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How NYC’s Public Housing Authority Plans to Transform the Market for Clean Heat

January 24, 2022 | Grist

In the late 1990s, the New York City public housing authority, NYCHA, challenged manufacturers to design a new energy-efficient refrigerator. While suburban homeowners had their pick of energy-saving fridges, no one was selling an efficient model that was small enough for a typical urban apartment.
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How to Get New York City’s Biggest Buildings to Zero Carbon

January 22, 2022 | Canary Media

New York City got a lot of attention last month for its decision to ban natural gas in new buildings. But what can the city do about gas use in the buildings it already has?
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Mayor de Blasio Signs Landmark Bill to Ban Combustion of Fossil Fuels in New Buildings

December 22, 2021 | NYC Mayor's Office

“We’re here today due to a simple and powerful truth: furnaces, boilers and hot water heaters emit more carbon in NYC than all uses of electricity combined,” said John Mandyck, CEO of Urban Green Council. “This law begins to change that reality — to tackle our largest source of carbon — so we get to the climate future we want with better air to breathe.”
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New York City Banned Gas in New Buildings. Here’s What You Need to Know

December 15, 2021 | The City NYC

“Furnaces, boilers and hot water heaters emit more carbon in New York City than all uses of electricity combined today, so electrifying those systems becomes our biggest way to fight climate change,” said John Mandyck, CEO of the Urban Green Council.
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N.Y.C.’s Gas Ban Takes Fight Against Climate Change to the Kitchen

December 15, 2021 | New York Times

Con Edison, along with proponents like Urban Green Council, a nonprofit group that promotes sustainable building, argued in Council hearings that the city’s grid could handle the increase, partly because its biggest strains come in summer, from air conditioning.