during the webinar.

Register to attend the live webinar here. Meet the 2025 Winning Projects Located in the heart of Tribeca in lower Manhattan, this project revitalizes a long-vacant, 1890s industrial loft into a seven-story, 43,882 square foot residential and cultural hub transitioning the building operations off fossil fuels to all-electric mechanical systems.

Learn More About 143 Franklin Street 1876 Summit Knitting Mill Adaptation This project comprises the complete restoration and adaptive reuse of the Summit Knitting Mill building, a 34,550 square foot structure originally built in 1878, into a venue for private events, exhibitions, and performing arts.

Learn More About 1876 Summit Knitting Mill Adaptation A new 20,530 square foot building with 15 limited-equity cooperative units designed for working-class and middle-income households located within a New York State designated disadvantaged community in Kingston.

Learn More About 21 Elizabeth Street A 9,000 square foot renovation located within a New York State designated disadvantaged community in Buffalo that houses the Family Support Center office at the Charter School for Applied Technologies (CSAT) providing mental health services to students and their families.

Learn More 317 Vulcan Street A renovation located within a New York State designated disadvantaged community, will transform a 330,000 square foot commercial building into New York University’s (NYU) Brooklyn campus gateway and will be the world’s largest Passive House retrofit project.

Learn More 3 MetroTech Center ArtRage Gallery Building of Our Future A 3,800 square foot renovation located within a New York State designated disadvantaged community in Syracuse that opened to the public in 2008 and has a 17-year history of exhibiting art exhibitions that relate to the themes of social justice and environmentalism.

Learn More 317 Vulcan Street The new four-story, 50,000 square foot Tompkins County Center of Government (CoG) project launches the overall revitalization of the County government campus within the DeWitt Park Historic District in downtown Ithaca.

Learn More Tompkins County Center of Government A new, net-zero targeted 33,200 square foot holistic residential treatment center and middle school located in Rock Hill which will exclude fossil fuels from building operations and offset on-site energy use.

Learn More About Evergreen Meadow Academy The 37,150 square foot project, located on the main SUNY Oneonta campus involves a deep energy retrofit and renovation of Netzer Hall for student and administrative services and will achieve 70% energy savings from baseline.

Learn More Netzer Hall Renovation Located within a New York State designated disadvantaged community in Hamlin is a recently built 7,488 square foot pole barn that will undergo an adaptive re-use effort to be a cold storage for the short-term preservation of crops from October through March.

Learn More About New Cold Storage A new approximately 200,000 square foot project will create a five story building comprised of 127 affordable residential housing units, 18 market rate units and retail space located within a New York State designated disadvantaged community in Newburgh.

Learn More About One Lafayette This 35,945 square foot project will transform a long-abandoned, contaminated site on Cornwall’s Main St into a 52-room, fully carbon-neutral, first Passive House-certified boutique hotel in New York State with a restaurant and bar.

