Homeowners

A groundbreaking partnership to make New Yorkers' homes energy efficient

Retrofit NYC Block by Block brings six neighborhoods in four boroughs into an unprecedented campaign to get New Yorkers to reduce their energy use through smart investments in their homes. Energy retrofits — home improvements that reduce the use of heating fuel, electricity, and water — can significantly reduce energy bills, make homes healthier and more comfortable, and reduce greenhouse gas and other emissions.

The Pratt Center for Community Development is working with community-based organizations to tap each neighborhood’s social networks — block associations, houses of worship, businesses, and other local institutions — to get the word out to community residents and to demystify the retrofit process so that residents can create "green blocks."

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Incentives and energy savings pay for improvements

If you are the owner of a small residential building in New York City, containing one to four apartments, you are eligible for financial and other assistance in making your property more energy efficient. Consuming less heating fuel, electricity and water saves you money. Air sealing and insulation makes your home less drafty and more comfortable. And a properly running heating system can solve the problem of some rooms being cold while others are hot.

An energy retrofit can help you reduce air pollution and the carbon emissions that cause global warming, improve the indoor air quality in your home, increase the comfort and durability of your home, create local jobs, and save you money.

Energy retrofits, also referred to as weatherization or energy upgrades, are home repairs that reduce the use of heating fuel, electricity and water.

As building managers and owners, you know that your electric and heating bills are going up; but, the size of the checks you write do not tell you how efficiently your building is operating. As a first step in considering how to reduce energy costs, it is useful to analyze your energy bills to quantify energy use.