With the expectation of higher energy bills this winter, owners of multi-family buildings in New York City are signing up for Con Edison’s Multifamily Energy Efficiency Program.
By making upgrades to common area lighting, pipes, elevator drives, showerheads, and installing LED lamps, sensor controls, geothermal heat pumps, and triple pane windows, owners and developers are reducing costs, complying with local environmental laws — and earning rebates.
L+M Development Partners’ recently upgraded 348-unit Marcus Garvey Extension development in Brooklyn, which is participating in the program. The three properties in the development were designed to be heated and cooled entirely with a ground-source heat pump. Each resident in the building can control their individual apartment’s temperature, rather than the traditional building-wide, one-size-fits-all approach. Con Edison offered a rebate payment for the heat pump equipment.
