Heat Pumps for Multifamily Buildings Brooklyn NY
Heat Pumps for Multifamily Buildings Brooklyn NY
If you’re looking for heat pump installation for your multifamily building in Brooklyn, NY, or surrounding areas then VRF Solutions, LLC is the company to call. Heat pumps are capable of warming any New York City building to a comfortable temperature on even the coldest winter days and do so with great efficiency. So what’s holding back the adoption of this technology in NYC? It’s astounding why so few multifamily buildings have invested in heat pump retrofits. Clearing up uncertainties on heat pumps and increasing confidence in heat pump solutions are essential to the future of electrification in Brooklyn and other areas around New York City.
In 2014, the City of New York (City) committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050. Addressing the energy consumed by the city’s buildings is critical to achieving this goal since buildings currently account for about 70 percent of the total carbon footprint. The task is monumental, but we’ve already made some progress. Thanks to businesses like VRF Solutions installing heat pumps in buildings across the city, emissions are now more than 21 percent lower than they were in 2005. To date, the decline in emissions has largely been due to changes in electricity generation.
NEXT STEPS FOR ADVANCING ELECTRIFICATION IN MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS IN BROOKLYN NY
Electrifying our heating and hot water systems will be a multi-decade process. This is why we need to begin paving the way now. To address the barriers to electrification in large residential buildings, in the next 5 years, VRF Solutions plans to do the following:
- Demonstrate the technology benefits in Brooklyn, NY area by installing heat pump retrofit pilot projects in more multifamily homes. This will shed light on options and costs for design, equipment, and labor, and also demonstrate that heat pumps are safe and work efficiently. The City and State should lead by example with heat pump retrofits in government-owned buildings and by fostering pilots in private sectors.
- Harness Local Law 97 to drive electrification. New York City’s groundbreaking emissions law sets carbon caps for buildings starting in 2024. The mechanics of the law’s 2030 targets will be finalized over the next three years. With the right structure, the law could be a major driver of heat pump retrofits.
- Support heat pumps with better electricity rates.
- Start electrifying one step at a time. Building owners can spread retrofit costs out over time with incremental upgrades. VRF solutions will provide the guidance they need to plan a multi-phase heat pump retrofit. Their options include electrifying just hot water, retrofitting one portion of the building at a time, or upgrading buildings’ systems to be ‘heat pump ready.’
- Identify electrical infrastructure needs. Information on current infrastructure must be collected and assessed now in order to plan for this future work.
We hope you enjoyed our blog on ways we can advance electrification in multifamily buildings. For more information please visit our website https://vrfsolutionsllc.com/ or give our heat pump experts a call:
833-VRF-HVAC