Learn More About One Lafayette 211 Main Street North Tonawanda REDC Region: Western New York Company: Enterprise Lumber Silo LLC 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 NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse 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 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 NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction Third Party Certification: Passive House High performance envelope All electric HVAC equipment, and domestic hot water Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens 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 NC/AR/Expansion: Renovation and Expansion Third Party Certification: LEED • High efficiency building envelope Carbon Neutral Hawthorne Valley 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 NC/AR/Expansion: Renovation Third Party Certification: TBD High efficiency building envelope Energy recovery ventilation system Innovation Center Construction 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 NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction Third Party Certification: TBD High efficiency building envelope Electric vehicle chargers Chester Agricultural Center Farmworker Housing 94 & 238 Meadow Avenue, Chester, NY, 10918 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 NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction Third Party Certification: TBD High efficiency building envelope Geothermal heating and cooling Energy recovery ventilation system Schenectady Environmental Education Center 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 NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse Third Party Certification: Net Zero Third Party Certification High efficiency building envelope The Beacon East Harlem MultiService Center 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 NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse and Expansion Third Party Certification: Passive House High performance envelope Energy recovery ventilator The HEArts Community Center 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 NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse Third Party Certification: LEED Innovative PV glass system 103 Jersey Ave, Port Jervis, NY 12771 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 NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction Third Party Certification: Passive House or LEED Thermal envelope, windows and doors Solar photovoltaic with storage Electric vehicle chargers Building automation system Ulster County Government Operations Center Geothermal Paradies Lane, New Paltz, NY, 12560 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 NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction Third Party Certification: TBD High efficiency building envelope Geothermal heating and cooling All systems will have a redundant backup Energy recovery ventilation system 8 electric vehicle chargers Scenic Hudson: Northside Hub Company: Scenic Hudson, Inc. 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 NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse 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 North Bay Regeneration Project REDC Region: Capital District 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 NC/AR/Expansion: New Constuction Measures: Solar, EV car charging stations, high efficiency LED, air source heat pumps, heat exchanger, energy star appliances, Passive House Envelope, Phius Certification Historic Cohoes City Hall REDC Region: Capital Region 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 NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse Measures: Air Source Heat Pumps (VRF), Window Refurbishment and Replacement, Building Management System REDC Region: Finger Lakes Company: City of Rochester 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 NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse Measures: Geothermal, PVs, EV charging stations, Lighting upgrades - LED, Roof replacement, High performance insulation City of Kingston Energy Efficiency Upgrades Company: City of Kingston 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 NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse Measures: Solar, Envelope improvements, Thermal Energy Network, Ground Source Heat Pumps, Heat Pump Hot Water Heaters, EV Charing Station Catskill Mountain Foundation Orpheum Performing Arts Center REDC Region: Capital District Company: Catskill Mountain Foundation Orpheum Performing Arts Center 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 NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction Measures: Green Globes Certification, Geothermal, high R-Value walls, Passive House rated Windows & Doors, LED lighting & controls, Solar, pre-cast concrete hollow-core planks United Way of Long Island Company: United Way of Long Island 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 NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse Measures: Air Source Heat Pumps, Roof Mounted Solar, Building Efficiency Improvements REDC Region: Capital District Company: Phinney Design Group 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 NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse 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 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 NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse 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 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 NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction Measures: Translucent Fabric Barn Structure, Ground Source Heat Pumps, Electric Wheel Loader. Robotic Feeding, Milking & Cleaning System, Ground Mounted Solar City Winery of Hudson Valley Company: City Winery of Hudson Valley 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 NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse 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 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 NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse 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 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 NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction Measures: Air Source Heat Pumps, Improved Envelope, Roof Mounted Solar Rome’s Water Resource Recovery Facility REDC Region: Mohawk Valley 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 NC/AR/Expansion: Expansion 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 Company: Pelham RE Partners LLC 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 NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction Measures: Air Source Heat Pumps – VRF, Heat Pump Hot Water Heaters, Insulated Concrete Forms – Envelope, Roof Mounted Solar, Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, Battery Storage Historic Cohoes Music Hall REDC Region: Capital District 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 NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse Measures: envelope upgrades, upgraded Insulation, Lighting controls, Geothermal, Window replacement, Floating Solar array (outside of this contract but related), EV charging stations Connected Autonomous Vehicle Enclosure (CAVE) REDC Region: Western New York Company: University at Buffalo 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 NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction Measures: Heat Pumps, Energy Recovery Ventilation, Ground Mounted Solar, Wind. Electric Vehicle Charging Stations REDC Region: Southern Tier Company: Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments Inc 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 NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction Measures: Straw Bale Construction, Air Source Heat Pumps, Energy Recovery Ventilation, Heat Pump Hot Water Heater, LED Lighting and Controls, Roof Mounted Solar Sustainability Workforce Training Center REDC Region: Western New York Company: People United for Sustainable Housing 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 NC/AR/Expansion: New Construction Measures: Ground Source Heat Pumps, Enhanced Building Envelope, Energy Recovery Ventilation, Heat Pump Hot Water Heater, Roof Mounted Solar 185 South Main Street Cold Storage, washing station, solar array, and energy efficiency build out REDC Region: Central New York Company: Main Street Farms LLC 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 NC/AR/Expansion: Expansion 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 Catskill Gateway Carbon Neutral Project REDC Region: Capital Region Company: 335 Main Street LLC 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 NC/AR/Expansion: Adaptive Reuse Measures: Insulation & Air Sealing, Air Source Heat Pumps - VRF, Heat Pump